County or Area in Date Stream(s) and SNo Park Name Remarks Counties acres (ha) founded / or (s) Little , the A major portion of the Alewife Alewife Brook 120 acres Little River, Reservation is designated wetland. The 1 Middlesex Reservation (48 ha) and the Alewife Reservation is located at the end of the Brook Minuteman Bike Path in Arlington Ames Nowell 700 acres The park is primarily used for boating and 2 Plymouth Cleveland Pond State Park (283 ha) fishing. Appalachian 90 miles (145 km) of this trail are in 3 Berkshire Trail . Ashland State 470 acres Ashland 4 Middlesex Park (190 ha) Reservoir Cheshire Ashuwillticook 5 Berkshire (11 mi.) Reservoir, the Rail Trail Bash Bish Massachusetts' highest single-drop 6 Falls State Berkshire waterfall lies within the park borders. Park Approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) of the Beartown State 12,000 acres 7 Berkshire Benedict Pond travels through the Forest (4,856 ha) forest. Beaver Brook 59 acres The park includes a cascading waterfall 8 Middlesex Reservation (23 ha) and a wading pool. The reservation includes landscaped Belle Isle 152 acres Belle Isle pathways, benches, and an observation 9 Marsh Suffolk (62 ha) Marsh tower. A portion of the Reservation Harborwalk runs through the reservation. Blackstone The park is the midpoint of the River and 1,000 acres Blackstone Valley National 10 Worcester Heritage (404 ha) River Heritage Corridor of the National Park State Park System. Houghton's The reservation has the distinction of Blue Hills 7,000 acres Pond, 11 Norfolk being the largest conservation land within Reservation (2,832 ha) Ponkapoag a major metropolitan area. Pond Borderland Bristol, 1,570 acres 12 1971 on National Register of Historic Places State Park Norfolk (635 ha) Norfolk, Plymouth, 1,482 acres 13 Islands State 1996 Boston Harbor and (599 ha) Park Suffolk Bradley The park that features rolling meadows, 721 acres 14 Palmer State Essex lush evergreens and old carriage roads (291 ha) Park lined with rhododendrons. Silver Lake, The reservation is hardwood forest Breakheart 640 acres 15 Essex Pearce Lake, principally used for birding, fishing and Reservation (258 ha) hiking. Brimfield State 16 Hampden Dean Pond Forest C. M. Gardner 17 Hampden State Park Callahan State 820 acres 18 Middlesex Park (331 ha) Cape Cod Rail 19 Barnstable (22 mi.) Trail The present fort, built between 1834 and 22 acres 1851, is the eighth generation of forts and 20 Castle Island Suffolk Boston Harbor (9 ha) it is one of the oldest fortified sites in British North America. Features of the park include the Dam, the Charles River Basin and Esplanade, and John F. Kennedy Park, a Charles River Suffolk, 21 (17 mi) Charles River small memorial park to the late president. Reservation Middlesex Covers Charles River below Watertown Dam; see also Upper Charles River Reservation Chester- 22 Blandford Hampden State Forest The Historic Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill District is considered a nineteenth-century 23 Suffolk 1870 Reservation Reservoir masterpiece of engineering, urban planning and landscape design. Chicopee 575 acres Cooley Brook The park includes two 25-acre 24 Memorial Hampden (232 ha) Reservoir 2 State Park (100,000 m ) . Clarksburg 368 acres adjoins the 3,011 acre Clarksburg State 25 Berkshire Mauserts Pond State Park (149 ha) Forest C. M. Gardner 26 Hampden Westfield River State Park Cochituate Lake 27 Middlesex State Park Cochituate Franklin, The park consists of a number of separate River Connecticut 28 Hampden, state land holdings in the Pioneer Valley Greenway River Hampshire of . State Park It contains the largest remaining fresh 700 acres water marsh on the middle Charles, and 29 Norfolk Charles River (283 ha) includes a boardwalk through a cattail marsh out onto an island. Upper and D.A.R. State 1,770 acres 30 Hampshire 1929 Lower Forest (716 ha) Highland Lake Demarest 31 Lloyd State Bristol Park Dighton Rock is an 11-foot (3.4 m) high Dighton Rock 85 acres glacial erratic covered with petroglyphs 32 Bristol State Park (34 ha) and has since been moved to a museum at the park. Dorchester The reservation comprises two beaches 33 Shores Suffolk and a park. Reservation features include a rare Atlantic White Douglas State 5,730 acres 34 Worcester Cedar swamp and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) of Forest (2,318 ha) the Midstate Trail Dunn State 119 acres 35 Worcester Dunn Pond Park (48 ha) Ellisville Ellisville Walking trails overlooking a tidal marsh, 36 Harbor State Plymouth Harbor sandy/rocky beach at trail end Park Benjamin Pierce Cheney's property, now Elm Bank 182 acres 37 Norfolk c. 1996 Charles River run by Massachusetts Horticultural Reservation (74 ha) Society The 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet- Erving State 4,000 acres 38 Franklin Monadnock Trail passes through a Forest (1,618 ha) western parcel of the state forest. F. Gilbert Hills 1,027 acres 39 Norfolk State Forest (416 ha) Fall River 8.5 acres 40 Heritage State Bristol (4 ha) Park Federated 984 acres 41 Women's Club Worcester Fever Brook (398 ha) State Forest Fort Phoenix Revolutionary War fort; 1/2 mile of 42 State Bristol beachfront Reservation On Telegraph Hill in Hull, Massachusetts. Remnants of two seacoast fortifications, Fort Revere 8 acres 43 Plymouth water tower with observation deck, Park (3.25 ha) military history museum and picnic facilities The park includes Profile Rock, a granite outcropping which local Native Freetown-Fall 5,441 acres Americans believe to be the image of 44 River State Bristol 1930 (2,201 ha) Chief Massasoit. Also in the forest is a Forest 227-acre (0.92 km2) Wampanoag reservation Gardner Restored 19th century fire station with 45 Heritage State Worcester exhibits Park Georgetown- 1,112 acres 46 Rowley State Essex (450 ha) Forest Granville State 2,426 acres 47 Hampden Forest (982 ha) Great Brook 1,000 acres 48 Farm State Middlesex Meadow Pond (405 ha) Park Greycourt The park is built atop the restored ruins of 49 Essex 2001 State Park the Charles H. Tenney estate. Halibut Point Features a former granite quarry and 60 ft 50 Essex State Park (18 m) tower with coastal views Hammond 51 Pond Middlesex Reservation Hampton 52 Ponds State Hampden Pequot Pond Park Harold Parker 3,000 acres 53 Essex State Forest (1215 ha) Hemlock 23 acres 54 Gorge Middlesex Charles River (9.3 ha) Reservation The park features include a visitor center Holyoke with exhibits about paper manufacturing 55 Heritage State Hampden and Holyoke's industrial and cultural Park history. The park features a bathing pond for Hopkinton 1,450 acres Hopkinton swimming that is physically separated 56 Middlesex State Park (586 ha) Reservoir from the reservoir, where nonmotorized boating is permitted Popular for its two mile (3 km) long Horseneck 600 acres sandy beach on the shore of Buzzards 57 Beach State Bristol (243 ha) Bay. Also camping, fishing and a salt Reservation marsh. Jug End State Reservation 1,158 acres 58 and Wildlife Berkshire (469 ha) Management Area Kenneth Hallockville Dubuque 7,882 acres 59 Franklin 1997 Pond, Crooked Memorial (3,190 ha) Pond State Forest Lake Dennison 4,221 acres The park is an extension of Otter River 60 Recreation Worcester Lake Dennison (1,708 ha) State Forest Area Lake Lorraine 61 Hampden State Park 62 Franklin Lawrence 23 acres 63 Heritage State Essex (9 ha) Park Leominster 4,300 acres The Midstate Trail runs through the 64 Worcester State Forest (1740 ha) western edge of the forest. Lowell- Dracut- 1,140 acres 65 Middlesex Tyngsboro (461 ha) State Forest a precursor to the Lowell National Lowell Merrimack Historical Park the park preserves the 66 Heritage State Middlesex 1975 River city's seminal role in the American Park Industrial Revolution Lower 67 Neponset Suffolk River Trail Lynn Heritage 68 Essex State Park Lynn Shore 69 Essex Reservation In the interior of Martha's Vineyard, the Manuel F. 5,100 acres park is the focus of one of the largest 70 Correllus State Dukes 1908 Little Pond (2063 ha) environmental restoration projects in the Forest country. , Furnace Pond, King's Pond, Massasoit 71 Bristol Middle Pond, State Park Little Bearhole Pond, and Big Bearhole Pond Maudslay Merrimack 72 Essex State Middlesex 2,575 acres Bellevue and 73 Fells Middlesex (1,042 ha) Spot Ponds Reservation Mohawk Trail 6,400 acres includes Cold River Virgin Forest, 74 Franklin State Forest (2,589 ha) National Natural Landmark, Apr 1980. Monroe State 75 Franklin Dunbar Brook Forest Moore State 730 acres 76 Worcester Eames Pond Park (295 ha) Mount Everett 1,356 acres 77 State Berkshire Guilder Pond (548 ha) Reservation Mount Grace 1,458 acres 78 Franklin State Forest (590 ha) Mount 79 Greylock State Berkshire 1898 Reservation Mount Holyoke 3,000 acres 80 Hampshire Range State (1,214 ha) Park Mount 81 Sugarloaf State Franklin Reservation Mount Tom 2,082 acres 82 State Hampden (842 ha) Reservation Mount 83 Washington Berkshire State Forest Myles Standish A 120 ft (37 m) tower with 125 steps that 84 Monument Plymouth overlooks Plymouth Harbor and Duxbury State Beach. Reservation Pitch pine and scrub oak forest with Myles sixteen ponds for fishing, canoeing, 85 Standish State Plymouth swimming. Camping on four of the Forest ponds, bicycle trails, equestrian trails and "horse camping". Mystic ; 86 Middlesex 1893 Reservation Mystic River Nahant Beach 87 Essex Reservation Nantasket 88 Beach Plymouth Reservation 89 Middlesex Rail Trail Nasketucket 90 Bay State Plymouth 1999 Reservation It contains the only natural white marble arch/bridge in North America. The natural Natural Bridge 91 Berkshire Hudson Brook bridge spanning Hudson Brook, was State Park formed by glacial melt about 11,000 BC, from 550 million year old bedrock. Neponset 92 River Suffolk Reservation Nickerson 1,900 acres 93 Barnstable State Park (768 ha) Norwottuck 9.5-mile Connecticut 94 Hampshire 1992 Rail Trail (15.3 km) River October 95 Mountain State Berkshire Forest Otter River Otter River, 96 Worcester 1915 State Forest Millers River Pearl Hill State 1,000 acres 97 Middlesex Park Hill Brook Park (405 ha) Pilgrim 98 Memorial Plymouth site of Plymouth Rock State Park Pittsfield State 99 Berkshire Forest Pope John Reclaimed former landfill and 100 Paul II Park Suffolk 2001 commercial area bordering Neponset Reservation River estuary. The Chasm was created when glacial Purgatory meltwater from a burst ice dam ripped out 101 Chasm State Worcester 1919 blocks of bedrock at the end of the last Reservation Ice Age (14,000 years ago). Quabbin 102 Hampshire Reservoir Quincy 22 acres 103 Quarries Norfolk 1985 (9 ha) Reservation Quincy Shores 104 Norfolk Reservation Quinsigamond 105 Worcester State Park 106 Suffolk 1896 Reservation Robinson State 852 acres 107 Hampden Westfield River Park (344 ha) Roxbury The 1750 Dillaway-Thomas House and a 108 Heritage State Suffolk small park Park Rumney Essex, 600 acres Saugus River; 109 Marsh Suffolk (245+ ha) Pines River Reservation Rutland State 300 acres 110 Worcester Whitehall Pond Swimming, picknicking and boating. Park (121 ha) Salisbury The park's main feature is its 3.8-mile 521 acres 111 Beach State Essex (6.1 km)-long beach, one of the most (210 ha) Reservation popular in the Commonwealth. Sandisfield 112 Berkshire York Lake State Forest Sandy Point 77 acres 113 State Essex (31 ha) Reservation Savoy 114 Mountain State Berkshire Forest Scusset Beach On at the east end of the 115 State Barnstable , a popular swimming Reservation and camping area. Shawme- 700 acres 116 Crowell State Barnstable Forested 285 site campground (383 ha) Forest Skinner State Connecticut 117 Hampshire Park River South Cape A component of the Waquoit Bay 118 Beach State Barnstable National Estuarine Research Reserve with Park a one mile (1.6 km) stretch of beach. Greenway of 4.7 mi (7.6 km) that runs Southwest 52 acres 119 Suffolk South End, Back Bay, Roxbury and Corridor Park (21 ha) Jamaica Plain neighborhoods Spencer State 965 acres 120 Worcester Howe Pond Forest (390 ha) Squantum 121 Norfolk 2001 Point Park Stony Brook 475 acres 122 Suffolk Turtle Pond Reservation (192 ha) Streeter Point 450 acres East Brimfield 123 Recreation Worcester (182 ha) Reservoir Area Sudbury Middlesex; 4,943 acres Sudbury 124 Reservoir Worcester (2,000 ha) Reservoir Tolland State 125 Berkshire Forest Upper Charles Middlesex, Covers Charles River between Watertown 126 River Norfolk, Charles River Dam and Riverdale Park, West Roxbury; Reservation Suffolk see also Charles River Reservation Upton State 2,660 acres Has Civilian Conservation Corps 127 Worcester Forest (1,076 ha) structures Wachusett 3,000 acres 128 Mountain State Worcester (1214 ha) Reservation Nashua River; Wachusett 129 Worcester Quinapoxet Reservoir River Wahconah Wahconah Falls 130 Falls State Berkshire Brook Park 462 acres 131 State Middlesex 1922 Walden Pond (187 ha) Reservation Waquoit Bay Waquoit Bay; National ; 132 Estuarine Barnstable ; Research several ponds Reserve 23,000 acres 133 Watershed Worcester (9,300 ha) Area 10 acres 134 Bristol State Park (4 ha) Webb 135 Memorial Norfolk 1980 Hingham Bay State Park Wells State 1,400 acres 136 Worcester Park (566 ha) Millers River, Wendell State 7,566 acres 137 Franklin Quabbin Forest (3,061 ha) Reservoir Western Gateway 138 Berkshire Heritage State Park Weymouth 139 Back River Norfolk Abigail Adams and Stodder's Neck sites Reservation Whitehall Whitehall 140 Middlesex State Park Reservoir Willard Brook 2,597 acres 141 Middlesex State Forest (1,051 ha) Willowdale 142 Essex Hood Pond State Forest Wilson 213 acres 143 Mountain Norfolk 1995 (86 ha) Reservation Windsor State 144 Berkshire Westfield River Forest Wompatuck 4,000 acres Aaron River 145 Plymouth 1967 State Park (1,618 ha) Reservoir

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