Getting To Alton Bay

dpg · 04-27-2010, 03:03 PM

What's the best/quickest way to get to Alton Bay from Moultonborough? Driving, not in a boat.

lawn psycho · 04-27-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dpg

What's the best/quickest way to get to Alton Bay from Moultonborough? Driving, not in a boat.

No traffic, slow day, counterclockwise.

High traffic summer weekends, go clockwise

NoBozo · 04-27-2010, 06:14 PM

I wouldn't go to Alton Bay. It's Too Far.

NB

Lakesrider · 04-27-2010, 06:20 PM

Well depends from where in Moultonborough. If near the Center Harbor line then keep going through Meridith and head south around the lake. But if near say the Tuftonboro, or Suissevale side then go down rt 109, through Wolfeboro. It was repaved last year so it is still fairly good and much less traffic....IMHO.

Just watch out for the Turkeys and Deer bounding across the road in spots during the early morning hours....

Suissevale to Wolfeboro is 15 miles another 10 will get you to Alton Bay.

This'nThat · 04-27-2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakesrider

But if near say the Tuftonboro, or Suissevale side then go down rt 109, through Wolfeboro.

And then have a nice, leisurely sit at the red blinking light as you wait your position to make that left-hand turn in Wolfeboro... and wait...and wait...

Lakesrider · 04-27-2010, 07:58 PM

Ok I give...What blinking red light. I go there everyday. and they won't have to take the left if you mean the one at the gas stations. Maybe you are thinking of coming into Wolfeboro via RT109 A. Then yes you get stuck waiting to go left. But mainly in the Summer months. Heck sometimes it takes 20 minutes to get from the High school to the Wolfeboro Inn.....

mg2107 · 04-27-2010, 08:38 PM

Can't get here from there.

This'nThat · 04-28-2010, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Lakesrider

Maybe you are thinking of coming into Wolfeboro via RT109 A. Then yes you get stuck waiting to go left. But mainly in the Summer months. Heck sometimes it takes 20 minutes to get from the High school to the Wolfeboro Inn.....

Yeah, that's the one alright.

dpg · 04-28-2010, 06:23 AM

Thank you Lakesrider, yes, it would be from Suissevasle. Well...Thank you all actually...

Doesn't sound like either way is simple for me, but I will trek there one weekend when I'm up.

Gearhead · 04-28-2010, 11:21 AM

I remember a number of years ago Maine had a budget crisis of some sort and the government had to shut down for a while. Well, there was a hardware store on Rt. one in Portsmouth just before the Kittery bridge, and they posted on their sign: "SORRY, MAINE IS CLOSED." Scores of irate tourists turned their cars around and went back to NY, CT, MA, etc.

There were so many complaints from these dummies that the state of MAINE told them to take it down or else.

Pepper · 04-28-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gearhead

I remember a number of years ago Maine had a budget crisis of some sort and the government had to shut down for a while. Well, there was a hardware store on Rt. one in Portsmouth just before the Kittery bridge, and they posted on their sign: "SORRY, MAINE IS CLOSED." Scores of irate tourists turned their cars around and went back to NY, CT, MA, etc.

There were so many complaints from these dummies that the state of MAINE told them to take it down or else.

That is HILARIOUS!!! I'm sorry, but if someone is dense enough to believe that a State is closed ...

Rattlesnake Guy · 04-28-2010, 05:02 PM

As big as the lake is from in the water, it is amazing how big it is to "drive around".

NoBozo · 04-28-2010, 06:56 PM

1978: Rhode Island. The BIG Blizzard of '78. Pictures taken from aircraft show I-95 North into Rhode Island from Connecticut, I-195 West into Rhode Island from Massachusetts , and I-95 South into Rhode Island from Massachusetts .. PLOWED CLEAR... UP TO The Rhode Island Border.
.....Clearly, The plows from our neighboring states did their job right up to the RI Border. Inside RI..THREE Feet of SNOW which shut down the state for over a week. There were cars and trucks stuck in that snow which were IN THE WAY of plows which might have just cleared the way.

What no one wants to talk about To This Day: The RI DOT (Union) was conducting a "Slow Down" over some grievence they had.

STATE CLOSED ....C'mon back later Y'all

NB

PS: You can't make this stuff up...

RI Swamp Yankee · 04-28-2010, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

1978: Rhode Island. The BIG Blizzard of '78. ....... STATE CLOSED ....C'mon back later Y'all

NB

PS: You can't make this stuff up...

Yup, but we didn't need a sign to say the state was "closed".

I spent that night in the Warwick Police Station .... with 300 other people that could not get home.

trfour · 04-28-2010, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RI Swamp Yankee

Yup, but we didn't need a sign to say the state was "closed".

I spent that night in the Warwick Police Station .... with 300 other people that could not get home.

WOW!... now that's a different Rinker... 602 feet!

Terry

04-27-2010, 03:03 PM	#1
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,597 Thanks: 153 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	Getting To Alton Bay What's the best/quickest way to get to Alton Bay from Moultonborough? Driving, not in a boat.

04-28-2010, 11:21 AM	#10
Gearhead Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alton Posts: 166 Thanks: 13 Thanked 19 Times in 8 Posts	Sorry, Alton's closed. Try Meredith. I remember a number of years ago Maine had a budget crisis of some sort and the government had to shut down for a while. Well, there was a hardware store on Rt. one in Portsmouth just before the Kittery bridge, and they posted on their sign: "SORRY, MAINE IS CLOSED." Scores of irate tourists turned their cars around and went back to NY, CT, MA, etc. There were so many complaints from these dummies that the state of MAINE told them to take it down or else.

04-28-2010, 06:56 PM	#13
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	State Closed 1978: Rhode Island. The BIG Blizzard of '78. Pictures taken from aircraft show I-95 North into Rhode Island from Connecticut, I-195 West into Rhode Island from Massachusetts , and I-95 South into Rhode Island from Massachusetts .. PLOWED CLEAR... UP TO The Rhode Island Border. .....Clearly, The plows from our neighboring states did their job right up to the RI Border. Inside RI..THREE Feet of SNOW which shut down the state for over a week. There were cars and trucks stuck in that snow which were IN THE WAY of plows which might have just cleared the way. What no one wants to talk about To This Day: The RI DOT (Union) was conducting a "Slow Down" over some grievence they had. STATE CLOSED ....C'mon back later Y'all NB PS: You can't make this stuff up...

04-27-2010, 06:14 PM	#3
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	I wouldn't go to Alton Bay. It's Too Far. NB

04-27-2010, 06:20 PM	#4
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Well depends from where in Moultonborough. If near the Center Harbor line then keep going through Meridith and head south around the lake. But if near say the Tuftonboro, or Suissevale side then go down rt 109, through Wolfeboro. It was repaved last year so it is still fairly good and much less traffic....IMHO. Just watch out for the Turkeys and Deer bounding across the road in spots during the early morning hours.... Suissevale to Wolfeboro is 15 miles another 10 will get you to Alton Bay.

04-27-2010, 07:58 PM	#6
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Ok I give...What blinking red light. I go there everyday. and they won't have to take the left if you mean the one at the gas stations. Maybe you are thinking of coming into Wolfeboro via RT109 A. Then yes you get stuck waiting to go left. But mainly in the Summer months. Heck sometimes it takes 20 minutes to get from the High school to the Wolfeboro Inn.....

04-27-2010, 08:38 PM	#7
mg2107 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Can't get here from there.

04-28-2010, 06:23 AM	#9
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,597 Thanks: 153 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	Thank you Lakesrider, yes, it would be from Suissevasle. Well...Thank you all actually... Doesn't sound like either way is simple for me, but I will trek there one weekend when I'm up.

04-28-2010, 05:02 PM	#12
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	As big as the lake is from in the water, it is amazing how big it is to "drive around".