Packers Falls Park

Packers Falls Road   |   2.3 acres

DIRECTIONS: From the Durham Town Hall take Route 108 south 1.4 miles. Take right onto Bennett Road. Follow 1.6 miles. Just before junction with Packers Falls Road. a small parking area is on the left. Google map

Packers Falls Park Map and Property Summary

ABOUT THE PROPERTY:

Located at the intersection of Packers Falls Road and Bennett Road, below bridge, both sides of the Wild & Scenic Lamprey River. Parking area for 5-6 cars along Bennett Road. The bridge on Packers Falls Road across river provides pedestrian access to both sides of the river. A popular fishing and swimming spot

An historic marker is located at the corner of Bennett Road and Route 108 with the following text:

"These scenic falls, 1.6 miles west of here on the Lamprey River, once provided waterpower and industry for the early settlers. A deed dated April 11, 1694, shows that Capt. Packer, Jonathan Woodman, James Davis, Joseph Meder, and James Thomas were granted "the hole streame of Lamprele River for erecting a saw mill or mills." Thomas Packer of Portsmouth was a merchant, physician, judge, member of the King’s Council, and father of the famous Sheriff Thomas Packer."