Contoocook Lake Public Beach

Contoocook Lake Public Beach is a beach in Town of Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Contoocook Lake Public Beach is situated nearby to the peak Whitcomb Hill, as well as near the aerodrome Jaffrey Municipal-Silver Ranch Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jaffrey Municipal-Silver Ranch Airport and Jaffrey Public Library.

Jaffrey Municipal-Silver Ranch Airport

Aerodrome

Jaffrey Airport–Silver Ranch is a public use airport in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is owned by the Jaffrey Municipal Airport Development Corp. and is located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

Jaffrey Public Library

Library

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Jaffrey Public Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Contoocook Lake Public Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaffrey and Rindge.

Jaffrey

Town

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Jaffrey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 5,633 in 2025. The main village in town, where 3,058 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Jaffrey census-designated place and is located along the Contoocook River at the junction of U.S. Route 202 with New Hampshire Routes 124 and 137.

Rindge

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Rindge is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,476 at the 2020 census, up from 6,014 at the 2010 census, and was an estimated 6,502 in 2025.

Sharon

Village

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Sharon is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 359 at the 2020 census. Sharon is situated 5 miles east of Contoocook Lake Public Beach.

Contoocook Lake Public Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Town of Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.79688° or 42° 47′ 49″ north

Longitude

-72.00719° or 72° 0′ 26″ west

Open location code

87J9QXWV+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 255491544

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Highlights include Whitcomb Hill and Humiston Park.

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