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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 sq 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 ...
Most properties are state or private; NPS acts in advisory and coordinating role. Boston: National Historical Park: Boston: 1974 Some properties owned and operated by NPS. Cape Cod: National Seashore: Barnstable County: 1961 Property owned and operated by NPS. Essex: National Heritage Area: Essex County: 1996 Some properties owned and operated ...
Salisbury Beach State Reservation; Sandy Point State Reservation; Scusset Beach State Reservation; Shawme-Crowell State Forest; South Cape Beach State Park; Southern New England Trunkline Trail; Southwest Corridor Park; Spencer State Forest; Squantum Point Park; Stony Brook Reservation; Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation
West Rock Ridge State Park is a public recreation area located in New Haven, Hamden, and Woodbridge, Connecticut. [2] The state park is named for the 400-to-700-foot (120 to 210 m) trap rock West Rock Ridge , which is part of the Metacomet Ridge extending from Long Island Sound to the Vermont border.
Miller State Park is the oldest state-run park in New Hampshire, a state in the New England region of the United States. It is located in the towns of Peterborough and Temple , and is centered on Pack Monadnock , a 2,290-foot (700 m) mountain.
Kent Falls State Park is a public recreation area located in the town of Kent, Connecticut, within the Litchfield Hills region of the southern Berkshires. The state park is home to Kent Falls, a series of waterfalls on Falls Brook, a tributary of the Housatonic River. [3] The falls drop 250 feet (76 m) in under a quarter mile.
Most of the area is public land, including the White Mountain National Forest and a number of state parks. Its most famous mountain is 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount Washington , which is the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S. and for 76 years held the record for fastest surface wind gust in the world (231 miles per hour (372 km/h) in 1934).
Odiorne Point State Park is a public recreation area located on the Atlantic seacoast in the town of Rye near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Among the park's features are the Seacoast Science Center and the remains of the World War II Fort Dearborn .