Merrymeeting Marsh

Merrymeeting Marsh is a nature reserve in Belknap, New Hampshire. Merrymeeting Marsh is situated nearby to the neighborhood Monument Square Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Alton Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alton Bay Seaplane Base and Gilman Library.

Alton Bay Seaplane Base

Aerodrome

Photo: Doodybutch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alton Bay Seaplane Base is a state-owned, public-use seaplane base located in a cove of Lake Winnipesaukee. The base is two nautical miles north of the central business district of Alton Bay, in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.

Second Free Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

The Second Free Baptist Church is a historic church building on Main Street, south of Church Street in Alton, New Hampshire, United States. It is a wood-frame structure, built in 1853–54, and is the oldest extant Italianate church in Belknap County, with a little-altered exterior.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and New Durham.

Alton

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

Alton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,894 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 6,036 in 2025, up from 5,250 at the 2010 census.

New Durham

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

New Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,693 at the 2020 census. It is drained by the Merrymeeting, Cocheco and Ela rivers, and is known for Merrymeeting Lake.

Alton Bay

Hamlet

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

Alton Bay is an unincorporated community in the town of Alton in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, and is located on Alton Bay, a 4-mile-long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee which forms the southernmost point on the lake.

Merrymeeting Marsh

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Belknap, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.4584° or 43° 27′ 30″ north

Longitude

-71.2305° or 71° 13′ 50″ west

Operator

NH Dept of Fish & Game

Open location code

87MCFQ59+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47798572

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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