National Park Service
A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States
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NEW HAMPSHIRE

THE DISTRIBUTION of this State's population reveals a continued concentration in the urban areas located primarily in the southern portion of the State. Nearly 50 percent of its total population is either foreign-born or of foreign-born or mixed parentage. This foreign element is principally concentrated in the industrial cities of Berlin, Manchester, and Nashua. It is reliably estimated that more than a million people come to the State during the summer as vacationists or tourists. No great increase in population is expected.

The State's outstanding recreational resources are its mountains, its more than 1,000 lakes and ponds, its miles of rivers and streams, large forested areas, numerous historic sites, and favorable climate for both summer and winter recreational activities. While New Hampshire now has approximately 765,000 acres of lands available for recreation, 664,000 acres are included in the White Mountain National Forest. Its most immediate needs include recreation areas for the motoring public, the development of additional recreational facilities in existing heavily used areas, and the preservation of its outstanding historic and scenic areas.

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FEDERAL

Recreational demonstration area:
89. Bear Brook6,155.35

National forest:
100. White Mountain663,254


INTERSTATE

Trailway:
37. Appalachian



STATE

State parks:
3. Chesterfield Gorge15
10. Pillsbury Reservation3,034
16. Monadnock699
21. Casalis247
22. Miller3
26. Wadleigh Park52
40. Cardigan Mountain3,090
49. Peterborough Pool12
54. Pulpit Rock252
55. John Clough309
64. Kearsarge Mountains2,383
66. Wellington Beach97
69. Forest Lake420
70. Franconia Notch5,484
72. Joseph Story Fay211
98. Endicott Rock2
101. Crawford Notch5,950
102. Moose Brook755
103. Milan Hill127
104. Dixville Notch137
108. Intervale Ski Slope13
110. Cathedral and White House Ledges205
113. Hemenway1,957
114. White Lake258
119. Wentworth Beach16
120. Gov. Wentworth Farm96
124. Bear Brook413
125. Pawtuckaway1,071
127. Kingston Lake44
130. Hampton Beach50
134. Bellamy Park29
     Total
27,431


State historic sites:
23. Franklin Pierce Homestead50
76. Daniel Webster's Birthplace150
93. Hannah Dustin Monument.05
     Total
200.05


State parkways:
105. Connecticut Lakes1,500

Proposed parkways:
28. Parkway A

99. Parkway B


State forests:
1. Hubbard Hill709
2. Connecticut River216
4. Beech Hill23
5. Pot Holes95
6. North Branch71
7. Honey Brook881
8. Dodge Brook222
9. Pillsbury Camp19
11. Pitcher Mountain

13. Leighton75
15. Grant8
17. Haven95
18. Gay49
19. Annett1,092
20. Marshall20
24. Caroline A. Fox472
29. Mascoma174
30. Province Road546
31. Livermore Falls134
32. Sentinel Mountain143
33. Boardman76
34. Black Mountain655
38. Baker5
39. Sculptured Rocks1
41. Welton Falls223
42. Cardigan Mountain Camp17
44. Shadow Hill34
46. Harriman-Chandler395
47. Vincent172
48. Farrar4
50. Binney Pond77
51. Russell25
52. Kimball25
53. Hodgman18
56. Everett56
57. Contoocook47
58. Craney Hill31
59. Ames15
60. Davisville32
61. E. H. Carroll29
62. Toll Gate17
63. Kearsarge Mountain Camp21
65. Ragged Mountain76
68. Strawberry Hill60
73. Blair112
74. Scribner-Fellows140
75. Sugar Hill57
77. State Forest Nursery257
78. Merrimac River151
79. Allen25
80. Mast Yard400
82. Walker47
83. Ponemah63
85. Jeremy Hill63
86. Litchfield122
87. Stockdale66
90. Glover7
91. Taylor7
92. Soucook50
94. Ayer50
95. Meadow Pond42
96. Belknap Mountain545
107. Lead Mine202
109. Merriman515
111. Conway Common Lands930
112. Bowditch-Runnells54
115. Huckins1,458
116. Lord12
117. Green Mountain15
118. Duncan Lake100
121. Alton Bay214
122. Waldron1
123. Woodman141
126. Kingston Dam11
128. Rock Rimmon47
129. Powow River52
131. Sky Pond119
132. Stevens4
133. Nottingham16
136. Blue Job99
137. Salmon Falls20
     Total
13,374


State wildlife areas:
35. Sugar Hill1,900
67. Black Brook1,400
81. Concord2,000
84. Nashua1,000
88. Hooksett600
106. Maynesboro Farm2,000
135. The Heath1,800
     Total
10,700


Semipublic areas—Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests:
12. City Hill11
14. Monadnock Reservation3,000
25. Mount Sunapee Reservation1,300
27. Royal Arch Tract35
36. Lost River Reservation720
43. Kearsarge Mountain Reservation521
45. Primeval Pines5
71. Flume Reservation926
     Total
6,518



LOCAL

County park:
97. Belknap Mountain500

Municipal parks:
138. Keene (1 area)55
139. Concord (1 area)10
     Total
65


Town forests:
There are 129 town forests not indicated on state map29,849


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