Opechee Bay State Forest

Opechee Bay State Forest is a nature reserve in Belknap, New Hampshire. Opechee Bay State Forest is situated nearby to the hamlet Mallard Cove, as well as near Wildwood Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ahern State Park and Opechee Bay.

Ahern State Park

Park

Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY 3.0.

Ahern State Park is a 128-acre state protected area in Laconia on Lake Winnisquam in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. It is open year-round and offers hiking, non-motorized boating, biking, and fishing. It features 3,500 feet of lake shoreline.

Opechee Bay

Lake

Opechee Bay is a 449-acre lake located in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Laconia. It is located directly downstream from Paugus Bay and Lake Winnipesaukee, and it connects by a one-mile segment of the Winnipesaukee River through the center of Laconia to Lake Winnisquam.

United Baptist Church of Lakeport

Church

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

United Baptist Church of Lakeport is a historic church at 35 Park Street in the village of Lakeport in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1891 after a fire destroyed an older church, it is an eclectic local example of Late Victorian architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laconia and Gilford.

Laconia

Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Laconia is a city of 17,000 people in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. It includes the villages of Lakeport and Weirs Beach.

Gilford

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Gilford is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,699 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 7,898 in 2025, up from 7,126 at the 2010 census.

Lakeport

Hamlet

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

Lakeport is a neighborhood in the city of Laconia in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. It was once known as Lake Village and is centered on a power dam on the short river channel between Paugus Bay to the north, and Opechee Bay to the south.

Opechee Bay State Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Opechee Bay Tract”
Category: recreation area
Location: Belknap, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.5586° or 43° 33′ 31″ north

Longitude

-71.4852° or 71° 29′ 7″ west

Elevation

525 feet (160 metres)

Operator

New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development

Open location code

87MCHG57+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47798510

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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