Distance: .4 miles oneway
Difficulty: Easy side of Moderate
Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham, New Hampshire offers an array of outdoor activities. We recently visited with the solo goal of hiking to the fire tower. The tower is located on the South Summit. There are a few different ways to get here, but we chose the shortest and steepest trail. The trail is located off of Route 107. There are signs for the fire tower along Reservation Road and then Tower Road. Part of the road is dirt and my guess is during the wet season some of the road floods. You can bring a car in here, but I would recommend an SUV or Truck.
There are several trailheads along this road. The one that goes to the Fire Tower has an outhouse. It is nice that there is an outhouse, but it is not very clean. I am not picky about outhouses, but this one was pretty bad.
There is a sign that marks the start of the trail.
The trail starts out steep.
There are a lot of boulders and my daughter enjoyed exploring them.
The trail continues to be fairly steep until you get to the tire tower. The good thing is, it is only .4 miles to the tower.
With it being mid November, leaves on the ground and some ice I could see where the trail could get slippery. Please use caution.
Being able to climb up a fire tower is pretty fun.
The views from the tower are pretty good.
Even though it is a short and steep hike it is worth it for the views.
There are other trails if you wanted to make your hike longer. If you are visiting the state park I highly recommend checking out the other trails.
