Where are your favorite places to canoe or kayak in New Hampshire? Why not share where you've been with others? We invite you to leave comments here (just click at the end of a post) or I encourage you to visit some of the other links under "Places to Paddle" and share your experiences.
You can read a just-published kayak report I submitted for Dubes Pond here on paddling.net -- a great source for places to go. Happy paddling!
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Hi; since I never see any mention of two of my favorite paddles I figured I'd bring them to your attention. They are both in Rindge less than 5 minutes from Hubbard pond.
First is Crowcroft Pond. The put in is on 119 just past Cathedral Road. The parking area is decent size and easy to spot, though there are no signs. There are only a few houses on the water. It's on the small size for paddles. We can paddle around the whole thing in just under an hour, but there are 3 small island and plenty of ducks and other wildlife (including beaver). There is a rumor that if you paddle up the brook on the far side of the pond you can get to Emerson pond (which is posted all the way around) but you can't due to beaver dams.
The second is Grassy pond. It is on Grassy Road which is the second(?) left off of Cathedral Road. The launch is only about 100 feet or so down the road and the road pretty much dead ends just past it. The pond is just over 100 acres, but it quickly became a favorite. It sports one island that is worth exploring, and on the day we went we came across 4 loons fishing, and 5 heron, and 3 wild rose bushed hanging over the water. There are places that you could pull up and swim, or you can go just past the end of the road where there is a sort-of beach. We also managed to find a picnic table hidden in the woods just off the water. Near the launch you can hear some road noise from Cathedral Road, but it quickly fades as you paddle, and there are usually 1 or 2 bass boats on the water. There are only 3 houses on the pond (1 next to the launch and 2 on the far side). For me it was well worth checking out, and quickly became a favorite place to destress.
Thanks so much for writing in about Crowcroft and Grassy Ponds -- they sound wonderful! We'll try to check them out when we're in the area. I don't know about the rest of you, but I always feel like there's so much water and so little time!
Hi Lucie;
I found this great site that shows ponds and boat launches. There are over 400 bodies of water listed. Not all of them have access, but it has given us some great locations close to home that we would have never found.
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/bathy_maps.htm
Hi,
Thanks for writing in about the State of NH site listing 400 ponds. Similar information is on our website here. If you scroll down and click on "Public Acess Boating and Fishing" it will take you to a State of NH list of ponds by town and give you information about parking and access. Same information from the same source, just in a different format. Now we have no excuse for not getting out there!
Hi,
Thanks for writing in about the State of NH site listing 400 ponds. Similar information is on our website here. If you scroll down and click on "Public Acess Boating and Fishing" it will take you to a State of NH list of ponds by town and give you information about parking and access. Same information from the same source, just in a different format. Now we have no excuse for not getting out there!
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