Summer Fun

Bear Brook State Park - an outdoorsman’s paradise

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ALLENSTOWN – Due to the early April snowstorm, many trails became impassable for bicycles and horses due to downed trees, but the park is open for recreation. Trails are being cleared by volunteers from the New England Mountain Bike Association, the southern New Hampshire Snow Slickers and forest rangers.

The park offers over 40 miles of trails and roads with parking at Catamount Pond and Podunk Road.

The state Fish and Game Department stocked the fly fishing pond in early April and the pond opened for anglers on May 4. The department cleared the trails and renovated targets for the woodland archery course next to that pond. The park campground and the rustic cabins at Bear Hill Pond (south end of Podunk Road) were to be open for rent on May 3.

Park Manager Christina Pacuk announced the following spring 2024 events:

• Dynamic Cycling Clinic – May 18 and 19 at Hayes Field, teaching people how to be better riders.

• New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum Spring Rally, June 1 at the Snowmobile Museum on Depot Road.

• Wentworth Hunt Trail Ride, June 23 at Hayes Field.