Lake Winnisquam and Newfound Lake

[LadyJane]

I believe the water quality of Newfound is the best.

[jogator1]

You may want to give Lake Waukewan a look. Although it doesn't come close to comparing in size to the above mentioned lakes it has it's advantages. It is the town water supply so it's monitored regularly. You are in walking distance to Winni with easy boating access if you choose to boat on Winni. We keep a boat at Meredith Marina. Waukewan is a great family lake and fantastic for water sports and fishing. You can probably get more for your money and still enjoy Meredith/Winni.

[BroadHopper]

All the lakes in this region has pros and cons. Depends on what you are looking for! I maintain a day cruiser on Winnipesaukee. I have seadoos on Winnisquam. The crafts complement the lakes very well. I don't enjoy boating on Winnipesaukee on weekends in season because it is a total zoo! I prefer to boat on Winnisquam. I move from Winnipesaukee to Winnisquam because of taxes. Tax Valuation is a lot lower.
For fishing, my favorite is Waukewan, nice quiet atmosphere with plenty of fish. For scenery, Squam has it hands down, if you can stand being snubbed by the Squam Lake Association.
As for sandbars, Winnisquam, like Braun Bay, can get a little rowdy on weekends. I've seen Newfound get a bit much on holiday weekends but more spread out.
'Whatever floats your boat!'

[polarisman14]

It seems as if real estate on both newfound and winnisquam is pretty affordable especially when you compare similar properties with what's available on the big lake. I personally like Winnisquam more as it is a much larger lake (Almost double the acreage if I remember correctly) and is very, very easy to navigate. In just about all areas, staying to the center of the lake is safe. There are plenty of nice little areas to drop anchor for watersports and a handful of different towns that have land on Winnisquam so tax valuation and available properties will differ.

Time for a shameless plug...My wife is a real estate agent and we're located in Gilmanton, southern area of the lakes region so if you don't yet have an agent and are interested please feel free to message me on here for her contact information.

Whatever you end up with, I'm sure you'll enjoy it...Lakefront property is awesome no matter where it is.

[dave603]

Newfound Lake is 4106 acres 6 miles long by 2.4 wide
Winnisquam is 4264 acres. 10 miles long by 1.5 wide

Both have a couple of spots that are no wake areas.