Alton Bay is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the town of Alton in

Belknap County, New Hampshire Belknap County () is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 63,705. The county seat is Laconia, New Hampshire, Laconia. It is located in New Hamp ...

, United States, and is located on Alton Bay, a

cove A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creek (tidal), creeks, or recesses in a coast ...

Lake Winnipesaukee Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwest-southeast) and from wide (northeast-southwest), covering & ...

which forms the southernmost point on the lake. The village is part of the Lakes Region, a popular resort area of

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. Alton Bay is located at the intersection of

New Hampshire Route 11 New Hampshire Route 11 is a east–west state highway in New Hampshire, running completely across the central part of the state. Its western terminus is at the Vermont state line in Charlestown, where it continues west as Vermont Route 11. Th ...

and Route 28A, north of the center of Alton. Route 11 is an east-west highway that crosses the entire state of New Hampshire, connecting

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti (municipality), Sparta. The word ...

to the west and Rochester to the east. Route 28A is a local highway that joins

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north of Alton Bay. In 1851, the village became the terminus of the Cochecho Railroad from

Dover Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...

. The rail line became the Lake Shore Railroad in 1890, continuing west to Lakeport in Laconia. It was in operation until 1935. The MS ''Mount Washington'' and its predecessor ships on Lake Winnipesaukee have made Alton Bay a stop since 1872. Alton Bay is home to the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center, a Christian retreat center and campground organized in 1863 as the Second Advent Camp Meeting, and incorporated as the Alton Bay Camp Meeting Association in 1876. It continues its year-round ministry by hosting retreat groups, summer camps, concerts, speakers, and summer residents, who live there and participate in the services of the Association. The village has a separate ZIP code (03810) from the rest of the town of Alton.

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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in New Hampshire Unincorporated communities in Belknap County, New Hampshire Populated places on Lake Winnipesaukee Alton, New Hampshire

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