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Parks in New Hampshire

Explore 17 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.

Ball Mountain Lake

Ball Mountain Lake

New Hampshire

Part of the Connecticut River Anadromous Fish Restoration Program, Atlantic salmon are stocked and smallmouth …

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Blackwater Dam

Blackwater Dam

New Hampshire

One of the oldest dams in New England, this small facility near Webster provides some of the best kayak waters…

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Edward MacDowell Lake

Edward MacDowell Lake

New Hampshire

A picturesque recreation area located near Peterborough, this facility is named after the famous composer and …

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Franconia Notch State Park

New Hampshire

Franconia Notch features the Flume Gorge, a natural granite chasm, and the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Pop…

10 sq mi12trails
ParkState Park
Franklin Falls Dam

Franklin Falls Dam

New Hampshire

Sited on the Pemigewasset River near Franklin, this recreation area drains a 1,000 square-mile watershed that …

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

New Hampshire

Located on the New Hampshire and Maine border, Great Bay estuary is a complex embayment and New Hampshire's la…

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Hopkinton-Everett Lake

Hopkinton-Everett Lake

New Hampshire

One of two lakes combined to form the largest flood control project in New England is located near Concord. A…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
North Springfield Lake

North Springfield Lake

New Hampshire

The lake offers fishing for largemouth bass and other warmwater species. The boat ramp is open to canoes and …

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Otter Brook Lake

Otter Brook Lake

New Hampshire

This picturesque lake prohibits the use of gasoline motorboats. Trout are stocked both above and below the da…

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Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

New Hampshire

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge was established to preserve migratory bird habitat and waterfowl migrat…

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Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

New Hampshire

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America's greatest sculptors lived here seasonally starting in 1885, and year-r…

ParkNational Historical Park
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

New Hampshire

Your National Park for the Arts preserves the home and studio of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). …

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Surry Mountain Lake

Surry Mountain Lake

New Hampshire

The Ashuelot River offers fishing for bass and stocked trout. The lake is limited to 10-hp engines on vessels…

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Townshend Lake

Townshend Lake

New Hampshire

Boats are limited to a 10-hp. Fishing is good to excellent for smallmouth bass, brown and rainbow trout. Rec…

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Wapack National Wildlife Refuge

New Hampshire

Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1972 through a donation from Laurence and Lorna Marshall, was …

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White Mountain National Forest

White Mountain National Forest

New Hampshire

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White Mountain National Forest

New Hampshire

Spanning 750,852 acres across northern New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine, the White Mountain …

1,173 sq mi
ParkNational Forest