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Originally Posted by SailinAway
The beach is strictly for residents.
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Yes, is pretty much the rule in the lakes region that local town beaches are strictly for residents, only.
Is the case at Moultonborough neck/bridge beach, at Center Harbor beach below the hardware store, at Meredith's Leavitt Park/Beach, at Laconia's only town beach with lifeguards, Bond Beach-Opechee Bay, and at the longest natural beach at 1100' on Lake Winnipesaukee, the Gilford town beach. All exclusive to non-residents and non-property-taxpayers.
Everywhere you go in the lakes regions, all the town beaches are exclusive.
Only up in Waterville Valley, at 7-acre, beautiful, scenic, brook fed, clean cool water Corcoran's Pond, there are NO exclusions, and everyone is welcome at their town beach. ....
.... plus there is easy, free parking a short walk away .... and kayak/canoe/sup/4-seat pedal boat rentals ... and clean public rest rooms w/ very high quality hot & cold, town water. Is a one mile pedal away on your bicycle from the $20/night, U S Forest Service,
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232179, Waterville Campground with NO rv hook-ups and mostly tent camping.
One way to somewhat get around the local town restrictions on beaches is with a stand-up paddle board. Unlike a kayak, is relatively easy to get on and off the board while in the water, so's you basically have a 'portable beach' with you, wherever you paddle. Ditto this for NH Fish & Game boat launch ramps that restrict swimming because a sup is considered to be a vessel by the Coast Guard so it should be okay to launch a sup from a F&G swim restricted boat launch ramp and then go swimming off the sup, away from theri launching/retrieval trailer ramp.
Hooray for the U.S.F.S. and the U.S.C.G. .....