Winslow State Park

Winslow State Park is a public recreation area located on the northwest slope of Mount Kearsarge in Wilmot, New Hampshire. The state park features a picnic area on an 1,820-foot (550 m) plateau with views of the White Mountains to the north.[2] A 1.1-mile (1.8 km) foot trail (the Winslow Trail) leads from the picnic area to the summit of Mount Kearsarge.[3][lower-alpha 1] A 1.7-mile (2.7 km) trail (the Barlow Trail) offers a loop possibility.[4]

Not to be confused with Winslow Memorial Park.

Winslow State Park
Summit of Mount Kearsage
Winslow State Park is located in New Hampshire
Winslow State Park
Winslow State Park
Location in New Hampshire
LocationWilmot, New Hampshire, United States
Coordinates43°23′24″N 71°52′04″W
Established1935[1]
Operated byNew Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
WebsiteWinslow State Park

History

The park is named after a 19th-century hotel, Winslow House, which was in turn named for Admiral John Winslow, the Civil War commander of USS Kearsarge. A cellar hole in the park's picnic area is all that remains of the hotel. The site became a state park in 1935.[1]

Greenway

The park is on the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway, a 75-mile (121 km) loop trail that also passes Rollins State Park, Mount Sunapee State Park, and Wadleigh State Park, as well as Gile, Kearsarge and Shadow Hill state forests and the Bog Mountain Wildlife Management Area.[5]

Notes
  1. Kearsarge Mountain State Forest surrounds the mountain's summit.

References
  1. "History of Rollins and Winslow State Parks" (PDF). New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. "Winslow State Park". New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. "Rollins and Winslow State Parks Hiking Information" (PDF). New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. "Hike Mt. Kearsarge via the Winslow & Barlow Trail Loop". Northeast Hikes. September 26, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  5. "Trail Maps". Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge Greenway Coalition. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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