White Lake State Park

State park in Carroll County, New Hampshire

43°50′27″N 71°13′20″W / 43.8409°N 71.2222°W / 43.8409; -71.2222^[1]Area902.7 acres (365.3 ha)^[2]Elevation440 feet (130 m)^[1]Established1933^[3]Administered byNew Hampshire Division of Parks and RecreationDesignationNew Hampshire state parkWebsiteWhite Lake State Park

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.^[5]

The park's 72-acre (29 ha) stand of pitch pine trees was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1980.^[6] It is accessible by a walking trail that also passes a series of kettle bogs.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "White Lake State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "State Lands" (PDF). New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. July 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant (March 2019). "New Hampshire State Parks: Mid-Century Modern (1945-1975): Historic Context Study" (PDF). New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. p. 104. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "White Lake, Tamworth" (PDF). New Hampshire Fish & Game Department. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "White Lake State Park". New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "White Lake Pitch Pine". National Natural Landmarks. National Park Service. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^ "White Lake State Park: Pitch Pine and Peatland Kettles". New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

External links

White Lake State Park New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

Protected areas of New Hampshire

Federal

National Historic Parks and Sites	Saint-Gaudens NHP
National Forests	White Mountain
National Trails	Appalachian Trail
National wild and scenic rivers	Lamprey River Nashua River Wildcat Brook
National Wildlife Refuges	Great Bay John Hay Silvio O. Conte Umbagog Wapack
Other protected areas	Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	Ahern Androscoggin Annett Bear Brook Beaver Brook Falls Bedell Bridge Cardigan Chesterfield Gorge Clough Coleman Crawford Notch Daniel Webster Birthplace Deer Mountain Campground Dixville Notch Echo Lake Eisenhower Memorial Ellacoya Endicott Rock Forest Lake Fort Constitution Fort Stark Franconia Notch Franklin Pierce Homestead Gardner Memorial Wayside Governor Wentworth Historic Site Greenfield Hampton Beach Hannah Duston Memorial Jenness Jericho Mountain Kingston Lake Francis Lake Tarleton Madison Boulder Milan Hill Miller Mollidgewock Monadnock Moose Brook Mt. Sunapee Mt. Washington Nansen Ski Jump North Hampton Northwood Meadows Odiorne Point Pawtuckaway Pillsbury Pisgah Rhododendron Robert Frost Rollins Rye Harbor Sculptured Rocks Silver Lake Taylor Mill Umbagog Lake Wadleigh Wallis Sands Weeks Wellington Wentworth Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion White Island White Lake Winslow
State forests	Abbott Agnew Allen Alton Bay Ames Ammonoosuc Annett Annie Duncan Ashenden Ayers Ballard Bear Mountain Belknap Mountain Benton Big Island Black Mountain Blair Blue Job Mountain Bowditch-Runnels Cape Horn Carroll Casalis Chemung Cilley Connecticut Lakes Connecticut River Contoocook Conway Common Lands Cowden Craney Hill Cushman Davisville Davis-White Devils Slide District #5 Dodge Brook Eaton Fall Mountain Fay Feuer Foster & Colburn Fox Gay George Duncan Gile Gilmore Goodwin-Chandler Grant Green Mountain Hamel Harriman-Chandler Haven Hemenway Hodgman Honey Brook Hubbard Hill Huston-Morgan Hyland Hill Kearsarge Mountain Lang Station Lead Mine Leighton Litchfield Little Pine River Livermore Falls Lord Pines Lovewell Mountain Low Marshall Mascoma Mast Yard Max Israel Meadow Pond Merrimack River Merriman Mt. Major Nash Stream Nottingham Nursery Opechee Bay Page Page's Corner Paugus Bay Percy Pine River Piscataquog Powwow River Prescott Province Road Ragged Mountain Reed's Ferry Rock Rimmon Russell Russell-Abbott Russell-Shea Saltmarsh Pond Sanborn Scribner-Fellows Second Presidential Sentinel Mountain Shadow Hill Shaker Shieling Sky Pond Soucook River Southeast Stevens Pines Strawberry Hill Sugar Hill Swain Taylor Totten Trails Upton-Morgan Urban Forestry Center Vienna Smith Vincent Wade Walker Welton Falls West Iron Works Road White Farm William Thomas Woodman
Wildlife management areas	Cornish