Meredith's pride and joy is its public waterfront
on Lake Winnipesaukee. The town docks at the foot of Lake
Street date back to before 1880. Even earlier, there was
a steamboat landing at Dover Point (now Hesky Park), where
the steamship Dover carried supplies to town. Hesky Park
was donated to the town by Linen Mills owner Egon Hesky
after the current Route 3 was built in 1948. Scenic and
Clough Parks along the northern shore of Meredith Bay
date from the 1920s. Clough Park is named for Edward H.
Clough, who revived the Old Oak, an old Indian landmark
which later became the town emblem. The park underwent
renovation in the early 1990s, and a new "old"
oak has taken root there. Townspeople expanded Mr. Clough's
park in the late '20s by filling along the shoreline by
Winnipesaukee Street (Route 25) and created Scenic Park,
which claims an award-winning view of the lake and mountains
to the south.
Meredith's Waterfront
Parks are located on the Northwest shore of Lake Winnipesaukee,
just off Route 3 in downtown Meredith.
