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Pioneer Valley: website, 60 acres, 6 miles of trails, focus is astronomy, science and nature education Blue Hills Trailside Museum: Milton: Norfolk: Greater Boston: Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, interpretive center for the 7000-acre Blue Hills Reservation state park Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary: Mattapan: Suffolk ...
Hallockville Pond, Crooked Pond: Lake Dennison Recreation Area: Worcester: 121 acres 49 ha: Lake Dennison: The park is an extension of Otter River State Forest: Lake Lorraine State Park: Hampden: 3 acres 1.2 ha: closed to the public Lake Wyola State Park: Franklin: 42 acres 17 ha: 1997: Lake Wyola: Lawrence Heritage State Park: Essex: 50 acres ...
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. Both are managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation ...
Connecticut River Greenway State Park is a protected environment with public recreation features that consists of separate state land holdings, including open spaces, parks, scenic vistas, and archaeological and historic sites, along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. [2]
Lake Dennison Recreation Area is a 121-acre (49 ha) Massachusetts state park located in the town of Winchendon.It comprises a small portion of the 4,221 acres (1,708 ha) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Birch Hill Flood Control Project [3] that are managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and that also include Otter River State Forest.
The camping club that formed at Otter River State Forest as the New England Campers Association in 1957 and known today as the North American Family Campers Association maintains a brick garden to remember members and chapters. A garden bench is dedicated to former NAFCA President, Roger Swallow (1941-2007).
Camping is open from mid-April until mid-October. A boat ramp allows access to Aaron River Reservoir for non-motorized boating. Park trails include 12 miles of paved bicycle routes as well as trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing. [5] Upland game bird hunting is allowed in season in the South Field area.
Camping: The park offers more than 400 campsites including cabins and yurts. [7] Trails: In addition to 8 miles (13 km) of roads, the state park has trails for hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback and mountain bike riding, and an 8-mile (13 km) set of bicycle trails that connect to the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The bicycle trails bring riders to ...