Pawtuckaway State Park Title

The campground is open for reservable stays through Columbus Day weekend. First-come/ first-served camping with limited facilities is available post-season through November 21, 2009, weather permitting.

While the park day-use facilities are closed for the season, the park lands are always open for recreation.

Please be reminded that no comfort stations are available and all items (including trash) must be carried out with you when you leave.

Should an emergency arise during your visit, please call 911 for assistance. 


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.