Pawtuckaway State Park offers a variety of landscapes, with something to do and see for everyone. There are many opportunities for hiking, with trails leading to many special points of interest, including a mountaintop fire tower; an extensive marsh where beavers, deer, and great blue herons may be seen, and a geologically unique field where large boulders called glacial erratics were deposited when glacial ice melted near the end of the Ice Age. The campground sites line the shore of beautiful Pawtuckaway Lake. The park includes a large family beach on the lake with a bathhouse, a group picnic area, a playground, park store, and a group shelter with a ball field available by reservation only. Other activities in the park include biking, fishing, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing. The day-use area of the park is open on weekends only starting May 25, then daily from June 23 through September 3, then weekends only through October 8, 2007. Hours of operation are 10:00am - 7:00pm Mondays through Thursdays, and 9:00am - 7:00pm, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Admission is $3 for adults; $1 for children ages 6-11; children ages 5 and under and NH residents age 65 and over are admitted free. |
For information on beach advisories, please visit the State of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services website page on Beach Advisories. |