- Miller State Park
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For other uses, see Miller Park (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 42°51′17″N 71°53′05″W / 42.85472°N 71.88472°W Miller State Park is the oldest state-run park in New Hampshire, a state in the New England region of the United States. It is mostly located in Peterborough.
The park is centered on Pack Monadnock, the 2,290 foot (698 m) mountain. Unusually for mountains in this region, Pack Monadnock ("pack" comes from an Indian word meaning "little" and is a reference to nearby Mount Monadnock) has a paved auto road to the top. The mountain is the former site of two hotels. It also has a recently renovated and rebuilt (previously unused for several years) fire tower at the summit which is staffed seasonally.
The 533 acre (2.2 km²) park was established in 1891 when three acres (12,000 m²) atop Pack Monadnock were donated to New Hampshire. It has expanded over the years with land donations and purchases. Until 1901, cattle were driven by foot from Massachusetts farms for summer grazing on open pasture extending nearly to the summit. Virtually all the pastures are now overgrown with forest, as little farming is done in the region.
The park is named after General James Miller, a War of 1812 leader.
The park is popular with hikers. The Wapack Trail runs through it, crossing Pack Monadnock.
In 2007, the state bought an adjacent 325 acres (1.32 km2) around the closed Temple Mountain Ski Area, across NH Route 101 from the Miller State Park entrance.
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Federal National Historic SiteNational Wildlife RefugesGreat Bay • John Hay • Silvio O. Conte • Umbagog • Wapack
Other Protected AreasGreat Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveState Ahern • Androscoggin • Annett • Bear Brook • Bear's Den • Beaver Brook Falls • Bedell Bridge • Binney Pond • Bradford Pines • Cardigan • Cathedral Ledge • Chesterfield Gorge • Clough • Coleman • Crawford Notch • Crosby Mountain • Curtiss Dogwood • Daniel Webster Birthplace • Deer Mountain Campground • Dixville Notch • Dublin Lake • Echo Lake • Eisenhower Memorial • Ellacoya • Endicott Rock • Forest Lake • Fort Constitution • Fort Stark • Franconia Notch • Franklin Pierce Homestead • Gardner Memorial Wayside • Governor Wentworth Historical Site • Greenfield • Hampton Beach • Hannah Duston • Heath Pond Bog • Humphrey's Ledge • Jenness • Jeremy Hill • Jericho Mountain • Kingston • Lake Francis • Lake Tarleton • Madison Boulder • Mascot Mine • Milan Hill • Miller • Mollidgewock • Monadnock • Moose Brook • Mt. Sunapee • Mt. Washington • Nansen Wayside • North Hampton • Northwood Meadows • Odiorne Point • Otter Brook • Pawtuckaway • Pillsbury • Pisgah • Plummer's Ledge • Rhododendron • Robert Frost • Rollins • Rye Harbor • Sculptured Rocks • Silver Lake • Smith's Ferry • Taylor Mill • Umbagog Lake • Wadleigh • Wallis Sands • Wantastiquet Mountain • Weeks • Wellington • Wentworth • Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion • White Island • White Lake • Winslow
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 • Cardigan Mountain • 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
Other OtherLost River Reservation • Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary • Sheldrick Forest Preserve
New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development (web) Categories:- New Hampshire state parks
- Parks in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- New Hampshire geography stubs
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