Massachusetts - Campgrounds

Among the choices of Massachusetts lodgings and accommodations are public and private campgrounds. Massachusetts campgrounds are operated at many of the dozens of state forests and state parks throughout the state, including the Boston Harbor islands and on Cape Cod. Many private campgrounds also operate throughout the state, along the coast, in the Berkshire Mountains, and through the historic regions near Plymouth and Salem. A stay at an MA campground is a wonderful and inexpensive outdoor-oriented vacation for children and families, and people who love the beach, fishing, swimming, boating, and hiking.

Beartown State Forest
69 Bluehill Road
Monterey, MA  01245
Phone: 413-528-0904

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The forest has more than 10,000 acres of woodlands, featuring fishing, swimming, and picnic areas, in addition to hiking and cross-country ski trails. A public campground is available.

Chester-Blandford State Forest
Route 20
Chester, MA
Phone: 413-354-6347

This state forest sits on more than 2,000 acres, and features fishing, picnicking a waterfall, in addition to trails for cross-country skiing and hiking. Public campgrounds are available.

Clarksburg State Park
Middle Road
Clarksburg, MA
Phone: 413-664-8345

Park has areas for canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and public camping. The park features Mauserts Pond and an unspoiled forest offering scenic views.

D.A.R. State Forest
Route 112
Goshen, MA  01032
Phone: 413-268-7098

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This forest park offers swimming, canoeing, and fishing areas. Trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling are available. There is a public campground and regularly scheduled visitor programs are offered. Wheelchair-accessible campsites available.

Erving State Forest
Route 2A
Erving, MA
Phone: 978-544-3939

Forest has swimming, canoeing, fishing, motor boating, and picnic areas. There are hiking and cross-country ski trails. Public campgrounds and scheduled programs are offered for visitors.

Granville State Forest
323 West Hartland Road
Granville, MA  01034
Phone: 413-357-6611

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Forest has swimming, canoeing, fishing, motor boating, and picnic areas. There are hiking and cross-country ski trails. Public campgrounds and scheduled programs are offered for visitors.

Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest
Route 8A
Hawley, MA  01339
Phone: 413-339-5504

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This 7,882-acre forest features programs for visitors, in addition to fishing, swimming, and picnic areas. There are snowmobiling, horse, hiking, and cross-country ski trails. A public campground is available.

Mohawk Trail State Forest
Route 2
Charlemont, MA  01339
Phone: 413-339-5504

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Swimming, fishing, hiking, cross-country ski trails and a public campground await visitors to this forest.

Monroe State Forest
Tilda Hill Road
Monroe, MA
Phone: 413-339-5504

This park is ideal for fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. The park is known for its scenic beauty. A public campground is available.

Mount Greylock State Reservation
Rockwell Road
Lanesborough, MA
Phone: 413-499-4262

Set on 12,500 acres, this park offers a visitor's center, programs, hiking, cross-country ski trails, and a public campground. Mt. Greylock is the highest peak in the state – inspirational.

Mount Washington State Forest
East Street
Mount Washington, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

This forest features fishing and picnic areas, and cross-country and hiking trails. There is a public campground. Bash Bish Falls part of the forest.

October Mountain State Forest
Woodland Road
Lee, MA
Phone: 413-243-1778

The largest state forest in Massachusetts is more than 16,000 acres. It offers visitors canoeing, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and a public campground with wheelchair accessible sites.

Pittsfield State Forest
Cascade Street
Pittsfield, MA
Phone: 413-442-8992

A wheelchair-accessible trail highlights this 10,000-acre forest featuring swimming, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Programs are scheduled year-round. Two public campgrounds/picnic areas are available.

Savoy Mountain State Forest
Central Shraft Road
Florida, MA
Phone: 413-663-8469

Visitors to this forest can enjoy a variety of activities, including swimming, canoeing, motor boating, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. A public campground in an apple orchard is available.

Tolland State Forest
Route 8
East Otis, MA
Phone: 413-269-6002

This 4,893-acre state forest offers camping, fishing, motor boating (with boat ramp), swimming, hiking, and cross-country ski trails. In season hunting is permitted.

Windsor State Forest
River Road
Windsor, MA
Phone: 413-663-8469

Visitors to this forest will enjoy swimming, fishing, and canoeing. Trails for hiking and cross-country skiing are available, in addition to a public campground. Hunters and snowmobilers are welcome.

Nickerson State Park
Route 6A
Brewster, MA  02631
Phone: 508-896-3491

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Travel to the upper campgrounds in Nickerson State Park, you may think that you have been transported to the Berkshire Hills or the piney woods of the Carolinas. Nowhere are the sand dunes and salt marshes usually associated with Cape Cod. Instead, you are surrounded by woods that slope down to the banks of eight crystal clear fresh water ponds, known as kettle ponds.
Nickerson's 1,900 acres offer 420 campsites, yurt camping, an amphitheater, eight miles of roads, hiking trails, an eight-mile bike path that connects to the 25-mile Cape Cod Rail Trail, and ponds stocked year-round with trout. Cape Cod Bay is within walking or bicycling distance. You can swim and canoe at Flax Pond; birdwatch or catch-and-release fish at Higgins Pond; or join the interpretive and recreational programs offered by park staff.
Park amenities include: beaches, camping, fishing, picnicking, restrooms, bike paths, nonmotorized boating, boat ramp, yurt camping, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding trails, mountain biking, showers, cross-country skiing, swimming, trailer and RV dumping, walking trails.

Scusset Beach in Scusset Beach State Reservation
Scusset Beach Road
Sandwich, MA  02563
Phone: 508-888-0859

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Scusset Beach is located on Cape Cod Bay at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal. It is a popular swimming and camping area. The 98 site camping area is popular with trailer campers. For salt water anglers, the area offers a popular fish pier, a breakwater, and 1.5 miles of frontage along the canal. A picnic area and bicycling along the canal are also available. The reservation is also a popular spot for watching the variety of boats and ships passing through the canal.

Shawme-Crowell State Forest
Route 130
Sandwich, MA  02563
Phone: 508-888-0351

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This quiet year-round campground at the beginning of Cape Cod has more than 285 sites in a wooded setting. More than 15 miles of roads and trails provide hiking and equestrian access to more than 700 acres of pitch pine and scrub oak landscape. Parking access to the beach at Scusset State Reservation is provided in camping fee. The regular camping season is from mid-April through mid-October. Amenities include restrooms, camping, hiking, hunting (with restrictions), interpretive programs, picnicking, showers, cross-country skiing, swimming, trailer and RV dumping, walking trails. Off-season camping is available Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Federated Women's Club State Forest
Route 122
Petersham, MA
Phone: 508-939-8962

This park features camping, fishing areas, hiking, and cross-country skiing trails. Part of the forest is a 140-acre wildlife sanctuary. A public campground is available.

Lake Dennison State Park
Route 202
Winchendon, MA
Phone: 508-939-8962

More than 4,000 acres offers visitors swimming, canoeing, and fishing areas. Trails for hiking and cross-country skiing are available. There is a public campground.

Otto River State Forest
Route 202
Baldwinville, MA
Phone: 508-939-8962

This 12,000-acre forest features programs for visitors, in addition to fishing, swimming, and picnic areas. There are hiking and cross-country ski trails. A public campground is available.

Tully Lake Campground
25 Doane Hill Road
Royalston, MA  01368
Phone: 978-840-4446
Fax: 978-840-0022

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Set along the shores of a 200-acre lake, the Tully Lake Campground is a walk-in, tent-only campground offering modern conveniences and superb recreational opportunities in a wilderness-like setting. Paddle around Tully Lake in a canoe or kayak, hike the shoreline footpaths or the 18-mile Tully Trail, mountain bike on nearby trails, or take a day trip to scenic waterfalls and overlooks. Amenities include a modern bathhouse with hot water, toilets and showers, ice and firewood for sale onsite, volleyball, horseshoes, and canoe and kayak rentals.

Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
Boston, MA  02110
Phone: 617-223-8666

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This state park is part of the 34-island Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. The islands can be reached via a 45-minute ferry ride from downtown Boston. Islands offer shell and slate beaches. Lovells Island has a swimming beach. Bumpkin Island has slate and shell beaches.

Harold Parker State Forest
1951 Turnpike St., Route 114
North Andover, MA  01845
Phone: 508-686-3391

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Harold Parker State Forest, 20 miles north of Boston, comprises 3,000 acres of hardwood forest. Swimming at Berry Pond,which has a sand beach, a new wash house, changing rooms, and flush toilets. Open Memorial Day to Labor Day. Lifeguards are on duty 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Grills and picnic tables are available.

Salisbury Beach State Reservation
Beach Road, Route 1A
Salisbury, MA  01952
Phone: 508-462-4481

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A popular ocean beach that extends 3.8 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, Salisbury beach is part of a 521-acre park that offers swimming, boating, and fishing. Facilities include a campground with bathhouses, parking lot, comfort stations, over-the-dune boardwalks, playground, and pavilion.

Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Route 88 South
Westport, MA  02790
Phone: 508-636-8816

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Located at the western end of Buzzards Bay, the sandy, two-mile-long beach is breezy all year, providing cooling temperatures and excellent wind surfing.

Massasoit State Park
Middleboro Avenue
Taunton, MA
Phone: 508-822-7405

This 1,500 acre park features canoeing and boating areas, swimming and fishing. Hiking and cross-country ski trails are also available. There are picnic areas as well as a public campsite.

Miles Standish State Forest
Long Pond Road
Carver, MA
Phone: 508-866-2580

Forest features 14,651 acres of camping, hiking and biking trails, cross-country skiing, canoeing, swimmiing, and fishing areas.

Wompatuck State Park
Off Route 128
Hingham, MA
Phone: 617-749-7160

This state park cross-country, hiking and bike trails. Fishing areas and swimming are also available. There is a public campground with picnic and rest facilities.