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White Lake State Park is a 902.7-acre (365.3 ha) public recreation area in Tamworth, New Hampshire. The state park surrounds 125-acre (51 ha) White Lake, a typical glacial lake . [ 4 ] It is open year-round and offers swimming, hiking, non-motorized boating, picnicking, trout fishing, winter sports, day-use area, group areas, and seasonal camping.
Dixville Notch State Park: Coös: Dixville: 127 acres (51 ha) Echo Lake State Park: Carroll: Conway: 118 acres (48 ha) Eisenhower Memorial Wayside Park: Coös: Crawford's Purchase: 7 acres (2.8 ha) 1979: Ellacoya State Park: Belknap: Gilford: 82 acres (33 ha) 1956: Forest Lake State Park: Coös: Dalton: 397 acres (161 ha) 1935: Franconia Notch ...
The lower elevations are dominated by hardwoods, including the New Hampshire state tree, the white birch. Spruce and fir, which grew back after the 1903 fires, cover the higher areas. The very highest elevations of Carter Dome are above the tree line and feature subalpine vegetation. [3]
The White Mountain range is a National Forest and has an array of state parks; these include as Franconia Notch State Park, Crawford Notch State Park, and White Lake State Park, provide opportunities for hiking, camping, picnicking, and wildlife observation, all within the backdrop of the White Mountains. [citation needed]
Most of the major peaks over 4,000 feet high in New Hampshire are located in the national forest. Over 100 miles (160 km) of the Appalachian Trail traverses the White Mountain National Forest. In descending order of land area the forest lies in parts of Grafton, Coos, and Carroll counties in New Hampshire, and Oxford County in Maine.
The White Mountains also include the Franconia Range, Sandwich Range, Carter-Moriah Range and Kinsman Range in New Hampshire, and the Mahoosuc Range straddling the border between it and Maine. In all, there are 48 peaks within New Hampshire as well as one (Old Speck Mountain) in Maine over 4,000 feet (1,200 m), known as the four-thousand footers.
Deer Mountain Campground is located on U.S. Route 3 in 1,648-acre (6.67 km 2) Connecticut Lakes State Forest in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. [2] Activities include camping, picnicking, canoeing and fishing. The campground is adjacent to the Connecticut River between Second and Third Connecticut Lakes and is just five minutes south of the Canadian ...
Crawford Notch State Park is located on U.S. Highway 302, in northern New Hampshire, between Bretton Woods and Bartlett. The 5,775-acre (2,337 ha) park occupies the center of Crawford Notch, a major pass through the White Mountains. The park includes the Willey House historical site and the Dry