By Thomas Cummings, SCA Interpretative Ranger for Monadnock State Park and Miller State Park. Nutrition is a key component to a healthy lifestyle, especially while you’re out exploring New Hampshire State Parks. Some common trail snacks include different fruit, nuts, and even a hardy sandwich. After eating some of these, one thought may cross you […]
Category: The NH State Park Experience
Falling for Foliage: A Look Ahead to Leaf-Peeping Season
Why do leaves turn such brilliant colors in the fall? The answer lies in the chemis-tree (get it?).
Campfire Desserts
These are three relatively simple and easy recipes you can try the next time you are out camping in one of our beautiful state parks. Enjoy yourself and don’t forget to practice good campfire safety!
That’s Recyclable, I Think? A Guide to Recycling at NH State Campgrounds
Recycling can at times be confusing, complicated, and all around frustrating! But it doesn’t have to be, especially in our state parks. The very first step to making sure your recycling experience goes as smoothly as possible, is to make sure you understand how your campground recycles.
Highs and Lows: Summits and Kettles
By Xandri Clifton, Interpretive Ranger at Greenfield and Monadnock State Parks My experience as an interpreter has been an interesting one—just like all the other interpreters across the state. What’s different about mine, is that I work at Greenfield State Park (the largest campground in the state) and Monadnock State Park (the most hiked mountain […]
What is a meteor shower?
Written by Matt Pyster, Student Conservation Association Interpretive Ranger at White Lake State Park. What is a camper’s favorite kind of shower? A meteor shower! Now that I’ve set a nerdy atmosphere…in just a few days around we will enter the peak of the Perseids meteor shower (around the 12th/13th of August). Space is a […]
Beyond Arethusa: Five Hikes to do in Crawford Notch State Park
By Simone Maule; Interpretive Ranger at Crawford Notch State Park and Ellacoya State Park From the stunning vistas of the Presidential Range to the spectacle of rushing water cascading over 100 vertical feet down a mountain Crawford Notch State Park has it all. Natural and cultural history meets here in the heart of the White […]
Rhododendron Bloom Report: August 2, 2019
Hey folks,This weekend will be your last chance to see the end of the show for this season. There will be a few flowers here and there, but most of them are done for the year. This will also be my last posting for this season. I plan to pick it up again next June […]
Top Ten Monadnock Questions
By Nell Davis, Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park Over the last month, I have been asked a lot of questions about Monadnock State Park (after all, I spend most days hiking around with a sign on my backpack that says “Stop and ask a question”). Here are the ten I have heard most often: […]
Odiorne Point’s Hidden History
By Molly Ryan, SCA Interpretive Ranger for Bear Brook State Park, Wallis Sands State Park, and Odiorne Point State Park. Odiorne Point State Park is one of New Hampshire’s lesser known treasures. Most people who visit the park do so to see the sea creatures at the Seacoast Science Center, a non-profit located in the […]