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The Bureau of State Parks and Recreation division of Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) (DCR) is responsible for the maintenance and management of over 450,000 acres (1,820 sq km) of privately and state-owned forests and parks, nearly 10% of the Commonwealth's total land mass. Within the lands managed by the Bureau of ...
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation; Wahconah Falls State Park; Walden Pond; Watson Pond State Park; Webb Memorial State Park; Wells State Park (Massachusetts) Western Gateway Heritage State Park; Weymouth Back River Reservation; Whitehall State Park; Willard Brook State Forest; Willowdale State Forest; Wilson Mountain Reservation; Wompatuck ...
Mount Holyoke Range State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area encompassing the eastern half of the Holyoke Range in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. The state park is adjacent to J. A. Skinner State Park , which occupies the western half of the Holyoke Range.
Ellisville Harbor State Park is a nature preserve and public recreation area located in the village of Ellisville, Massachusetts, United States, on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay. Natural features of the coastal property include a barrier beach , sphagnum bog , salt marsh , rolling meadows, and red pine forest habitats.
Ashland State Park is a public recreation area surrounding the 157-acre (64 ha) Ashland Reservoir in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts.The state park's 470 acres (190 ha) incorporate the entire shoreline of the reservoir, which is abutted by the Warren Conference Center and Inn [3] of Framingham State University, town-owned land once the site of Camp Winnetaska (a Girl Scouts camp), [4] and ...
The reservation was created in 1894 with a gift of 450 hectares (1,100 acres) of land from The Trustees of Reservations to the Metropolitan Parks Commission, predecessor organization to the Metropolitan District Commission and today's Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). By 1897 the park had been expanded to some 3,000 ...
Dunn State Park is a public recreation area surrounding a 20-acre (8.1 ha) pond in Gardner, Massachusetts. The state park covers 132 acres (53 ha) and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation .
The state park works closely in conjunction with the nearby National Park Service. [2] The Blackstone River Bikeway , now under construction, and the Blackstone Canal towpath, are both slated to be component parts or segments of the 3,000-mile (4,800 km) East Coast Greenway .