Massachusetts - Snowshoeing

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

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More than 10,000 acres of woodlands, with a 35 acres pond, featuring fishing, swimming, and picnic areas. In addition there is hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling trails. The Appalachian Trail crosses the park. A public campground is available.

Brimfield State Forest
Dean Pond Road
Brimfield, MA
Phone: 413-267-9687

Visitors to this forest will enjoy cross-country ski trails, fishing areas, swimming, and picnic spots.

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, and a waterfall, in addition to trails for cross-country skiing and hiking. Public campgrounds are available.

Chicopee Memorial State Park
Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA
Phone: 413-594-9416

Visitors will enjoy fishing and swimming areas, park biking, and cross-country skiing. Site was formerly known as the Cooley Brook Reservoir and Watershed.

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.

Erving State Forest
Route 2A
Erving, MA

Rest facilities are available. There is a fee for parking.

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

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This 2,397-acre forest along the Hubbard River has facilities for fishing, cross-country skiing, hiking, swimming, mountain biling and picnicking. A public campground is available.

Holyoke Range State Park
Route 116
Amherst, MA
Phone: 413-586-0350

This state park features hiking and cross-country trails, picnic areas, and year-round special programs. A visitors’ center with full facilities also is available.

Jug End State Reservation
Jug End Road
Egremont, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

This 1,158-acre wildlife management area has trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. The park features eight miles of the Appalachian Trail. The site also is used for environmental management.

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 47 miles of snowmobiling trials, as well as, horseback riding, hiking, and cross-country ski trails. The forest has many old cellar holes and remains from an old abandoned village. 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. In addition to campsites there are six log cabins that can be reserved. The forest contaons 6,000 acres with many original Indian trails still being used and 18 miles of streams.

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

Enjoy canoeing, fishing, hiking, cross-country ski trails, and picnic areas. The park offers breathtaking views and is adjacent to the Appalachian Trail.

Mount Grace State Forest
Winchester Road
Warwick, MA
Phone: 978 544-3939

Mt. Grace is the second highest peak in Massachusetts. There are hiking, cross-country skiing and horseback riding trails. Picnic areas are also available.

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

Set on 12,500 acres, this park offers visitors rest facilities and visitors' center, a full schedule of programs, hiking, cross-country ski trails, and a public campground.

Mount Tom State Reservation
Reservation Road
Holyoke, MA
Phone: 413-534-1186

Visitors to this reservation can enjoy canoeing, fishing, hiking, and picnic areas in the summertime, and cross-country skiing in the winter. One of New England’s best hawk watching spots.

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.

Natural Bridge State Park
Route 8
North Adams, MA
Phone: 413-663-6312

The focal point of this park is a natural bridge, but visitors can also enjoy swimming, hiking, fishing, and cross-country skiing. Special events are scheduled, call for more information.

Notchview Reservation
Route 9
Windsor, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148

Enjoy 25 miles of trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. Wildlife abounds. There is a visitors’ center.

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 that features swimming, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Programs scheduled year-round. Two public campgrounds/picnic areas are available.

Robinson State Park
North Street
Agawam, MA
Phone: 413-786-2877This 811 acre

This 811-acre site offers bike trails, fishing, swimming, picnic areas, hiking, and cross-country skiing. This urban park features a small logging demonstration area.

Sandisfield State Forest
York Lake Street
Sandisfield, MA
Phone: 413-258-4774

This 7,785-acre forest offers fishing areas, canoeing, swimming, and picnic areas. There are trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. York Lake has a 300-foot sandy beach.

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

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

Stump Sprouts Ski Touring Center & Guest Lodge
63 West Hill Road
West Hawley, MA  01339-9629
Phone: 413-339-4265

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From gently rolling terrain to more difficult backwoods routes there are 25 km of trails for skiing and snowshoeing.

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.

Wendell State Park
Montague Road
Wendell, MA
Phone: 413-659-3797

Visitors will enjoy fishing, canoeing, swimming, and picnic areas in this 7,566-acre forest. In season, trails are open for hiking and cross-country skiing.

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.

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.

Douglas State Forest
Wallum Lake Road
Douglas, MA
Phone: 508-476-7872

A 4,500-acre forest featuring canoeing, fishing, swimming, and picnic areas. Hiking and cross-country ski trails also are available.

Dunn Pond State Park
Route 101
Gardner, MA
Phone: 508-632-7897

Visitors to this small park will enjoy recreation around the pond: canoeing, fishing, swimming, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Programs are scheduled at the park throughout the year. Rest facilities are available.

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

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

James W. Brooks Woodland Preserve
Petersham, MA
Phone: 508-840-4446

Trails criss-cross the landscape of this preserve, which is ideal for bird-watching. Areas for fishing and cross-country skiing also are available.

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

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

Leominster State Forest
Route 31
Leominster, MA
Phone: 508-874-2303

This park features spots for canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. There also is a beach area. Late June, early July sees the mountain laurels bloom.

Moore State Park
Route 31
Paxton, MA
Phone: 508-792-3969

Enjoy canoeing, fishing, swimming, and hiking and cross-country ski trails. This was the site of grist and saw mills from 1747 through the early 20th century.

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.

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation
Purgatory Road
Sutton, MA
Phone: 508-234-3733

This 900-acre park is set around a natural wonder, Purgatory Chasm. Hiking and cross-country ski trails lead up to and along the chasm. There are picnic areas and events scheduled throughout the year.

Quabbin Reservoir and Visitor Center
485 Ware Road / Route 9
Belchertown, MA
Phone: 413-323-7221

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Quabbin Reservoir is one of the largest man-made public water supplies in the United States. Created in the 1930s by the construction of two huge earthen dams, the reservoir is fed by the Swift River and the Ware River. The New Salem and Enfield lookouts offer magnificent views of the reservoir. The Quabbin Interpretive Services Program operates the Quabbin Visitor Center and provides general information. An automated telephone system - 413 323-7221 - provides 24 hour access to current information on fishing, hunting, programs, rules and regulations, and public access. Since this is a public drinking water supply, swimming, wading, and dogs are prohibited. Permitted uses are shoreline fishing, hiking, bicycling walking, bird watching, snowshoeing, hunting, with restrictions, and picnicking. Information: www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/quabbin.htm

Spencer State Forest
Howe Pond Road
Spencer, MA
Phone: 508-886-6333

Visitors to this state forest will enjoy fishing areas, canoeing, swimming, and cross-country skiing and hiking trails. Picnic areas are available.

Streeter Point Recreation Area
Route 20
Sturbridge, MA
Phone: 508-347-9257 (winter)

This small 10-acre park offers hiking and cross-country trails, fishing areas, swimming, and picnic sites.

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Mountain Road
Princeton, MA
Phone: 508-464-2987

Set on one of the highest peaks in the area, the reservation offers hiking and cross-country ski trails.

Wells State Park
Route 49
Sturbridge, MA
Phone: 508-347-9257

This 1,470-acre park features hiking and cross-country ski trails, in addition to picnic areas. A visitors center offers park information and rest facilities.

Whitehall State Park
Route 135
Hopkinton, MA
Phone: 508-435-4303

Park has mountain biking, canoing/sailing, fishing, hiking on marked trails and motorboating. Scheduled programs are offered for visitors.

Ashland State Park
Route 135
Ashland, MA  01748
Phone: 508-435-4303

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Ashland State Park has 470 acres including the 157 acre Ashland Reservoir. The park provides areas for swimming, picnicking, boating, and fishing. There is wheelchair access to the boathouse and by ramp into the pond.

Callahan State Park
Millwood Street
Framingham, MA
Phone: 508-653-9641

Set on 819 acres, this park is home to fishing, horseback riding, hiking, and cross-country skiing. The park has nearly 100 acres of open fields.

Charles River Reservation
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-698-1802

This natural refuge offers canoeing, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, and more. Interpretive programs are scheduled there throughout the year.

Hopkinton State Park
Route 85
Hopkinton, MA  01748
Phone: 508-435-4303

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Hopkinton State Park contains 1450 acres, offering many activities, including swimming. A group area that includes a pavilion, playing field, restrooms, picnic tables, and a large grill is available by reservation during the summer.

Weston Ski Track
200 Park Road
Weston, MA  02193
Phone: 781-891-6575

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Ski or snowshoe on 15 km of trails along the scenic Charles River.

Bradley Palmer State Park
Asbury Street
Topsfield, MA
Phone: 508-887-5931

This park features trails for hiking, biking and cross-country skiing. In addition, there is an area set aside for canoeing.

Halibut Point State Park
Gott Avenue
Rockport, MA
Phone: 508-546-2997

Historic park set on the site of an old granite quarry. The park features fishing and swimming areas, along with hiking and cross-country ski trails. Of particular interest is the view from atop the granite bluff, from which visitors can see Maine on clear days.

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.

Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Trotting Park Road
Lowell, MA
Phone: 508-453-0592

This is a 1,150-acre park with swimming, canoeing, and fishing areas. Visitors can enjoy hiking and cross-country ski trails, in addition to seasonally scheduled programs.

Maudslay State Park
Curzon Mill Road
Newburyport, MA
Phone: 978-465-7223

Park features trails for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. Programs are scheduled in season.

Middlesex Falls Reservation
Woodland Road
Winchester, MA
Phone: 781-322-2851 or

Natural refuge set on over 2,000 acres. Visitors here can enjoy biking, hiking and cross-country ski trails. Canoeing, fishing, and swimming areas are offered, as well as a visitor's center with historic information.

Ames Nowell State Park
Linwood Street
Abington, MA
Phone: 617-857-1336

Visitors to this park will enjoy hiking trails, cross-country skiing (in season), fishing, canoeing and picnic areas.

Borderland State Park
Massapoag Avenue
North Easton, MA
Phone: 508-238-6566

1,772 acre park offers fishing areas, hiking, cross-country ski trails, full rest facilities and scheduled visitor programs.

Dighton Rock State Park
Bay View Road
Berkley, MA
Phone: 508-644-5522

Small park features canoeing and fishing, hiking and cross-country ski trails, and picnic areas.

Ellisville Harbor State Park
Route 3A
Plymouth, MA
Phone: 508-866-2580

Just over 100 acres, this small park offers fishing areas, as well as hiking and cross-country ski trails.

Freetown State Forest
Route 119
Ashby, MA
Phone: 508-597-8802

5,651 acres state forest features fishing, picnic areas and hiking and cross-country ski trails.

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.

Norris Reservation
Dover Street
Norwell, MA
Phone: 781-821-2977

A walk through Norris Reservation’s two-mile trail system takes in a cathedral of pines, groves of beech, and scattered American holly. A granite outcrop, set too deep for early farmers to remove, emerges from the forest floor. Stone walls mark former property boundaries, pastures, and croplands, and a rustic boathouse serves as an observation deck over the North River. Visitors can also enjoy bird watching, cross-country skiing, and fishing on the shores of the North River.

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.