Lake Francis State Park

State park in Coös County, New Hampshire

45°03′40″N 71°18′04″W / 45.061°N 71.301°W / 45.061; -71.301^[1]Area38 acres (15 ha)^[2]Elevation1,421 feet (433 m)^[1]Established1976^[3]Administered byNew Hampshire Division of Parks and RecreationDesignationNew Hampshire state parkWebsiteLake Francis State Park

Lake Francis State Park is a public recreation area located on Lake Francis in the town of Pittsburg, New Hampshire. The state park has a boat launch, visitor center, and playground and offers opportunities for fishing, canoeing on the reservoir and upper part of the Connecticut River, ATV riding, camping, and snow sports.^[4]^[5]

The park saw its genesis with the transfer in 1976 of 17 acres of land on Lake Francis from the New Hampshire Water Resources Board to the Department of Resources and Economic Development.^[3]

The park is 1 of 10 New Hampshire state parks that were in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minutes and 14 seconds of totality.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lake Francis State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "State Lands" (PDF). New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. July 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Lisa Mausolf, Preservation Consultant (March 2019). "New Hampshire State Parks: Mid-Century Modern (1945-1975): Historic Context Study" (PDF). New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. p. 44. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ "Lake Francis State Park". New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ Paula Tracy (May 23, 2014). "Granite State Parks: Lake Francis State Park in Pittsburg". WMUR. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
^ R, Mike (August 11, 2021). "New Hampshire 2024 Solar Eclipse State Parks". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

External links

Lake Francis State Park New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

Protected areas of New Hampshire

Federal

National Historic Parks and Sites	Saint-Gaudens NHP
National Forests	White Mountain
National Trails	Appalachian Trail
National wild and scenic rivers	Lamprey River Nashua River Wildcat Brook
National Wildlife Refuges	Great Bay John Hay Silvio O. Conte Umbagog Wapack
Other protected areas	Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State parks	Ahern Androscoggin Annett Bear Brook Beaver Brook Falls Bedell Bridge Cardigan Chesterfield Gorge Clough Coleman Crawford Notch Daniel Webster Birthplace Deer Mountain Campground Dixville Notch Echo Lake Eisenhower Memorial Ellacoya Endicott Rock Forest Lake Fort Constitution Fort Stark Franconia Notch Franklin Pierce Homestead Gardner Memorial Wayside Governor Wentworth Historic Site Greenfield Hampton Beach Hannah Duston Memorial Jenness Jericho Mountain Kingston Lake Francis Lake Tarleton Madison Boulder Milan Hill Miller Mollidgewock Monadnock Moose Brook Mt. Sunapee Mt. Washington Nansen Ski Jump North Hampton Northwood Meadows Odiorne Point Pawtuckaway Pillsbury Pisgah Rhododendron Robert Frost Rollins Rye Harbor Sculptured Rocks Silver Lake Taylor Mill Umbagog Lake Wadleigh Wallis Sands Weeks Wellington Wentworth Wentworth–Coolidge Mansion White Island White Lake Winslow
State forests	Abbott Agnew Allen Alton Bay Ames Ammonoosuc Annett Annie Duncan Ashenden Ayers Ballard Bear Mountain Belknap Mountain Benton Big Island Black Mountain Blair Blue Job Mountain Bowditch-Runnels Cape Horn Carroll Casalis Chemung Cilley Connecticut Lakes Connecticut River Contoocook Conway Common Lands Cowden Craney Hill Cushman Davisville Davis-White Devils Slide District #5 Dodge Brook Eaton Fall Mountain Fay Feuer Foster & Colburn Fox Gay George Duncan Gile Gilmore Goodwin-Chandler Grant Green Mountain Hamel Harriman-Chandler Haven Hemenway Hodgman Honey Brook Hubbard Hill Huston-Morgan Hyland Hill Kearsarge Mountain Lang Station Lead Mine Leighton Litchfield Little Pine River Livermore Falls Lord Pines Lovewell Mountain Low Marshall Mascoma Mast Yard Max Israel Meadow Pond Merrimack River Merriman Mt. Major Nash Stream Nottingham Nursery Opechee Bay Page Page's Corner Paugus Bay Percy Pine River Piscataquog Powwow River Prescott Province Road Ragged Mountain Reed's Ferry Rock Rimmon Russell Russell-Abbott Russell-Shea Saltmarsh Pond Sanborn Scribner-Fellows Second Presidential Sentinel Mountain Shadow Hill Shaker Shieling Sky Pond Soucook River Southeast Stevens Pines Strawberry Hill Sugar Hill Swain Taylor Totten Trails Upton-Morgan Urban Forestry Center Vienna Smith Vincent Wade Walker Welton Falls West Iron Works Road White Farm William Thomas Woodman
Wildlife management areas	Cornish