Bear Brook State Park is a 10000 acres (40 km²) preserve located in Allenstown

Allenstown, New Hampshire

Allenstown is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,322 at the 2010 census. Allenstown includes a portion of the village of Suncook. Just over one-half of the town's area is covered by Bear Brook State Park....

, New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 and surrounding towns. It is one of New Hampshire's largest state park

State park

State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...

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Amenities at Bear Brook include camp sites, a picnic area, hiking trails, swimming and fishing ponds, archery range, camp store, ball field, playground, bathhouse, shelters, picnic tables, canoe & row boat rentals, physical fitness course, Camping Museum, 4-H Nature Center, Snowmobile Museum and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Museum.

The park takes its name from Bear Brook

Bear Brook (Suncook River)

Bear Brook is a stream located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Suncook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. Its entire course is within Bear Brook State Park....

, a stream which runs through the park.

External links

• Bear Brook State Park, NH Division of Parks and Recreation
• Bear Brook State Park - New Hampshire State Parks.com