Mount Blue State Park continues to offer fun summer activities

TURNER PUBLISHING • August 12, 2020

Mount Blue State Park is open and bustling, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, said Bruce Farnham, park manager. The park covers roughly 8,000 acres and is divided by Webb Lake. On one side of the lake there is a campground, a nature center and trails. On the other side there are five mountains and activities associated with the lake, such as boating and swimming. The campground is open, with 136 campsites, a beach with a lifeguard and roped-in swim area and a picnic area. There is also a self-guided trail at the campground, the Hopping Frog trail, that is less than a mile long and goes out to a brook and terminates at an undeveloped section of the lake. The nature center is open seven days a week for a few hours each day. There are several nature programs offered.