Monroe State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in the towns of Monroe and Florida. The forest is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).
C.M. Gardner State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in the town of Huntington along a section of the east branch of the Westfield River. The park land was donated to the state in 1959 in memory of Charles M. Gardner, a local farmer, writer, and National Grange leader. read more
Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a Massachusetts state park consisting of separate state land holdings, including open spaces, parks, scenic vistas, archaeological sites, and historic sites, along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. The park includes critical wildlife and plant habitat as well as areas read more
Mohawk Trail State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in the towns of Charlemont, Hawley, and Savoy. The rustic 6,400-acre (2,600 ha) forest of mountain ridges, gorges, and old-growth forests has elevations ranging from around 600 to 2,080 feet. It has two main rivers, the Deerfield River and the read more
Chicopee Memorial State Park (formerly the Cooley Brook Reservoir and Watershed) is a 575-acre (233 ha) Massachusetts state park located in the Burnett Road neighborhood of the city of Chicopee. The park is located directly southeast of Westover Joint Air Reserve Base, and the base can be seen from some read more
Erving State Forest, located just north of the Millers River in the towns of Erving, Warwick, and Orange, Massachusetts, covers a central area roughly 2½ by 2½ miles wide in central Massachusetts north of the Quabbin Reservoir and also includes several nearby satellite property fragments. The property is largely wooded read more
Lake Wyola State Park, also known as the Carroll A. Holmes Recreation Area, is located in the town of Shutesbury, Massachusetts. It is a state-run recreation area located on the shores of Lake Wyola.
Wendell State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in the town of Wendell. The 7,566-acre (3,062 ha) parcel occupies a forested and hilly upland plateau south of the Millers River and west of the Quabbin Reservoir. Park roads were developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
Federated Women’s Club State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in the towns of Petersham and New Salem. Notable forest scenery is found along wooded roads with views of Fever Brook, which has been dammed and provides a stopover for migrating birds. The forest’s most prominent geological feature, The read more
Tantiusques (Tant-E-oos-kwiss) is a 57-acre (230,000 m2) open space reservation and historic site registered with the National Register of Historic Places. The reservation is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and is owned and managed by The Trustees of Reservations; it is notable for its historic, defunct graphite mines. This is a read more