Driving Directions:

From I-395: Take Exit 92 and head west on Route 6 for 11.7 miles. Turn right onto Potter Road (1/7 miles past the junction with Route 97), into Goodwin State Forest. Parking for the Goodwin Conservation Center is on the right 0.1 mile in - the access road for the launch is just past the end of the parking lot.

From I-384: From the end of Route I-384 head east on Route 6, Turn left onto Potter Road, into Goodwin State Forest. Launch is 2.9 miles past the turn-off for Route 198 north on the right.

Boat Launch Information:

ADA Access:

Site Description:

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Additional Info:

Governors Island

Longitude 72.084242 ºW Latitude  41.791765 ºN

Pine Acres Lake

James. L. Goodwin State Forest

Goodwin State Forest – Google Map

Paddling Pine Acres Lake:

USGS Quadrangle: Hampton

Type of Water: Marshy Pond

Paddle Length: 190 acres

USGS Real Time Water Data / Gauge: NA

Portage: None

Put In: Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch

Google Map

Longitude  72° 4'53.12"W   Latitude 41°46'35.06"N

Take Out: Same As Above

The farther north you paddle on the lake - the more difficult it gets as the open water becomes a swamp.

Cautions: Watch out for stumps left in the lake from the flooding of 1933

Site History:

This is a man made lake which was originally a cedar swamp. The Atlantic white cedars were sawn into railroad ties, posts, and shingles by loggers in the winter and then drawn across the frozen swamp by horses.

The 1,800 acre James L. Goodwin State Forest surrounds Pine Acres lake.