List of New Hampshire state parks
This is a list of New Hampshire state parks. State parks in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are overseen by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation.[1][2]
New Hampshire state parks[]
Name[3][4] | County | Town | Size | Estab- lished |
Image |
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Ahern State Park | Belknap | Laconia | 128 acres (52 ha) | 1994 | |
Androscoggin Wayside Park | Coös | Errol | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | 1958 | |
Annett Wayside Park | Cheshire | Rindge | 1,494 acres (605 ha) | ||
Bear Brook State Park | Merrimack | Allenstown | 10,083 acres (4,080 ha) | 1943 | |
Beaver Brook Falls Wayside | Coös | Colebrook | 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) | ||
Cardigan Mountain State Park | Grafton | Orange | 5,655 acres (2,288 ha) | 1939 | |
Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area | Cheshire | Chesterfield | 13 acres (5.3 ha) | 1948 | |
Clough State Park | Hillsborough | Weare | 1964 | ||
Coleman State Park | Coös | Stewartstown | 1,573 acres (637 ha) | 1956 | |
Crawford Notch State Park | Carroll | Hart's Location | 5,775 acres (2,337 ha) | 1913 | |
Deer Mountain Campground | Coös | Pittsburg | |||
Dixville Notch State Park | Coös | Dixville | 127 acres (51 ha) | ||
Echo Lake State Park | Carroll | Conway | 118 acres (48 ha) | ||
Eisenhower Memorial Wayside Park | Coös | Crawford's Purchase | 7 acres (2.8 ha) | 1979 | |
Ellacoya State Park | Belknap | Gilford | 82 acres (33 ha) | 1956 | |
Forest Lake State Park | Coös | Dalton | 397 acres (161 ha) | 1935 | |
Franconia Notch State Park | Grafton | Franconia | 6,692.8 acres (2,708.5 ha) | 1928 | |
Gardner Memorial Wayside Park | Sullivan | Springfield | 1980 | ||
Greenfield State Park | Hillsborough | Greenfield | 400 acres (160 ha) | ||
Hampton Beach State Park | Rockingham | Hampton | 50 acres (20 ha) | 1933 | |
Jenness State Beach | Rockingham | Rye | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) | 1980 | |
Jericho Mountain State Park | Coös | Berlin | 7,430 acres (3,010 ha) | 2005 | |
Kingston State Park | Rockingham | Kingston | 44 acres (18 ha) | ||
Lake Francis State Park | Coös | Pittsburg | 38 acres (15 ha) | 1976 | |
Lake Tarleton State Park | Grafton | Piermont | 48 acres (19 ha) | ||
Madison Boulder Natural Area | Carroll | Madison | 17 acres (6.9 ha) | 1946 | |
Milan Hill State Park | Coös | Milan | 102 acres (41 ha) | 1939 | |
Miller State Park | Hillsborough | Peterborough | 533 acres (216 ha) | 1891 | |
Mollidgewock State Park | Coös | Errol | 46 acres (19 ha) | 1972 | |
Monadnock State Park | Cheshire | Jaffrey | 1,017 acres (412 ha) | ||
Moose Brook State Park | Coös | Gorham | 755 acres (306 ha) | 1936 | |
Mount Sunapee State Park | Merrimack | Newbury | 2,893 acres (1,171 ha) | 1948 | |
Mount Washington State Park | Coös | Sargent's Purchase | 60.3 acres (24.4 ha) | 1964 | |
Nansen Wayside Park | Coös | Milan | 14 acres (5.7 ha) | ||
North Hampton State Beach | Rockingham | North Hampton | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) | 1980 | |
Northwood Meadows State Park | Rockingham | Northwood | 674.5 acres (273.0 ha) | 1990 | |
Odiorne Point State Park | Rockingham | Rye | 333.7 acres (135.0 ha) | 1961 | |
Pawtuckaway State Park | Rockingham | Nottingham | 5,536.1 acres (2,240.4 ha) | ||
Pillsbury State Park | Sullivan | Washington | 4,456 acres (1,803 ha) | ||
Pisgah State Park | Cheshire | Chesterfield | 13,361 acres (5,407 ha) | 1967 | |
Plummer's Ledge Natural Area | Grafton | Wentworth | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) | 1938 | |
Rhododendron State Park | Cheshire | Fitzwilliam | 2,723 acres (1,102 ha) | 1947 | |
Rollins State Park | Merrimack | Warner | 118.5 acres (48.0 ha) | 1950 | |
Rye Harbor State Park | Rockingham | Rye | 63 acres (25 ha) | 1936 | |
Sculptured Rocks Natural Area | Grafton | Groton | 272 acres (110 ha) | ||
Silver Lake State Park | Hillsborough | Hollis | 80 acres (32 ha) | 1954 | |
Umbagog Lake State Park | Coös | Errol | 136.0 acres (55.0 ha) | 1998 | |
Wadleigh State Park | Merrimack | Sutton | 43 acres (17 ha) | 1934 | |
Wallis Sands State Beach | Rockingham | Rye | 30 acres (12 ha) | 1964 | |
Weeks State Park | Coös | Lancaster | 420 acres (170 ha) | 1941 | |
Wellington State Park | Grafton | Alexandria | 204 acres (83 ha) | 1931 | |
Wentworth State Park | Carroll | Wolfeboro | 50 acres (20 ha) | 1934 | |
White Lake State Park | Carroll | Tamworth | 902.7 acres (365.3 ha) | 1933 | |
Winslow State Park | Merrimack | Wilmot | 1935 |
State historic sites[]
Name[5] | County | Town | Size | Estab- lished |
Image |
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Bedell Bridge State Historic Site | Grafton | Haverhill | 38 acres (15 ha) | ||
Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site | Merrimack | Franklin | 147 acres (59 ha) | ||
Endicott Rock State Historic Site | Belknap | Laconia | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) | ||
Fort Constitution State Historic Site | Rockingham | New Castle | 2 acres (0.81 ha) | ||
Fort Stark State Historic Site | Rockingham | New Castle | 10 acres (4.0 ha) | ||
Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site | Hillsborough | Hillsborough | 13 acres (5.3 ha) | ||
Governor Wentworth Historic Site | Carroll | Wolfeboro | 96 acres (39 ha) | ||
Hannah Duston Memorial State Historic Site | Merrimack | Boscawen | |||
John Wingate Weeks Historic Site | Coös | Lancaster | 420 acres (170 ha) | 1941 | |
Nansen Ski Jump State Historic Site | Coös | Milan | 14 acres (5.7 ha) | ||
Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site | Rockingham | Derry | |||
Taylor Mill State Historic Site | Rockingham | Derry | |||
Tip-Top House | Coös | Sargent's Purchase | |||
Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion State Historic Site | Rockingham | Portsmouth | |||
White Island State Historic Site | Rockingham | Rye | 5 acres (2.0 ha) | ||
Willey House | Carroll | Hart's Location |
Other state protected areas[]
Other areas of note still owned by the state but not maintained.
Name[4] | County | Town | Size | Estab- lished |
Image |
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Bear's Den Natural Area | Cheshire | Gilsum | 95 acres (38 ha)[6][7] | ||
Binney Pond Natural Area | Hillsborough | New Ipswich | 99 acres (40 ha)[8] | ||
Bradford Pines Natural Area | Merrimack | Bradford | 5 acres (2.0 ha)[9] | ||
Crosby Mountain State Park | Grafton | Groton | 86 acres (35 ha)[10] | Donated in 1971 | |
Curtiss Dogwood Natural Area | Hillsborough | Wilton | 14 acres (5.7 ha) | ||
Dublin Lake Scenic Area | Cheshire | Dublin | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) | ||
Heath Pond Bog Natural Area | Carroll | Ossipee | 1,378.5 acres (557.9 ha)[11][12] | ||
Humphrey's Ledge Natural Area | Carroll | Bartlett | 36 acres (15 ha)[13] | ||
Jeremy Mill Natural Area | Hillsborough | Pelham | 63 acres (25 ha)[14][15] | ||
Mascot Mine Natural Area | Coös | Gorham | 11.7 acres (4.7 ha)[16] | ||
Ossipee Lake Natural Area | Carroll | Ossipee | 400 acres (160 ha)[17] | ||
Otter Brook Lake | Cheshire | Keene | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) | ||
Smith's Ferry Heritage Park | Hillsborough | Manchester | 17 acres (6.9 ha)[18] | ||
Urban Forestry Center | Rockingham | Portsmouth | 182 acres (74 ha)[19] | ||
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area or Wantastiquet State Forest | Cheshire | West Chesterfield | 1,006 acres (407 ha)[20][21] |
See also[]
- List of U.S. national parks
- List of New Hampshire state forests
References[]
- ^ "Division". nhstateparks.org. New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ All data come from respective New Hampshire State Parks webpage unless otherwise noted.
- ^ "State Parks". nhstateparks.org. New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "NH Forests, Parks, Natural Areas and Other" (PDF). NH Division of Forest and Lands. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Historic Sites". nhstateparks.org. New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Bear Den Geological Park & Trail". Trails.com. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Bear's Den Natural Area". NH Garden Solutions. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Binney Pond Wildlife area access, Wapack Trail - New Ipswich, NH". Waymarking. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Bradford, NH Trails and Public Lands Map" (PDF). Bradford, NH. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Cockermouth Forest - Bald Knob & Mt. Crosby: 4/30/09". Mountain Wandering. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Heath Pond Bog". NH Division of Forests and Lands. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Heath Pond Bog Natural Area". Ossipee Lake Alliance. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Humphrey's Ledge". Mountain Project. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Fire Towers". Double-D Mountain Runner. May 7, 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Conservation Map 2008" (PDF). Town of Pelham, NH. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Going "Batty" Trying to Avoid the Rain (Mascot Pond: 18-Jun-2009)". Views from the Top. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Ossipee Lake Natural Area". Ossipee Lake Alliance. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Greening the City Master Plan" (PDF). Manchester NH. p. 109. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Urban Forestry Center". NH Division of Forests and Lands. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Wantastiquet Natural Area Summit Trail". All Trails. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Map". Chesterfield Outdoors. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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