Bear Brook State Park
Bear Brook State Park is a preserve in Allenstown, New Hampshire, and neighboring towns. It is one of New Hampshire's largest state parks.
Amenities at Bear Brook include camp sites, a picnic area, over of hiking trails, swimming and fishing ponds, archery range, camp store, a ball field, playground, bathhouse, shelters, picnic tables, canoe and rowboat rentals, and a physical fitness course. The park is home to the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum, Old Allenstown Meeting House, and the Richard Diehl Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, which are in historic buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The park takes its name from Bear Brook, a stream which runs through the park. Its environment is that of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion.
In 1985 and 2000, the remains of four females were found in the park. In January 2017, a suspect in the case was identified as Terry Peder Rasmussen who had died in prison in 2010. In June 2019, three of the females were identified.
