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State or Town Park
Unknown or UnofficialWhen you’re on Carter Notch Rd. you can park in the first parking lot that you see on the water, this is where our gps is set to, but as we learned it’s a fairly hard walk up the falls. Â Instead, continue half a mile up the road and park on the right side of […]
Park in the official parking lot for Glen Ellis Falls, and then walk under the highway through a little stone tunnel at the edge of the lot.  This will lead you to a well maintained path with guide rails (part of the Appalachian Trail), which follows the water downstream.  You’ll see a small pool above […]
This is a town park and boat launch, with river swimming under a bridge.  It is on River Road near North Conway, and you’ll see a large field near a bridge, with parking areas and signs.  There is a parking lot for the boat launch on one side of the bridge, and another parking lot on […]
Echo Lake features stunning views of Cathedral Ledge, jade green water, and a large sand beach. Â The contrast between the water and the sheer cliff face is striking, and there is something very special about this place. There are buoys marking the swimming area, but lots of people were free swimming outside of them, even […]
This is a gorgeous waterfall that the park service allows people to swim and enjoy freely. Â For this reason, it is immensely popular, and it is one of the most crowded falls we’ve seen. Â There a multiple levels, and dozens of small waterfalls and pools to explore. Â There are some short slides at the top […]
Next to the camping area there is a small pond with swimming, and a bridge that they let you jump from (we were told this by an employee). The bridge has ladders and a jumping platform.  The water is dark brown, with leaf debris at the bottom.  The pond is by a small stream, and the […]
Access to this lake is allowed as it is part of the White Mountain National Forest, and campers told us that people do swim here-but it isn’t on their official list of swimming areas. Â There is some machinery in this lake, so we don’t really know what the deal is. Â The campground was not staffed […]
Park in the visitor’s center parking lot, and you will see a small information kiosk to the left of the station.  To the left of this is a trail which goes behind the ranger station, which you follow for about 5 mins.  The path leads straight to the river, where there is a large shallow pool […]
This location is part of the White Mountains National Forest, which is primarily in New Hampshire, but does enter into Maine around here. Emerald Pool is variously described as being in either New Hampshire or Maine, but you can see by our GPS and map that it is in New Hampshire, close to the border. Park in […]