List of Massachusetts state forests

Massachusetts, with forests covering Template:Convert (59%) of its land area, administers more than Template:Convert of state forest, wildlife and watershed land under the cabinet level Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Lands are managed by Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of State Parks and Recreation (Template:Convert), Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) (Template:Convert), and the Division of Water Supply Protection's Office of Watershed Management (Template:Convert). Template:GeoGroup

Current state forests

Name	Location Template:Nobold	Town(s)	Size	Image
Ashburnham State Forest	Ashburnham	Ashburnham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Arthur Wharton Swann State Forest		Great Barrington and Monterey Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Barnstable State Forest	Barnstable	Barnstable Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Entering Barnstable State Forest, Barnstable MA.jpg
Beartown State Forest	Monterey	Monterey, Great Barrington, Lee, Otis, Stockbridge and Tyringham Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Beartown State Forest.jpg
Becket State Forest	Becket	Becket Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Berkley State Forest	Berkley	Berkley Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Berkley State Forest, Berkley MA.jpg
Billerica State Forest	Billerica	Billerica Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Boxford State Forest	Boxford	Boxford, Middleton, and North Andover Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Bridgewater State Forest	Bridgewater	Bridgewater Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Brimfield State Forest	Brimfield	Brimfield, Monson and Wales Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Dean Pond Recreation Area, Brimfield State Forest, Brimfield MA.jpg
Bryant Mountain State Forest	Cummington	Cummington Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:BryantMountainStateForest.jpg
Buckland State Forest	Buckland	Buckland Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:BucklandStateForest.jpg
Cadwell Memorial State Forest	Pelham	Pelham and Belchertown Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Carlisle State Forest	Carlisle	Carlisle Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Catamount State Forest	Colrain	Colrain and Charlemont Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Chester-Blandford State Forest	Chester	Chester and Blandford Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Chesterfield Gorge State Forest	Chesterfield	Chesterfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Clarksburg State Forest	Clarksburg	Clarksburg and North Adams Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Conway State Forest	Conway	Conway and Williamsburg Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Cookson State Forest		New Marlborough and Sandisfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
D.A.R. State Forest	Goshen	Goshen, Ashfield and Williamsburg Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Dead Branch State Forest	Chesterfield	Chesterfield and Westhampton Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Douglas State Forest	Douglas	Douglas, Oxford and Webster Template:Coord	Template:Convert
East Branch State Forest	Chesterfield	Chesterfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
East Mountain State Forest	Great Barrington	Great Barrington, New Marlborough and Sheffield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Erving State Forest	Erving	Erving and Orange Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Laurel Lake, Erving State Forest, Erving MA.jpg
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest	Foxboro	Foxboro and Wrentham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Federated Women's Club State Forest	Petersham	Petersham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Florida State Forest	Florida	Florida and Clarksburg Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Franklin State Forest	Franklin	Franklin and Wrentham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Freetown-Fall River State Forest	Freetown	Freetown, Fall River and Lakeville Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Statue of The C.C.C. Worker Freetown Fall River State Forest MA.jpg
Georgetown-Rowley State Forest	Georgetown	Georgetown, Rowley and Boxford Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Gilbert A. Bliss State Forest	Chesterfield	Chesterfield and Cummington Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Granville State Forest	Granville	Granville and Tolland Template:Coord	Template:Convert
H.O. Cook State Forest	Heath	Heath and Colrain Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Harold Parker State Forest	North Andover	North Andover. Andover, Middleton and North Reading Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Hubbardston State Forest	Hubbardston	Hubbardston and Phillipston Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Huntington State Forest	Huntington	Huntington, Montgomery and Westhampton Template:Coord	Template:Convert
J. Harry Rich State Forest	Groton	Groton and Pepperell Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Kingston State Forest	Kingston	Kingston Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest	Hawley	Hawley, Buckland, Plainfield and Windsor Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Krug Sugarbush State Forest	Chesterfield	Chesterfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Lancaster State Forest	Lancaster	Lancaster Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Lawton State Forest	Athol	Athol Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Leominster State Forest	Leominster	Leominster, Fitchburg, Princeton, Sterling and Westminster Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Leyden State Forest	Leyden	Leyden Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest	Lowell	Lowell, Dracut and Tyngsborough Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Ludlow State Forest	Ludlow	Ludlow Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest	Edgartown	Edgartown Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest		Marlborough, Hudson, Stow and Sudbury Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Martha's Vineyard State Forest		Edgartown and West Tisbury Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Middlefield State Forest	Middlefield	Middlefield and Peru Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Mohawk Trail State Forest	Charlemont	Charlemont, Florida, Hawley and Savoy Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Monroe State Forest	Monroe	Monroe, Florida and Rowe Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Montague State Forest	Montague	Montague and Wendell Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Mount Grace State Forest	Warwick	Warwick Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Mount Toby State Forest	Sunderland	Sunderland, Leverett and Montague Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Mount Washington State Forest	Mount Washington	Mount Washington Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Myles Standish State Forest	Carver	Carver, Duxbury, Plymouth and Wareham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Nantucket State Forest	Nantucket	Nantucket Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Natural Bridge State Forest	North Adams	North Adams and Clarksburg Template:Coord	Template:Convert
New Salem State Forest	New Salem	New Salem Template:Coord	Template:Convert
North Brookfield State Forest	North Brookfield	North Brookfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Northfield State Forest	Northfield	Northfield and Erving Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Oakham State Forest	Oakham	Oakham and Rutland Template:Coord	Template:Convert
October Mountain State Forest	Lee	Lee, Becket, Lenox, Pittsfield and Washington Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Orange State Forest	Orange	Orange Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Otis State Forest	Otis	Otis, Becket and Sandisfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Otter River State Forest	Templeton	Templeton Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Peru State Forest	Peru	Peru, Middlefield and Worthington Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Petersham State Forest	Petersham	Petersham and Athol Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Pittsfield State Forest	Pittsfield	Pittsfield, Hancock and Lanesborough Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Prospect Hill State Forest	Rowley	Rowley Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Raynham State Forest	Raynham	Raynham Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Rehoboth State Forest	Rehoboth	Rehoboth Template:Coord	Template:Convert	File:Rehoboth State Forest, Massachusetts-2.jpg
Richmond State Forest	Richmond	Richmond	Template:Convert
Rowe State Forest	Rowe	Rowe	Template:Convert
Royalston State Forest	Royalston	Royalston Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Sandisfield State Forest	Sandisfield	Sandisfield and New Marlborough Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Savoy Mountain State Forest	Savoy	Savoy, Adams, Florida and North Adams Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Shawme-Crowell State Forest	Sandwich	Sandwich and Bourne Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Shelburne State Forest	Shelburne	Shelburne Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Shutesbury State Forest	Shutesbury	Shutesbury and New Salem Template:Coord	Template:Convert
South River State Forest	Conway	Conway Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Spencer State Forest	Spencer	Spencer Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Sutton State Forest	Sutton	Sutton Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Taconic Trail State Forest	Williamstown	Williamstown and Hancock Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Templeton State Forest	Templeton	Templeton Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Tolland State Forest	Tolland	Tolland, Otis and Blandford Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Townsend State Forest	Townsend	Townsend Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Upton State Forest	Upton	Upton, Hopedale and Northbridge Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Warren H. Manning State Forest	Billerica	Billerica Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Warwick State Forest	Warwick	Warwick, Northfield, Orange and Royalston Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Wendell State Forest	Wendell	Wendell Template:Coord	Template:Convert
West Bridgewater State Forest	West Bridgewater	West Bridgewater	Template:Convert
West Brookfield State Forest	West Brookfield	West Brookfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Westminster State Forest	Westminster	Westminster, Gardner and Hubbardston Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Willard Brook State Forest	Ashby	Ashby, Fitchburg, Lunenburg and Townsend Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Willowdale State Forest	Ipswich	Ipswich, Boxford, Rowley and Topsfield Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Winchendon State Forest	Winchendon	Winchendon Template:Coord	Template:Convert
Windsor State Forest	Windsor	Windsor and Savoy	Template:Convert
Worthington State Forest	Worthington	Worthington	Template:Convert
Wrentham State Forest	Wrentham	Wrentham and Plainville	Template:Convert

See also

• List of U.S. National Forests
• List of Massachusetts State Parks

External links

• State Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Massachusetts State Parks
• DCR Forestry home page
• DCR - Forest Management Planning
• Eight districts of Forest Management