Winslow State Park

Not to be confused with Winslow Memorial 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][a] A 1.7-mile (2.7 km) trail (the Barlow Trail) offers a loop possibility.^[4]

Winslow State Park
Summit of Mount Kearsage
Winslow State Park Location in New Hampshire
Location	Wilmot, New Hampshire, United States
Coordinates	43°23′24″N 71°52′04″W
Established	1935[1]
Operated by	New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation
Website	Winslow 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.