Pawtuckaway State Park Title

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 weekends only starting Memorial Day weekend (May 23 - 26), then full-time, 9:00am - 7:00pm, from June 20 through October 13, 2008, weather permitting. Lifeguards are on duty daily from June 21 through September 1.

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.

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.