Opechee Bay Boat Ramps
2 boat launches are mapped on Opechee Bay in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
1 of these launches include facility details from New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (via NH GRANIT).
Opechee Bay facts
| Surface area | 449 acres |
|---|---|
| Type | Reservoir (mapped as Opechee Bay Reservoir) |
| Average depth | about 20 ft (modelled estimate) |
| Water volume | about 8,253 acre-feet (modelled) |
| Shoreline length | about 4.6 miles |
| Surface elevation | 492 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Lakeport, completed 1958 |
| Dam size | 10 ft high, 225 ft long, concrete dam |
| Dam purposes | Hydroelectric, Recreation, Flood Risk Reduction |
| Dam owner | (State) |
| Normal storage | 165,800 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Winnipesaukee River |
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID NH00216). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
Wildlife you might see at Opechee Bay
Most-observed birds: Common Merganser (7), Common Loon (6), Hooded Merganser (6), Bald Eagle (5), Mallard (5), American Robin (5), Gray Catbird (5), Wild Turkey (4), Canada Goose (4), Eastern Warbling Vireo (4).
Other wildlife: Big Brown Bat (6), Eastern Musk Turtle (3), Eastern Chipmunk (3), Gray Treefrog (3), Eastern Gray Squirrel (2), American Red Squirrel (2).
Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (62 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.
- Opechee Bay Boat RampLaconia · Opechee Bay
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Counties
- Belknap County (2)