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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.09444444|lon_deg = -71.62305556|link=Blackstone_River_and_Canal_Heritage_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.21111111|lon_deg = -71.12777778|link=Blue_Hills_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.0675|lon_deg = -71.15361111|link=Borderland_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.63333333|lon_deg = -70.89527778|link=Bradley_Palmer_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.49223|lon_deg = -71.019819|link=Camp_Nihan}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.3375|lon_deg = -71.01055556|link=Castle_Island_(Massachusetts)}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.35416667|lon_deg = -71.11777778|link=Charles_River_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.33527778|lon_deg = -71.15805556|link=Chestnut_Hill_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.17916667|lon_deg = -72.53694444|link=Chicopee_Memorial_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.73472222|lon_deg = -73.07638889|link=Clarksburg_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.3125|lon_deg = -71.37416667|link=Cochituate_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.6075|lon_deg = -72.54166667|link=Connecticut_River_Greenway_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.28416667|lon_deg = -71.19972222|link=Cutler_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.81277778|lon_deg = -71.10638889|link=Dighton_Rock_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.58|lon_deg = -71.97|link=Dunn_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.49083333|lon_deg = -72.25416667|link=Federated_Women's_Club_State_Forest}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.62416667|lon_deg = -70.89888889|link=Fort_Phoenix_State_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.63861111|lon_deg = -70.56527778|link=Frances_A._Crane_Wildlife_Management_Area}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.05972222|lon_deg = -72.97138889|link=Granville_State_Forest}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.55583333|lon_deg = -71.35333333|link=Great_Brook_Farm_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.72944444|lon_deg = -71.18083333|link=Greycourt_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.68944444|lon_deg = -70.63305556|link=Halibut_Point_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.325|lon_deg = -71.17666667|link=Hammond_Pond_Reservation}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.62655556|lon_deg = -72.07765|link=Lake_Dennison_Recreation_Area}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.50222222|lon_deg = -72.43611111|link=Lake_Wyola_State_Park}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.70666667|lon_deg = -71.1575|link=Lawrence_Heritage_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.37008333|lon_deg = -71.06793889|link=Lynch_Family_Skatepark}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.26883333|lon_deg = -72.62566667|link=Mount_Tom_State_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.01388889|lon_deg = -70.68638889|link=Myles_Standish_Monument_State_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.44722222|lon_deg = -70.93666667|link=Nahant_Beach_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =41.63533333|lon_deg = -70.83697222|link=Nasketucket_Bay_State_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.70666667|lon_deg = -73.09277778|link=Natural_Bridge_State_Park_(Massachusetts)}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.65527778|lon_deg = -71.76027778|link=Pearl_Hill_State_Park}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.27972222|lon_deg = -71.045|link=Pope_John_Paul_II_Park_Reservation}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.8265|lon_deg = -70.81744444|link=Salisbury_Beach_State_Reservation}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.26361111|lon_deg = -71.13944444|link=Stony_Brook_Reservation}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.13416667|lon_deg = -73.02944444|link=Tolland_State_Forest}}
{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.27222222|lon_deg = -71.17444444|link=Upper_Charles_River_Reservation}}
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{{Location map~|Massachusetts|mark=green pog.svg|marksize =5|lat_deg =42.4875|lon_deg = -73.115|link=Wahconah_Falls_State_Park}}
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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.<ref name=dcrlist/>

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&nbsp;sq&nbsp;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 State Parks and Recreation are some 29 campgrounds, over 2,000&nbsp;miles (3,200&nbsp;km) of trails, 87 beaches, 37 swimming, wading, and spray pools, 62 playgrounds, 55 ballfields, and 145&nbsp;miles (233&nbsp;km) of paved bike and rail trails.

DCR's Bureau of Urban Parks and Recreation manages the [[Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston]], the components of which are included in this list.
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==State parks==
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! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''Name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! colspan=2 | Area<ref name=2012acreagelist/>
! width="5%" rowspan=2 |'''Estab- <br />lished'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''River / lake / other'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | '''Image'''
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Remarks'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
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! ha
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|| [[Ames Nowell State Park]] ||[[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]<br>{{coord|42|7|12.8994|N|70|59|13.632|W|display=inline|name=Ames Nowell State Park}} || {{convert|612|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1959 ||[[Cleveland Pond]] || [[File:Cleveland_Pond,_Ames_Nowell_State_Park,_Abington_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||The park is primarily used for boating and fishing.
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|| [[Ashland State Park]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|14|30|N|71|27|58|W|display=inline|name=Ashland State Park}} || {{convert|472|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1947 ||[[Ashland Reservoir]] || [[File:AshlandMA_AshlandParkSpillway.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Bash Bish Falls State Park]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]<br>{{coord|42|06|53|N|73|29|34|W|display=inline|name=Bash Bish Falls State Park}} || {{convert|424|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1924 || [[Bash Bish Falls]] || [[File:Bash_Bish_Falls.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Massachusetts' highest single-drop waterfall lies within the park borders.
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|| [[Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]<br>{{coord|42|05|40|N|71|37|23|W|display=inline|name=Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park}} || {{convert|1066|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1981 || [[Blackstone River]] || [[File:BlackstoneCanal_082.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park is the midpoint of the [[Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor]] of the [[National Park System]].
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|| [[Borderland State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]], [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|4|3|N|71|9|13|W|display=inline|name=Borderland State Park}} || {{convert|1843|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1971 || || [[File:Ames Mansion Borderland.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || On [[National Register of Historic Places]]
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|| [[Boston Harbor Islands State Park]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]], [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]], [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|19|11.6|N|70|55|45.6|W|display=inline|name=Boston Harbor Islands State Park}} || {{convert|404|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1996 || [[Boston Harbor]]  || [[File:Gallops_Island.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Bradley Palmer State Park]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|38|0|N|70|53|43|W|display=inline|name=Bradley Palmer State Park}} || {{convert|736|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1944 ||[[Ipswich River]]  || [[File:Restored_farmhouse_Bradley_Palmer_SP_August_2012.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || The park that features rolling meadows, lush evergreens and old carriage roads lined with rhododendrons.
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|| [[Brook Farm|Brook Farm Historic Site]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|17|29|N|71|10|26.7|W|display=inline|name=Brook Farm Historic Site}} || {{convert|141|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1988 ||  || [[File:BrookFarm-PrintShop.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[C. M. Gardner State Park]] ||[[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|16|31|N|72|52|14.5|W|display=inline|name=C. M. Gardner State Park}} || {{convert|85|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1959 ||[[Westfield River]]|| [[File:CMGardnerStatePark PicnicArea.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Callahan State Park]] ||[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|20|35|N|71|26|55|W|display=inline|name=Callahan State Park}} || {{convert|958|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1970 || || [[File:Eagle Pond, Callahan State Park, Framingham MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Camp Nihan|Camp Nihan Environmental Education Camp]] ||[[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|29|32.6|N|71|1|11.4|W|display=inline|name=Camp Nihan Environmental Education Camp}}  || {{convert|65|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||1929 ||[[Saugus River]] ||   ||Part of [[Breakheart Reservation]]
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|| [[Castle Island (Massachusetts)|Castle Island]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|20|15|N|71|0|38|W|display=inline|name=Castle Island}} || {{convert|22|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || [[Boston Harbor]] || [[File:Fort_Independence_(Boston)_-_DSC00727.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || The present fort, built between 1834 and 1851, is the eighth generation of forts and it is one of the oldest fortified sites in British North America.
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|| [[Chicopee Memorial State Park]] ||[[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|10|45|N|72|32|13|W|display=inline|name=Chicopee Memorial State Park}} || {{convert|562|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1893 ||[[Cooley Brook Reservoir]] || [[File:Chicopee Reservoir beach, Chicopee MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park includes two {{convert|25|acre|adj=on}} ponds.
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|| [[Clarksburg State Park]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]<br>{{coord|42|44|5|N|73|4|35|W|display=inline|name=Clarksburg State Park}} || {{convert|3629|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Mauserts Pond]] || [[File:Mauserts Pond, Clarksburg State Park, Clarksburg MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Adjoins {{nts|3011}}&nbsp;acre Clarksburg State Forest
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|| [[Cochituate State Park]] ||[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|18|45|N|71|22|27|W|display=inline|name=Cochituate State Park}} || {{convert|872|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Lake Cochituate]] || [[File:Lake Cochituate, Cochituate MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Connecticut River Greenway State Park]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]], [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]], [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]]<br>{{coord|42|36|27|N|72|32|30|W|display=inline|name=Connecticut River Greenway State Park}}  || {{convert|1048|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1986 ||[[Connecticut River]]  || [[File:Connecticut River Greenway State Park.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Multiple state land holdings in the [[Pioneer Valley]] of Western Massachusetts
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|| [[Constitution Beach]] ||[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|23|5.5|N|71|0|36.2|W|display=inline|name=Constitution Beach}} || {{convert|82|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1952 || [[Boston Harbor]] || [[File:CONSTITUTION BEACH-WITHIN SIGHT AND SOUND OF LOGAN AIRPORT'S TAKEOFF RUNWAY. 22R - NARA - 548468.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Demarest Lloyd State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|31|44|N|70|59|0|W|display=inline|name=Demarest Lloyd State Park}} || {{convert|200|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1953 || [[Buzzards Bay]] || [[File:Demarest_Lloyd_P1140020.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||
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|| [[Dighton Rock State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|48|46|N|71|6|23|W|display=inline|name=Dighton Rock State Park}} || {{convert|98|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1955 || [[Taunton River]] || [[File:Dighton Rock Museum.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || [[Dighton Rock]] is an {{convert|11|ft|m|adj=on}} high [[glacial erratic]] covered with petroglyphs and has since been moved to a museum at the park.
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|| [[Dunn State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]<br>{{coord|42|34|48|N|71|58|12|W|display=inline|name=Dunn State Park}} || {{convert|132|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1915 || [[Dunn Pond]]  || [[File:Dunn Pond State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Ellisville Harbor State Park]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]<br>{{coord|41|50|34|N|70|32|13|W|display=inline|name=Ellisville Harbor State Park}} || {{convert|97|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1991 || [[Cape Cod Bay]] || [[File:Beach, Ellisville Harbor State Park, Ellisville MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Walking trails overlooking a tidal marsh, sandy/rocky beach at trail end
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|| [[Fall River Heritage State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|42|20|N|71|9|38|W|display=inline|name=Fall River Heritage State Park}} || {{convert|14|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1985 ||[[Taunton River]] || [[File:Visitor's building at Fall River Heritage State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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||[[Fort Revere Park]] ||[[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]<br>{{coord|42|18|17|N|70|54|21|W|display=inline|name=Fort Revere Park}} || {{convert|6|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1976 || [[Atlantic Ocean]] || [[File:Hull - Fort Revere.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||On Telegraph Hill in [[Hull, Massachusetts]]. Remnants of two seacoast fortifications, water tower with observation deck, military history museum and picnic facilities
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|| [[Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell Park and Moynihan Recreation Area]] ||[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|14|36|N|71|7|37|W|display=inline|name=Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell Park and Moynihan Recreation Area}} || {{convert|5.6|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Neponset River]] ||   ||Outdoor theatre and play fields
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|| [[Great Brook Farm State Park]] ||[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|33|21|N|71|21|12|W|display=inline|name=Great Brook Farm State Park}} || {{convert|909|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1967 ||[[Meadow Pond]] || [[File:Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Greycourt State Park]]  ||[[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|43|46|N|71|10|51|W|display=inline|name=Greycourt State Park}} || {{convert|24|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||2001 || || [[File:Portico stairs, Greycourt State Park, Methuen, Massachusetts - 20090527.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  The park is built atop the restored ruins of the [[Charles H. Tenney]] estate.  
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|| [[Halibut Point State Park]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|41|22|N|70|37|59|W|display=inline|name=Halibut Point State Park}} || {{convert|55|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1981 ||  || [[File:Rockport2007 008.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Features a former granite quarry and {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} tower with coastal views
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|| [[Hampton Ponds State Park]] || [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|10|45|N|72|41|22|W|display=inline|name=Hampton Ponds State Park}} || {{convert|47|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Pequot Pond]] || [[File:Hampton Ponds State Park.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||
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|| [[Holyoke Heritage State Park]] || [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|12|18|N|72|36|26|W|display=inline|name=Holyoke Heritage State Park}} || {{convert|7|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1986 ||  || [[File:Holyoke Heritage State Park, Holyoke MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park features include a visitor center with exhibits about paper manufacturing and Holyoke's industrial and cultural history.
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|| [[Hopkinton State Park]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|14|57|N|71|31|32|W|display=inline|name=Hopkinton State Park}} || {{convert|1245|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1947 ||[[Hopkinton Reservoir]] || [[File:Hopkinton Dam and Spillway, Ashland MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park features a bathing pond for swimming that is physically separated from the reservoir, where nonmotorized boating is permitted
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|| [[Lake Dennison Recreation Area]] ||[[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|121|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Lake Dennison]] || [[File:Lake_Dennison,_Winchendon_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||The park is an extension of [[Otter River State Forest]]
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|| [[Lake Wyola State Park]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|42|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1997 ||[[Lake Wyola]] || [[File:Lake Wyola, Shutesbury MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Lawrence Heritage State Park]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|50|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1980 || || [[File:Visitor Center, Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Lowell Heritage State Park]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|60|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1975 ||[[Merrimack River]] || [[File:Vandenberg Esplanade, Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Precursor to [[Lowell National Historical Park]]; preserves the city's seminal role in the American [[Industrial Revolution]]
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|| [[Lynn Heritage State Park]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|4|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1986 || || [[File:Lynn Heritage State Park Visitors Center, Lynn MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Massasoit State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]] || {{convert|1207|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||Lake Rico, Furnace Pond, King's Pond, Middle Pond, Little Bearhole Pond, and Big Bearhole Pond|| [[File:Middle Pond, Massasoit State Park, Taunton MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Maudslay State Park]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|483|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1985 || [[Merrimack River]] || [[File:Rose Garden 1.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Moore State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|737|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || [[Eames Pond]] || [[File:Moore State Park Sawmill.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Mount Holyoke Range State Park]] || [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] || {{convert|3000|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1940 || || [[File:Mount Holyoke south.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Natural Bridge State Park (Massachusetts)|Natural Bridge State Park]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|44|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1985 || [[Hudson Brook]] || [[File:Natural_Bridge,_North_Adams,_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || It contains the only natural white marble arch/bridge in North America. The natural bridge spanning Hudson Brook, was formed by glacial melt about 11,000 BC, from 550 million year old bedrock.
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|| [[Nickerson State Park]] || [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] || {{convert|1967|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1934 || [[Cliff Pond]] || [[File:Flax Pond, Nickerson State Park, Brewster MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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||[[Pearl Hill State Park]] ||[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|1000|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || Park Hill Brook || [[File:Lulu Brook, Pittsfield State Forest, Pittsfield MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Pilgrim Memorial State Park]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|6|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1920 || || [[File:Plymouth Rock, Water St, Plymouth (493637) (11108906366).jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Site of [[Plymouth Rock]]
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|| [[Quinsigamond State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|38|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Quinsigamond_State_Park,_Worcester_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||   
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|| [[Robinson State Park]] || [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]] || {{convert|1025|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1934 || [[Westfield River]] || [[File:Robinson State Park River Road, Agawam MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Roxbury Heritage State Park]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|3|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1992 ||  || [[File:RoxburyHeritagePark-DillawayThomas.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || The 1750 Dillaway-Thomas House and a small park
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||[[Rutland State Park]] ||[[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|284|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||  ||[[Whitehall Pond]] ||   || Swimming, picnicking and boating.
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|| [[J. A. Skinner State Park|J.A. Skinner State Park]] || [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] || {{convert|843|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1940 || [[Connecticut River]] || [[File:The Summit House at Skinner State Park, Hadley MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||
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|| [[South Cape Beach State Park]] || [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] || {{convert|460|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||  || [[File:South Cape Beach State Park, Mashpee MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || A component of the [[Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve]] with a one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) stretch of beach.
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|| [[Southwest Corridor Park]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|221|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1987 ||  || [[File:SouthwestCorridorParkRuggles.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Greenway of {{convert|4.7|mi}} that runs South End, Back Bay, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods
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|| [[Squantum Point Park]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|46|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 2001 || || [[File:Squantum point park.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Streeter Point Recreation Area]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || [[East Brimfield Reservoir]]  ||  || Fishing, swimming, picnicking 
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|| [[Wahconah Falls State Park]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|48|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || [[Wahconah Falls Brook]] ||  ||  
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|| [[Watson Pond State Park]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]] || {{convert|163|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Pavilion_at_Watson_Pond_State_Park,_Taunton_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Webb Memorial State Park]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|59|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1980 || [[Hingham Bay]] || [[File:Webb_Memorial_State_Park,_Hingham_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Wells State Park (Massachusetts)|Wells State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|1445|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1968 || [[Walker Pond]] || ||  
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|| [[Western Gateway Heritage State Park]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|8|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1986 ||  || [[File:Western-heritage-park-north-adams-2009.png|center|80px|alt=]]  ||
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|| [[Whitehall State Park]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|837|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1947 || Whitehall Reservoir ||  ||  
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|| [[Wompatuck State Park]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|3579|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1967 || [[Aaron River Reservoir]] || [[File:Veery_(7235498720).jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|}

==Closed state parks==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''Name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! colspan=2 | Area<ref name=2012acreagelist/>
! width="5%" rowspan=2 |'''Estab- <br />lished'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''River / lake / other'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | '''Image'''
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Remarks'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
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! acres
! ha
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|| [[Gardner Heritage State Park]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|0|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1985 ||  || [[File:Visitors Center, Gardner Heritage State Park, Gardner MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Restored 19th century fire station with exhibits; closed since 2002
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|| [[Lake Lorraine State Park]] || [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]] || {{convert|3|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || Lake Lorraine ||[[File:Former_Lake_Lorraine_State_Park,_Indian_Orchard_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Closed to the public
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|}

==State reservations ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''Name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! colspan=2 | Area<ref name=2012acreagelist/>
! width="5%" rowspan=2 |'''Estab- <br />lished'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''River / lake / other'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | '''Image'''
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Remarks'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
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! acres
! ha
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|| [[Alewife Brook Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|23|48|N|71|8|38|W|display=inline|name=Alewife Brook Reservation}} || {{convert|136|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1900 || Little Pond, Little River, [[Alewife Brook]] || [[File:Alewife_Brook_Reservation.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||A major portion of the Alewife Reservation is designated wetland.  The Reservation is located at the end of the Minuteman Bike Path in Arlington
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|| [[Beaver Brook Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|23|26|N|71|11|52|W|display=inline|name=Beaver Brook Reservation}} || {{convert|303|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1893 || || [[File:Waverly_Oaks,_Belmont,_MA_-_1.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || The park includes a cascading waterfall and a wading pool.
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|| [[Belle Isle Marsh Reservation]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|23|21|N|70|59|21|W|display=inline|name=Belle Isle Marsh Reservation}} || {{convert|188|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1978 || [[Belle Isle Marsh]] || [[File:BelleIsleMarshAlc2.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || The reservation includes landscaped pathways, benches, and an observation tower. A portion of the [[Boston Harborwalk]] runs through the reservation.
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|| [[Blue Hills Reservation]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|12|40|N|71|7|40|W|display=inline|name=Blue Hills Reservation}} || {{convert|6165|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1893 ||[[Houghton's Pond]], [[Ponkapoag Pond]] || [[File:Eliot Tower Milton MA 02.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The reservation has the distinction of being the largest conservation land within a major metropolitan area.
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|| [[Breakheart Reservation]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]], [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|29|21|N|71|2|23|W|display=inline|name=Breakheart Reservation}} || {{convert|652|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1934 || Silver Lake, Pearce Lake, [[Saugus River]] || [[File:BreakheartReservationLowerPondView.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The reservation is hardwood forest principally used for birding, fishing and hiking.
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|| [[Bristol Blake State Reservation ]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|6|28.6|N|71|19|5|W|display=inline|name=Bristol Blake State Reservation}} || {{convert|140|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}}  || 1959<ref>{{cite web |title=Section 7. Bristol Blake State Reservation |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/section-7-bristol-blake-state-reservation/download |website=Mass.gov |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> || Kingfisher Pond, Stony Brook Pond, Teal Marsh ||    || Adjacent to Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
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|| [[Charles River Reservation]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]], [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|21|20|N|71|6|56|W|display=inline|name=Charles River Reservation}} || {{convert|863|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1910 ||[[Charles River]] || [[File:Charles_River_Esplanade_-_IMG_3777.jpg|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 County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|20|7|N|71|9|29|W|display=inline|name=Chestnut Hill Reservation}} || {{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1870 ||[[Chestnut Hill Reservoir]] || [[File:Chestnut Hill Reservation, Chestnut Hill MA.jpg|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|Cutler Park Reservation]] ||[[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|16|16|N|71|11|45|W|display=inline|name=Cutler Park Reservation}}  || {{convert|739|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1962 || [[Charles River]] || [[File:Cutler Park Needham MA.jpg|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 County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]<br>{{coord|42|17|50|N|71|2|44|W|display=inline|name=Dorchester Shores Reservation}} || {{convert|44|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1962 ||[[Neponset River]] ||  || The reservation comprises two beaches and a park.
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|| [[Elm Bank Horticulture Center|Elm Bank Reservation]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|16|34|N|71|18|9|W|display=inline|name=Elm Bank Reservation}} || {{convert|175|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1996  || [[Charles River]] || [[File:Elm Bank Wellesley MA - Rhododendron Garden.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || [[Benjamin Pierce Cheney]]'s property, now run by [[Massachusetts Horticultural Society]]
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|| [[Fort Phoenix State Reservation]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|37|27|N|70|53|56|W|display=inline|name=Fort Phoenix State Reservation}} || {{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||  || [[Atlantic Ocean]] || [[File:Fort Phoenix.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Revolutionary War fort; 1/2 mile of [[Buzzards Bay]] beachfront
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|| [[Hammond Pond Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|19|30|N|71|10|36|W|display=inline|name=Hammond Pond Reservation}} || {{convert|59|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1968 ||  || [[File:Hammond Pond 20190710 202448.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Hemlock Gorge Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]<br>{{coord|42|18|52|N|71|13|35|W|display=inline|name=Hemlock Gorge Reservation}} || {{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1895 ||[[Charles River]] || [[File:Echo Bridge - Newton, MA - DSC09470.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Horseneck Beach State Reservation]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|30|28|N|71|2|55|W|display=inline|name=Horseneck Beach State Reservation}} || {{convert|815|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1956 || || [[File:Horseneck.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Popular for its two-mile (3&nbsp;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 County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|22|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Red Rock Park, Lynn Shore Reservation, Lynn MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|1191|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1994 || || [[File:View from Jug End peak on Appalachian Trail east of Jug End State Reservation-WMA "Guilder Hollow Road" block.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Middlesex Fells Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|2283|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1893 || Bellevue and Spot Ponds  || [[File:MiddlesexFells SpotPond.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Mount Everett State Reservation]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|2492|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1908 || [[Guilder Pond]] || [[File:MountEverettBearsDenRd.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Mount Greylock State Reservation]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|12455|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1898 || || [[File:Mount Greylock war memorial.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|533|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1907 || || [[File:LoafObservatory.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Mount Tom State Reservation]] || [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]] || {{convert|1967|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1902 || || [[File:Visitor Center, Mount Tom State Reservation, Holyoke MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Myles Standish Monument State Reservation]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|30|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1920 || || [[File:Myles Standish monument in Duxbury, Mass.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || A {{convert|120|ft|m|adj=on}} tower with 125 steps that overlooks Plymouth Harbor and Duxbury Beach.
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|| [[Mystic River Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|359|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1893 || [[Mystic Lakes (Boston, Massachusetts)|Mystic Lakes]]; [[Mystic River]] || [[File:ArlingtonMA MysticParkway.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Nahant Beach Reservation]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|67|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || [[Atlantic Ocean]] || [[File:Nahant Beach Reservation, Nahant MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Nantasket Beach Reservation]] ||[[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|39|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||  ||  ||
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|| [[Nasketucket Bay State Reservation]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|210|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1999 || || [[File:Nantasket Beach, Nantasket MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Neponset River Reservation]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|1880|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Neponset_River_Reservation_1_Dorchester_Massachusetts.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Pope John Paul II Park Reservation]] ||[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|66|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||2001 ||[[Neponset River]] [[Estuary]] ||   [[File:BostonMA PopeJohnPaulIIPark 1.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||Reclaimed former [[landfill]] and commercial area 
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|| [[Purgatory Chasm State Reservation]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|100|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1919 ||  || [[File:Purgatory chasm lovers leap.jpg|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 County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|22|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1985 || || [[File:Quincy Quarries Reservation June 2009 3.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||
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|| [[Quincy Shores Reservation]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|87|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1899 || || [[File:Quincy Shore Reservation.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Revere Beach Reservation]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|84|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1896 || || [[File:Revere ahdg.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Rumney Marsh Reservation]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]], [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|815|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1992 || [[Saugus River]]; Pines River || [[File:RumneyMarsh02.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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||[[Salisbury Beach State Reservation]] ||[[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|355|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1931 || || [[File:Salisbury Beach, Salisbury MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park's main feature is its {{convert|3.8|mi|km|adj=on}}-long beach, one of the most popular in the Commonwealth.
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|| [[Sandy Point State Reservation]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|134|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Beach Shelter.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Scusset Beach State Reservation]] || [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] || {{convert|459|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1957 ||  || [[File:Scusset BeachNW.jpg|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 County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|616|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1894 ||Turtle Pond || [[File:Stony Brook Reservation Parkways Boston MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Upper Charles River Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]], [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]], [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] ||{{convert|863|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}}|| || [[Charles River]] || [[File:Hemlock_Gorge_(Charles_River_Reservation)_-_DSC09456.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Covers Charles River between [[Watertown Dam]] and Riverdale Park, [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts|West Roxbury]]; see also [[Charles River Reservation]]
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|| [[Wachusett Mountain State Reservation]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|2288|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1899 || ||[[File:View_of_Mount_Wachusett_and_Wachusett_Lake_from_the_Westminster_side,_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Walden Pond State Reservation]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|335|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||1922 || [[Walden Pond]] || [[File:Walden_Pond.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Weymouth Back River Reservation]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|35|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||  || [[File:Stodders_Neck,_Weymouth_Back_River_Reservation,_Hingham_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Site of Stodder's Neck and Abigail Adams Park
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|| [[Wilson Mountain Reservation]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]] || {{convert|215|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1995 || || [[File:Trail_leading_into_Wilson_Mountain_Reservation,_Dedham_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Winthrop Beach|Winthrop Shore Reservation]] || [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] || {{convert|18|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1900 || [[Atlantic Ocean]] || [[File:Winthrop_Beach,_Winthrop_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
|--
|}

==State forests ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|--
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''Name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! colspan=2 | Area<ref name=2012acreagelist/>
! width="5%" rowspan=2 |'''Estab- <br />lished'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''River / lake / other'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | '''Image'''
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Remarks'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
|--
! acres
! ha
|--
|| [[Beartown State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]<br>{{coord|42|14|00|N|73|16|28|W|display=inline|name=Beartown State Forest}} || {{convert|120|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1921 ||[[Benedict Pond]] || [[File:Beartown State Forest.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  || Approximately {{convert|7.5|mi|km}} of the [[Appalachian Trail]] travels through the forest.
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|| [[Brimfield State Forest]] ||[[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|6|0|N|72|14|56|W|display=inline|name=Brimfield State Forest}} || {{convert|3523|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1924 || [[Dean Pond]] || [[File:Dean_Pond_Recreation_Area,_Brimfield_State_Forest,_Brimfield_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Chester-Blandford State Forest]] ||[[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|14|58|N|72|56|58|W|display=inline|name=Chester-Blandford State Forest}} || {{convert|2776|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1924 || || ||  
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|| [[D.A.R. State Forest (Massachusetts)|D.A.R. State Forest]] || [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]]<br>{{coord|42|27|25|N|72|47|50|W|display=inline|name=D.A.R. State Forest}} || {{convert|1728|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1929 || Upper and Lower Highland Lake || [[File:DARStateForestMarker.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Douglas State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]<br>{{coord|42|3|30|N|71|47|13|W|display=inline|name=Douglas State Forest}} || {{convert|5525|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1934 || [[Wallum Lake]] || [[File:Douglas State Forest, Douglas MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Features include a rare Atlantic White Cedar swamp and  7.8 miles (12.6&nbsp;km) of the [[Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)|Midstate Trail]]
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|| [[Erving State Forest]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]]<br>{{coord|42|37|21|N|72|22|41|W|display=inline|name=Erving State Forest}} || {{convert|2422|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1920 ||[[Millers River]] || [[File:Laurel Lake, Erving State Forest, Erving MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The {{convert|110|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Metacomet-Monadnock Trail]] passes through a western parcel of the state forest.
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|| [[F. Gilbert Hills State Forest]] || [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]<br>{{coord|42|3|28|N|71|17|0|W|display=inline|name=F. Gilbert Hills State Forest}} || {{convert|1030|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||  || || [[File:Fgilbert trail.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Federated Women's Club State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]<br>{{coord|42|29|27|N|72|15|15|W|display=inline|name=Federated Women's Club State Forest}} || {{convert|970|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1933 || [[Fever Brook]] || [[File:West Street, Federated Women's Club State Forest, Petersham MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Freetown-Fall River State Forest]] || [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]]<br>{{coord|41|45|28|N|71|3|48|W|display=inline|name=Freetown-Fall River State Forest}} || {{convert|5217|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||1930 ||  || [[File:Statue of The C.C.C. Worker Freetown Fall River State Forest MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The park includes [[Profile Rock]], a granite outcropping which local Native Americans believe to be the image of Chief [[Massasoit]]. Also in the forest is a {{convert|227|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]] reservation
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|| [[Georgetown-Rowley State Forest]] ||[[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|42|5|N|70|58|26|W|display=inline|name=Georgetown-Rowley State Forest}} || {{convert|1041|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || ||  
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|| [[Granville State Forest]] ||[[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]]<br>{{coord|42|3|35|N|72|58|17|W|display=inline|name=Granville State Forest}} || {{convert|2432|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1921 ||[[Hubbard River]]  || [[File:Granville State Forest,Granville MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Harold Parker State Forest]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]]<br>{{coord|42|37|33|N|71|4|54|W|display=inline|name=Harold Parker State Forest}} || {{convert|3320|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1916 || Stearns Pond || [[File:Berry Pond, Harold Parker State Forest, North Andover MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest]] ||[[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|7405|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1997 ||Hallockville Pond, Crooked Pond ||   ||
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|| [[Leominster State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|4246|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1922 ||  || [[File:Crow Hill Pond, Leominster State Forest, Westminster MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || The [[Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)|Midstate Trail]] runs through the western edge of the forest.
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|| [[Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|1109|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1941 || || ||
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|| [[Manuel F. Correllus State Forest]] || [[Dukes County, Massachusetts|Dukes]] || {{convert|5215|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} ||1908 || Little Pond  ||  ||In the interior of Martha's Vineyard, the park is the focus of one of the largest environmental restoration projects in the country.
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|| [[Mohawk Trail State Forest]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|7758|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1921 ||  ||  || Includes [[Cold River Virgin Forest]], [[National Natural Landmark]]
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|| [[Monroe State Forest]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|3750|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1924 || [[Dunbar Brook]] || ||  
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|| [[Mount Grace State Forest]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|1578|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1920 || [[Mount Grace]] || [[File:View_of_Mount_Monadnock_from_the_Mount_Grace_fire_tower.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || 
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|| [[Mount Washington State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|4619|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1958 || || [[File:Usa East (134848709).jpeg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Myles Standish State Forest]] || [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] || {{convert|12029|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1916 ||  || [[File:EHR Pond 5483.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] || Pitch pine and scrub oak forest with sixteen ponds for fishing, canoeing, swimming. Camping on four of the ponds, bicycle trails, equestrian trails, and horse camping.
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|| [[October Mountain State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|16460|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1915 || || [[File:Finerty Pond October Mountain State Forest IMG 2767.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Otter River State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|1022|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1915 || [[Otter River (Massachusetts)|Otter River]], [[Millers River]] || [[File:Campsite, Otter River State Forest, Winchendon MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Pittsfield State Forest]] ||[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|10601|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || [[File:Plymouth Rock, Water St, Plymouth (493637) (11108906366).jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Sandisfield State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|4190|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[York Lake]] || [[File:York Lake, Sandisfield State Forest, New Marlborough MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Savoy Mountain State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|10457|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1918 || || [[File:Savoy_Mountain_State_Forest.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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||[[Shawme-Crowell State Forest]] ||[[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] || {{convert|624|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||  || [[File:Shawme-Crowell State Forest, Sandwich MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] || Forested 285 site campground
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|| [[Spencer State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|903|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1922 ||Howe Pond || [[File:Corridor 71, Spencer State Forest, Spencer MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Tolland State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|4415|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1925 ||[[Otis Reservoir]] || ||  
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|| [[Upton State Forest]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|2790|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1915 ||  || [[File:Grove_of_Sawara_Cypress,_Upton_State_Forest,_MA.jpeg|center|80px|alt=]] || Has [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] structures
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|| [[Wendell State Forest]] || [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]] || {{convert|7566|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1921 || [[Millers River]], [[Quabbin Reservoir]]|| [[File:Ruggles_Pond.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Willard Brook State Forest]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] || {{convert|2929|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1930 || ||[[File:Ashby_-_Route_119_in_Willard_Brook_SF.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Willowdale State Forest]] || [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]] || {{convert|2491|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || ||[[Hood Pond]]  || [[File:Willowdale_State_Forest.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||
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|| [[Windsor State Forest]] || [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] || {{convert|1824|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1925 || [[Westfield River]] ||   ||
|--
|}

==Other areas ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|--
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''Name'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" rowspan=2 |'''County'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! colspan=2 | Area<ref name=2012acreagelist/>
! width="5%" rowspan=2 |'''Estab- <br />lished'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''River / lake / other'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 | '''Image'''
! width="*" class="unsortable" rowspan=2 |'''Remarks'''&nbsp;&nbsp;
|--
! acres
! ha
|--
||[[Quabbin Reservoir]] ||[[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] || {{convert|39|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1938 || || [[File:230 QUABBIN.JPG|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Sudbury Reservoir]] || [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]; [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|4943|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1898 ||[[Sudbury Reservoir]] || [[File:SudburyDam.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Wachusett Reservoir]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|4135|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1908 || [[Nashua River]]; [[Quinapoxet River]] || [[File:Wachusett_Res_2005.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]  ||  
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|| [[Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve]] || [[Barnstable County|Barnstable]] || {{convert|110|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || 1987 || [[Waquoit Bay]]; [[Quashnet River]]; [[Childs River]]; ponds || [[File:Visitor_Center,_Waquoit_Bay_National_Estuarine_Research_Reserve,_Waquoit_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]] ||  
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|| [[Ware River Watershed Area]] || [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] || {{convert|23000 |acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} || || || ||  
|--
|}

==State 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
|-
! mi
! km
|-
! scope="row"|[[Ashuwillticook Rail Trail]]
|[[Cheshire, Massachusetts|Cheshire]], [[Lanesborough, Massachusetts|Lanesborough]], [[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams]]
|[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]
|{{convert|11|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|2001
|[[File:Adams_flagman_hut_044.JPG|center|80px|alt=]]
|Conversion of rail corridor dating from 1845
|-
! scope="row"|[[Canalside Rail Trail]] 
|[[Deerfield, Massachusetts|Deerfield]], [[Montague, Massachusetts|Montague]]
|[[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]]
|{{convert|3.7|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|2008
|[[File:IMG_3948_New_York,_New_Hampshire,_and_Hartford_rail_bridge.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]
|Trail along the [[Connecticut River]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[Cape Cod Rail Trail]] 
|[[Dennis, Massachusetts|Dennis]], [[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]], [[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]], [[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]], [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Eastham]], [[Wellfleet, Massachusetts|Wellfleet]]
|[[Barnstable County|Barnstable]]
|{{convert|25.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|1976
|[[File:Cape_Cod_Rail_Trail_Rotary,_Harwich_MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]
|22-mile trail on [[Cape Cod]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[Lower Neponset River Trail]] 
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|City of Boston]]
|[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]]
|{{convert|2.4|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|2010<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mink |first1=Jessica |title=The Neponset River: A History |url=http://www.neponsetgreenway.org/neptime.htm |website=NeponsetGreenway.org |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
|[[File:Neponset Trail east of Shawmut underpass in August 2016.JPG|center|80px|alt=]]
|Runs along the [[Neponset River]] in [[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[Mahican-Mohawk Trail]] 
|
|[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]], [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]]
|{{convert|30|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|
|
|In development
|-
![[Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside]]
|[[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Weston, Massachusetts|Weston]], [[Wayland, Massachusetts|Wayland]], [[Sudbury, Massachusetts|Sudbury]], [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]], [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]], [[Stow, Massachusetts|Stow]], [[Bolton, Massachusetts|Bolton]], [[Berlin, Massachusetts|Berlin]] 
|[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]], [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
|23&nbsp;mi
|37&nbsp;km
|2010
|[[File:Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside Landham Road Sudbury.jpg|alt=|center|106x106px]]
|In development, sections in Waltham, Wayland, Weston, and Hudson are complete and sections in Waltham, Weston, Sudbury, Marlborough, Hudson, and Stow are under construction.
|-
! scope="row"|[[Nashua River Rail Trail]]  
|[[Ayer, Massachusetts|Ayer]], [[Groton, Massachusetts|Groton]], [[Pepperell, Massachusetts|Pepperell]], [[Dunstable, Massachusetts|Dunstable]]
|[[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]]
|{{convert|12.5|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|2002
|[[File:Nashua River Rail Trail 3.JPG|center|80px|alt=]]
|Trail along the [[Nashua River]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[Norwottuck Rail Trail]] 
|[[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Hadley, Massachusetts|Hadley]], [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]], [[Belchertown, Massachusetts|Belchertown]]
|[[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]]
|{{convert|11|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|1992
|[[File:IMG 3819-Norwottuck-Rail-Trail-bridge.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]
|Part of the [[Mass Central Rail Trail]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[Southern New England Trunkline Trail]]
|[[Douglas, Massachusetts|Douglas]], [[Uxbridge, Massachusetts|Uxbridge]], [[Millville, Massachusetts|Millville]], [[Blackstone, Massachusetts|Blackstone]], [[Bellingham, Massachusetts|Bellingham]], [[Franklin, Massachusetts|Franklin]]
|[[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]], [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] 
|{{convert|22|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|1984
|[[File:View along SNETT Blackstone River bridge (1), October 2020.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]
|22-mile trail from [[Franklin State Forest]] to [[Douglas State Forest]]
|-
|}

==Other trails==
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! 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
|-
! mi
! km
|-
! scope="row"|[[Appalachian Trail]]
|[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington]], [[Dalton, Massachusetts|Dalton]], [[Cheshire, Massachusetts|Cheshire]], [[North Adams, Massachusetts|North Adams]], [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]]
|[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]]
|{{convert|90|mi|km|disp=table|sortable=on|abbr=on}} 
|1923
|[[File:Appalachian Trail footbridge, North Adams MA.jpg|center|80px|alt=]]
|Part of 2200-mile [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] foot trail; maintained by the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of National Natural Landmarks in Massachusetts]]
*[[List of Massachusetts state forests]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=dcrlist>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/places-to-go/massachusetts-state-parks-alpha.html |title=Massachusetts State Parks |work=MassParks |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=2012acreagelist>{{cite web |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/final-landscape-designations-list/download
|title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |access-date=April 14, 2025}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/ Department of Conservation and Recreation website]

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{{Protected Areas of Massachusetts}}
{{Lists of state parks by U.S. state}}

[[Category:State parks of Massachusetts| ]]
[[Category:Massachusetts geography-related lists|State parks]]
[[Category:Lists of state parks of the United States|Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Lists of places in Massachusetts|Park]]
[[Category:Massachusetts natural resources|State parks]]
[[Category:Massachusetts state forests|*]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Massachusetts| Park]]