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fatlazyless · 08-07-2011, 07:35 AM

In about 1997 the Town of Alton had a town ballot and the Alton voters voted "no" to buying Camp Alton, http://www.campalton.com/ a very active boy's summer camp from 1937-1992, for one million dollars and creating a town park with a nice natural sandy beach. 85-year old Bob Bahre, former owner & incredibly successfull founder and creator of the NH Nascar speedway that's south of Belmont on Rt 106, bought it in about 1997 for one million dollars, subdivided it into about six very large lots, including the former lower softball diamond and outfield that overlooks Clay Point, and today his home could be the highest assessed wf home at something like 18-million dollars. So, the voters of Alton basically voted to go with the town revenue stream from the waterfront property taxes and not for a very nice town beach and park area.

Way down the end of Meredith Neck, the Girl Scouts of Massachusetts own the Camp Monotomy property http://www.lwhs.us/camps/menotomy/menotomy.htm which is a large waterfront property that has been closed and empty of any girl scouts for about eight years, but because it is property tax exempt, they can continue to own it while it sits as unused, undeveloped, un-campered, heavily treed, waterfront wilderness land that sits like a primieval forest that is home to a single black bear, as far as I know. It does get used for about two weeks/year for their Whispering Pines girl scout program, and a few other weekends, but that's all.

Meredith has a very nice town beach at Leavitt Park, http://www.meredithnh.org/parks.php. located just off Rt 25 about one mile before the Meredith-Center Harbor town line, that is excellent for kayaks/canoes because it has a 1/4-mile dirt road that winds through the woods and to the water for unloading a kayak.

Meredith's Leavitt Park & natural sandy beach

Price to use: no charge....a freebie!

Availability: open to everybody (as far as I know)

Amenities: roped swim area, lifeguards, rest rooms, no motorboats because the water is too shallow, more or less, extremely scenic, wooded area for hiking along the water, charcoal barbeque grill stands and tables

A supervised, safe, shallow sandy waterfront surrounded by tall pines that looks across to Moultonborough and some large mountains in the southern WMNF.

08-07-2011, 07:35 AM	#8
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	In about 1997 the Town of Alton had a town ballot and the Alton voters voted "no" to buying Camp Alton, http://www.campalton.com/ a very active boy's summer camp from 1937-1992, for one million dollars and creating a town park with a nice natural sandy beach. 85-year old Bob Bahre, former owner & incredibly successfull founder and creator of the NH Nascar speedway that's south of Belmont on Rt 106, bought it in about 1997 for one million dollars, subdivided it into about six very large lots, including the former lower softball diamond and outfield that overlooks Clay Point, and today his home could be the highest assessed wf home at something like 18-million dollars. So, the voters of Alton basically voted to go with the town revenue stream from the waterfront property taxes and not for a very nice town beach and park area. Way down the end of Meredith Neck, the Girl Scouts of Massachusetts own the Camp Monotomy property http://www.lwhs.us/camps/menotomy/menotomy.htm which is a large waterfront property that has been closed and empty of any girl scouts for about eight years, but because it is property tax exempt, they can continue to own it while it sits as unused, undeveloped, un-campered, heavily treed, waterfront wilderness land that sits like a primieval forest that is home to a single black bear, as far as I know. It does get used for about two weeks/year for their Whispering Pines girl scout program, and a few other weekends, but that's all. Meredith has a very nice town beach at Leavitt Park, http://www.meredithnh.org/parks.php. located just off Rt 25 about one mile before the Meredith-Center Harbor town line, that is excellent for kayaks/canoes because it has a 1/4-mile dirt road that winds through the woods and to the water for unloading a kayak. Meredith's Leavitt Park & natural sandy beach Price to use: no charge....a freebie! Availability: open to everybody (as far as I know) Amenities: roped swim area, lifeguards, rest rooms, no motorboats because the water is too shallow, more or less, extremely scenic, wooded area for hiking along the water, charcoal barbeque grill stands and tables A supervised, safe, shallow sandy waterfront surrounded by tall pines that looks across to Moultonborough and some large mountains in the southern WMNF. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 08-07-2011 at 08:10 AM.