The lowlands are densely forested with fir, pine, oak, beach, birch, and maple.

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One mile from town by car or on foot is a family-friendly beach lined with colourful beach huts and backed by dunes and pine woodland.

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The latter is a wonderful pick, visible through the trees as you make the short hike over a pine-needle-carpeted trail, edged by a tiny sandy beach (many of the ponds have no beach to speak of), and home to a bevy of quick-footed green frogs and one remarkably tame snapping turtle.

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