Pawtuckaway State Park Title

The park is open for the 2009 season:
- May 2 through May 21 with limited staff and facilities
- Weekends only from Memorial Day weekend through June 14
- Daily from June 19 - August 24
- Weekends only from Labor Day weekend through Columbus Day weekend

Operating hours are Monday through Friday, 10am - 6pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9am - 6pm.

Gate hours are Monday through Thursday, 8am-8pm, and Friday through Sunday, 8am-9pm.

Lifeguards are on duty starting June 13 through September 7 on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30am-6pm and on Wednesdays through Sundays from 9:30am-6pm.

Park admission is $4 for adults; $2 for children ages 6-11; children ages 5 and under and NH residents age 65 and over are admitted free.


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.

For information on beach advisories, please visit the State of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services website page on Beach Advisories.

Are pets allowed at Pawtuckaway State Park? Pets are not permitted in the park. See NH State Parks Pets Policy for more information.