New Hampshire outdoors

Governor Wentworth Historic Site preserves the remains of a northern plantation built by New Hampshire's second Royal Governor before the American Revolution.

• Historic Site

Greenfield State Park is a 400-acre park on Otter Lake with 255 campsites, making it the largest campground in the NH State Park system.

• Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Camping
• ·Paddling

Hampton Beach State Park provides year-round recreation with Atlantic oceanfront facilities along miles of sandy beach.

• Swimming
• ·Fishing
• ·Picnicking
• ·RV Camping

Jenness State Beach is a family location with an Atlantic oceanfront setting ideal for swimming and picnicking.

• Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Fishing
• ·Beach

Jericho Mountain State Park offers miles of trail riding for ATV, UTV, and snowmobile enthusiasts, plus swimming and fishing at Jericho Lake.

• Swimming
• ·Fishing
• ·Paddling
• ·Picnicking

Kingston State Park is a 44-acre park on Kingston Pond with two bathhouses, a quick drive from the seacoast and Boston.

• Fishing
• ·Paddling
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking

Lake Francis State Park lies on the shores of the 2,000-acre Lake Francis in the Great North Woods region, popular with hunters and anglers.

• Camping
• ·Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Paddling

Lake Tarleton State Park is a 48-acre undeveloped park on 315-acre Lake Tarleton, offering an unguarded swimming beach with views of the White Mountains.

• Swimming
• ·Fishing
• ·Hunting
• ·Picnicking

Madison Boulder Natural Area is home to one of the largest glacial erratic boulders in North America, designated a National Natural Landmark in 1970.

• Nature Trails
• ·Winter Sports

Milan Hill State Park is a hilltop campground with a fire tower offering views of mountain ranges in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Canada.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Fishing
• ·Paddling

Miller State Park sits on the 2,290-foot summit of Pack Monadnock in Peterborough and is the oldest state park in New Hampshire.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Winter Sports

Mollidgewock State Park lies along the Androscoggin River within Thirteen Mile Woods Scenic Area, offering 44 tent sites and great paddling.

• Camping
• ·Fishing
• ·Paddling
• ·Swimming

Mount Monadnock, at 3,165 feet, has a bare rocky summit providing expansive views and was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1987.

• Hiking
• ·Camping
• ·Picnicking
• ·Winter Sports

Moose Brook State Park sits in the White Mountains just north of the Presidential Range, with fishing, a spring-fed swimming area, and 59 campsites.

• Fishing
• ·Swimming
• ·Biking
• ·Hiking

Mount Sunapee State Park is a major year-round recreation area in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region with skiing, a lake beach, and a campground.

• Winter Sports
• ·Swimming
• ·Paddling
• ·Hiking

Mount Washington State Park is a 58.8-acre parcel on the 6,288-foot summit of the Northeast's highest peak, surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Historic Site

The Nansen Ski Jump, constructed in 1936-38, has a 171-foot steel tower and was for almost fifty years the largest ski jump in the eastern United States.

• Historic Site
• ·Picnicking

Nansen Wayside Park spans 14 acres near the Androscoggin River at the base of the Nansen Ski Jump, popular for picnicking, fishing, and boating.

• Picnicking
• ·Fishing
• ·Boating

North Beach is a family location with an Atlantic oceanfront setting and a sandy beach ideal for swimming and picnicking.

• Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Fishing
• ·Beach

At Odiorne Point State Park picnickers can enjoy ocean views and explorers can uncover evidence of the park's military history along a network of trails.

• Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Paddling
• ·Biking

Pawtuckaway State Park offers a 700-foot family beach, a mountaintop fire tower, marshes, and a field of glacial erratic boulders.

• Hiking
• ·Beach
• ·Camping
• ·Fishing

Pillsbury State Park is a primitive park sprinkled with ponds and wetlands, home to moose and loons and crossed by the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway.

• Paddling
• ·Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Biking

Pisgah State Park includes over 13,300 acres of rough forested terrain and is the largest property in the New Hampshire state park system.

• Hiking
• ·Horseback Riding
• ·Biking
• ·Winter Sports

Rhododendron State Park is named after its 16-acre grove of Rhododendron Maximum, the largest in northern New England and a National Natural Landmark.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Winter Sports
• ·Nature Trails

Rollins State Park sits on the south slope of Mt. Kearsarge, where a 3.5-mile scenic auto road climbs to a wooded picnic area and a half-mile trail to the summit.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Wildlife Viewing

Also called Ragged Neck, Rye Harbor State Park is a rocky coastal peninsula with grassy lawns and scenic views of the Atlantic Ocean, the Isles of Shoals, and Rye Harbor.

• Fishing
• ·Picnicking

Sculptured Rocks Natural Area spans 272 acres where the Cockermouth River carved a narrow bedrock canyon and potholes on its way to Newfound Lake.

Silver Lake State Park spans 80 acres with a sandy 1,000-foot beach curving along 34-acre Silver Lake, plus canoe and kayak rentals and miles of hiking trails.

• Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking

Taylor Mill Historic Site preserves the 200-year-old Taylor up-and-down sawmill on the 71-acre Ballard State Forest in Derry, restored to operating condition.

• Historic Site

Wellington State Park boasts the largest freshwater swimming beach in the New Hampshire State Park system, with hiking trails and picnic areas along the shore of Newfound Lake.

• Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking

Wentworth State Park spans 50 acres on the shore of Wentworth Lake, with swimming, picnicking, fishing, and a group use area.

• Fishing
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Playground

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion is the former home of New Hampshire's first royal governor, Benning Wentworth, a 40-room colonial-era house overlooking Little Harbor.

• Fishing
• ·Picnicking
• ·Paddling
• ·Winter Sports

Winslow State Park sits on the northwest slope of Mt. Kearsarge in Wilmot, with a picnic area on an 1,820-foot plateau and a one-mile foot trail to the summit.

• Hiking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Playground
• ·Wildlife Viewing

The Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Working Forest provides recreation on 146,000 acres of privately owned commercial forestry lands.

• Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Paddling
• ·Horseback Riding

Deer Mountain Campground sits in Connecticut Lakes State Forest near the Canadian border with 25 primitive sites and prime moose viewing.

• Camping
• ·Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Paddling

Fort Constitution State Historic Site sits on New Castle Island overlooking the Piscataqua River and the Atlantic Ocean, preserving ruins of a fort renovated in 1808.

• Picnicking
• ·Historic Site

Echo Lake, at an elevation of 1,931 feet, offers views of Mt. Lafayette and Cannon Mountain along with swimming, fishing, and boating.

• Swimming
• ·Fishing
• ·Boating
• ·Paddling

Lafayette Place Campground provides 97 wooded tent sites as a base for hiking, biking, fishing, and swimming in the White Mountains.

• Hiking
• ·Biking
• ·Fishing
• ·Swimming

The Franklin Pierce Homestead was the home of the 14th president of the United States and is a fine example of New Hampshire village architecture.

• Historic Site

The Hannah Duston Memorial, erected in 1874, is the first publicly funded statue in New Hampshire, on an island at the confluence of the Contoocook and Merrimack Rivers.

• Picnicking
• ·Nature Trails
• ·Historic Site

Livermore Falls Recreation Area is a Pemigewasset River access site within Livermore Falls State Forest with river swimming and boat launching.

• Swimming
• ·Paddling
• ·Picnicking

The Lodges at Coleman State Park in Stewartstown offer direct access to OHRV and snowmobile trails plus nearby fishing and boating at Little Diamond Pond.

• Fishing
• ·Boating
• ·Winter Sports
• ·Hiking

North Hampton State Beach is a family location with an Atlantic oceanfront setting ideal for swimming and picnicking.

• Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Fishing
• ·Beach

Northwood Meadows State Park spans 674.5 acres in a wilderness setting with a vast wetlands area and a pond popular for fishing and non-motorized boating.

• Fishing
• ·Hiking
• ·Paddling
• ·Horseback Riding

The Robert Frost Farm Historic Site was home to poet Robert Frost and his family from 1900 to 1911 and offers tours, displays, and a trail.

• Nature Trails
• ·Historic Site

Hampton Beach State Park (South Beach) offers year-round recreation along an expansive beachfront with sand dunes, a pavilion, and an RV campground with full hookups.

• RV Camping
• ·Fishing
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking

Wadleigh State Park sits on the southeast shore of Kezar Lake in North Sutton, with pine-shaded picnic sites, a sandy beach, boat rentals, and a three-mile loop around the lake.

• Fishing
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking
• ·Paddling

Weeks State Park preserves the former Mount Prospect estate of John Wingate Weeks atop Mount Prospect in Lancaster, with a house museum, fire tower, and 360-degree mountain views.

• Biking
• ·Picnicking
• ·Wildlife Viewing
• ·Winter Sports

White Island Historical Site preserves the White Island Lighthouse Station at the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire's only offshore lighthouse, rebuilt in 1859.

• Historic Site

White Lake State Park surrounds a crystal-clear lake within a nationally registered pitch pine forest, offering swimming, boat rentals, a hiking trail, and about 200 campsites.

• Camping
• ·Hiking
• ·Swimming
• ·Picnicking