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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 ...
Sean M. Fisher (2015), Guide to Related Archival Collections Outside of the DCR Archives Pertaining to the Metropolitan Parks System, the Metropolitan Water Works System, and the State Forests and Parks System, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Conservation and Recreation, OCLC 971134548, Boston Harbor Islands
Boston African American: National Historic Site: Boston: 1980 NPS acts in advisory role, and provides rangers. Boston Harbor Islands: National Recreation Area: Boston and other nearby communities 1996 Most properties are state or private; NPS acts in advisory and coordinating role. Boston: National Historical Park: Boston: 1974
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 .
Hopkinton State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in the towns of Hopkinton and Ashland and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. [4] The park was created after the Hopkinton Reservoir was removed from service as a water source for the Greater Boston area. In 2010, it was named as one of the 1,000 places to visit by ...
Lynn Heritage State Park is [4] a history-themed state park in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts, and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston. It opened in 1986. [ 5 ]
Roxbury Heritage State Park is a history-themed heritage park in the oldest part of Roxbury, a former town annexed in 1868 by Boston, Massachusetts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is anchored by the Dillaway–Thomas House , a large colonial structure built in 1750 and thought to be the oldest surviving house in Roxbury.
Pedestrian bridge, Charles River Esplanade, Boston, Massachusetts Metropolitan Park System map. The Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston is a system of reservations, parks, parkways and roads under the control of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in and around Boston that has been in existence for over a century. [1]