This list of Massachusetts State Parks contains the state parks and recreation areas in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation as of 2015. || Kingfisher Pond, Stony Brook Pond, Teal Marsh || || Adjacent to Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
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|| Charles River Reservation || Suffolk, Middlesex<br> || || 1910 ||Charles River || center|80px|alt= || Includes Charles River Dam, Charles River Basin and Esplanade, John F. Kennedy Park, and Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields. Covers Charles River below Watertown Dam; see also Upper Charles River Reservation
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|| Chestnut Hill Reservation || Suffolk<br> || || 1870 ||Chestnut Hill Reservoir || center|80px|alt= ||The Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District is considered a nineteenth-century masterpiece of engineering, urban planning and landscape design.
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|| Cutler Park Reservation ||Norfolk<br> || || 1962 || Charles River || center|80px|alt= || It contains the largest remaining fresh water marsh on the middle Charles, and includes a boardwalk through a cattail marsh out onto an island.
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|| Dorchester Shores Reservation || Suffolk<br> || || 1962 ||Neponset River || || The reservation comprises two beaches and a park.
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|| Elm Bank Reservation || Norfolk<br> || || 1996 || Charles River || center|80px|alt= || Benjamin Pierce Cheney's property, now run by Massachusetts Horticultural Society
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|| Fort Phoenix State Reservation || Bristol<br> || || || Atlantic Ocean || center|80px|alt= || Revolutionary War fort; 1/2 mile of Buzzards Bay beachfront
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|| Hammond Pond Reservation || Middlesex<br> || || 1968 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Hemlock Gorge Reservation || Middlesex<br> || || 1895 ||Charles River || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Horseneck Beach State Reservation || Bristol<br> || || 1956 || || center|80px|alt= || Popular for its two-mile (3 km) long sandy beach on the shore of Buzzards Bay. Also camping, fishing and a salt marsh.
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|| Lynn Shore Reservation || Essex || || || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area || Berkshire || || 1994 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Middlesex Fells Reservation || Middlesex || || 1893 || Bellevue and Spot Ponds || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Mount Everett State Reservation || Berkshire || || 1908 || Guilder Pond || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Mount Greylock State Reservation || Berkshire || || 1898 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation || Franklin || || 1907 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Mount Tom State Reservation || Hampden || || 1902 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Myles Standish Monument State Reservation || Plymouth || || 1920 || || center|80px|alt= || A tower with 125 steps that overlooks Plymouth Harbor and Duxbury Beach.
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|| Mystic River Reservation || Middlesex || || 1893 || Mystic Lakes; Mystic River || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Nahant Beach Reservation || Essex || || || Atlantic Ocean || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Nantasket Beach Reservation ||Plymouth || || || || ||
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|| Nasketucket Bay State Reservation || Plymouth || || 1999 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Neponset River Reservation || Suffolk || || || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Pope John Paul II Park Reservation ||Suffolk || ||2001 ||Neponset River Estuary || center|80px|alt= ||Reclaimed former landfill and commercial area
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|| Purgatory Chasm State Reservation || Worcester || || 1919 || || center|80px|alt= || The Chasm was created when glacial meltwater from a burst ice dam ripped out blocks of bedrock at the end of the last Ice Age (14,000 years ago).
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|| Quincy Quarries Reservation || Norfolk || || 1985 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Quincy Shores Reservation || Norfolk || || 1899 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Revere Beach Reservation || Suffolk || || 1896 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Rumney Marsh Reservation || Essex, Suffolk || || 1992 || Saugus River; Pines River || center|80px|alt= ||
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||Salisbury Beach State Reservation ||Essex || || 1931 || || center|80px|alt= || The park's main feature is its -long beach, one of the most popular in the Commonwealth.
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|| Sandy Point State Reservation || Essex || || || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Scusset Beach State Reservation || Barnstable || || 1957 || || center|80px|alt= || On Cape Cod Bay at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, a popular swimming and camping area.
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|| Stony Brook Reservation || Suffolk || || 1894 ||Turtle Pond || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Upper Charles River Reservation || Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk |||| || Charles River || center|80px|alt= || Covers Charles River between Watertown Dam and Riverdale Park, West Roxbury; see also Charles River Reservation
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|| Wachusett Mountain State Reservation || Worcester || || 1899 || ||center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Walden Pond State Reservation || Middlesex || ||1922 || Walden Pond || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Weymouth Back River Reservation || Norfolk || || || || center|80px|alt= || Site of Stodder's Neck and Abigail Adams Park
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|| Wilson Mountain Reservation || Norfolk || || 1995 || || center|80px|alt= ||
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|| Winthrop Shore Reservation || Suffolk || || 1900 || Atlantic Ocean || center|80px|alt= ||
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State forests
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! width="*" rowspan=2 |Name
! width="*" rowspan=2 |County
! colspan=2 | Area
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|Runs along the Neponset River in Dorchester
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! scope="row"|Mahican-Mohawk Trail
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|Berkshire, Franklin
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|In development
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!Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside
|Waltham, Weston, Wayland, Sudbury, Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Bolton, Berlin
|Middlesex, Worcester
|23 mi
|37 km
|2010
|alt=|center|106x106px
|In development, sections in Waltham, Wayland, Weston, and Hudson are complete and sections in Waltham, Sudbury, Marlborough, Hudson, and Stow are under construction.
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! scope="row"|Nashua River Rail Trail
|Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Dunstable
|Middlesex
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|2002
|center|80px|alt=
|Trail along the Nashua River
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! scope="row"|Norwottuck Rail Trail
|Northampton, Hadley, Amherst, Belchertown
|Hampshire
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|1992
|center|80px|alt=
|Part of the Mass Central Rail Trail
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! scope="row"|Southern New England Trunkline Trail
|Douglas, Uxbridge, Millville, Blackstone, Bellingham, Franklin
|Norfolk, Worcester
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|1984
|center|80px|alt=
|22-mile trail from Franklin State Forest to Douglas State Forest
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Other trails
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Name
! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Towns
! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | County
! style="width:*;" colspan=2 | Length
! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 | Estab- <br>lished
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Image
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | Remarks
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! mi
! km
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! scope="row"|Appalachian Trail
|Great Barrington, Dalton, Cheshire, North Adams, Williamstown
|Berkshire
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|1923
|center|80px|alt=
|Part of 2200-mile East Coast foot trail; maintained by the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club
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See also
- List of National Natural Landmarks in Massachusetts
- List of Massachusetts state forests
References
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External links
- Department of Conservation and Recreation website