Pillsbury State Park
Off Route 31
Washington, NH 03280
Phone: 603-863-2860Heavily wooded and sprinkled with several ponds and
wetlands, Pillsbury State Park is one of the more primitive and lesser known
gems of the New Hampshire State Park system. Its diversity of habitats makes it
home to a great variety of wildlife, including moose and loons.
Crossed by a network of hiking and mountain bike trails, the park is an
important link in the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, a 51-mile hiking trail that
connects Mount Monadnock with Mount Sunapee to the north.
Canoeing, warm-water fishing, picniking, hiking, and mountain biking are
favorite park activities. History buffs enjoy exploring the park's
long-abandoned and overgrown cellar holes, remnants of early farm settlement and
lumbering of the late 1700s and early 1800s when the area was called Cherry
Valley.
The day-use area of the park is open 9am - 8pm, from May 26 - November 26, 2006.
Admission is $3 for adults; $1 for children ages 6-11; children ages 5 and under
and NH residents age 65 and over are admitted free. |
