List of protected areas of the Trustees of Reservations
The list of protected areas of the Trustees of Reservations includes all nature reserves and natural and cultural monuments that are administered in the state of Massachusetts of the United States by the organization The Trustees of Reservations .
List of protected areas
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Agassiz rock | Manchester-by-the-Sea | 116 acres (0.47 km² ) | 42 ° 35 ′ 53 ″ N, 70 ° 46 ′ 1 ″ W. |
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Governor Oliver Ames Estate | Easton | 36 acres (14.57 hectares ) | 42 ° 4 ′ 13 ″ N, 71 ° 6 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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Appleton Farms and Appleton Farms Grass Rides |
Hamilton and Ipswich | 658 acres (2.66 km²) or 259 acres (1.05 km²) |
42 ° 39 '23 "N, 70 ° 50' 42" W. |
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Archives & Research Center | Sharon | 5 acres | 42 ° 7 '44 "N, 71 ° 11' 34" W. |
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Ashintully Gardens | Tyringham | 120 acres (0.49 km²) | 42 ° 12 ′ 57 "N, 73 ° 10 ′ 30" W. |
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Colonel John Ashley House | Sheffield | 42 ° 3 ′ 25 ″ N, 73 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ W. |
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In the National Register of Historic Places added |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge | Chappaquiddick | 516 acres (2.09 km²) | 41 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ N, 70 ° 27 ′ 14 ″ W. |
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Location of the Cape Poge Light lighthouse | ||
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate | Ipswich | 165 acres (0.67 km²) | 42 ° 40 ′ 58 "N, 70 ° 46 ′ 39" W. |
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In the National Register of Historic Places registered National Historic Landmark Includes the Great House |
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Cedariver | Millis | 55 acres (22.26 hectares) | 42 ° 9 ′ 27 ″ N, 71 ° 20 ′ 6 ″ W. |
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Former Baker reservation | ||
Chapel Brook | Ashfield | 173 acres (0.7 km²) | 42 ° 28 ′ 55 "N, 72 ° 45 ′ 36" W. |
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Charles River Peninsula | Needham | 30 acres (12.14 hectares) | 42 ° 15 ′ 37 ″ N, 71 ° 15 ′ 55 ″ W. |
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Chase Woodlands | Dover | 85 acres | 42 ° 14 ′ 1 ″ N, 71 ° 19 ′ 23 ″ W. |
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Chestnut Hill Farm | Southborough | 131 acres (0.53 km²) | 42 ° 18 ′ 36 "N, 71 ° 33 ′ 18" W. |
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Chesterfield Gorge | Chesterfield | 166 acres (0.67 km²) | 42 ° 23 '35 "N, 72 ° 52' 48" W. |
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Coolidge reservation | Manchester-by-the-Sea | 64 acres | 42 ° 34 ′ 47 "N, 70 ° 43 ′ 32" W. |
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Copicut Woods | Fall River | 516 acres (2.09 km²) | 41 ° 42 '32 "N, 71 ° 3' 54" W. |
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Cormier Woods | Uxbridge | 175 acres (0.71 km²) | 42 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ N, 71 ° 35 ′ 38 ″ W. |
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Cornell Farm | Dartmouth | 130 acres (0.53 km²) | 41 ° 33 ′ 25 ″ N, 70 ° 57 ′ 18 ″ W. |
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Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge | Nantucket | 1,117 acres (4.52 km²) | 41 ° 19 ′ 47 "N, 69 ° 59 ′ 47" W. |
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Includes the Great Point Conservation Area , which is also the location of the Great Point Lighthouse | ||
Crane Beach on the Crane Estate | Ipswich | 1,234 acres (4.99 km²) | 42 ° 40 ′ 59 "N, 70 ° 45 ′ 58" W. |
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Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate | Ipswich | 697 acres (2.82 km²) | 42 ° 40 ′ 23 "N, 70 ° 45 ′ 29" W. |
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Includes the Choate Island / Choate House and Hog Island protected areas | ||
Crowninshield Island | Marblehead | 5 acres | 42 ° 30 ′ 47 "N, 70 ° 50 ′ 31" W. |
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Formerly Brown's Island |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Dexter Drumlin | Lancaster | 38 acres (15.38 hectares) | 42 ° 26 ′ 49 ″ N, 71 ° 41 ′ 13 ″ W. |
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Dinosaur footprints | Holyoke | 8 acres | 42 ° 14 ′ 28 "N, 72 ° 37 ′ 23" W. |
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Doane's Falls | Royalston | 46 acres (18.62 hectares) | 42 ° 38 ′ 56 "N, 72 ° 12 ′ 0" W. |
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Doyle Community Park and Center | Leominster | 157 acres (0.64 km²) | 42 ° 32 ′ 59 "N, 71 ° 46 ′ 29" W. |
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Dry Hill | New Marlborough | 206 acres (0.83 km²) | 42 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ N, 73 ° 13 ′ 30 ″ W. |
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Dunes' Edge Campground | Provincetown | 17 acres (6.88 ha) | 42 ° 3 ′ 45 ″ N, 70 ° 11 ′ 10 ″ W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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East Over Reservation | Rochester | 75 acres (30.35 hectares) | 41 ° 44 ′ 43 "N, 70 ° 48 ′ 44" W. |
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Elliott Laurel | Phillipston | 33 acres | 42 ° 31 '44 "N, 72 ° 7' 23" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Farandnear | Shirley | 89 acres (36.02 hectares) | 42 ° 34 ′ 1 ″ N, 71 ° 39 ′ 20 ″ W. |
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The FARM Institute | Edgartown | 162 acres (0.66 km²) | 41 ° 21 ′ 39 ″ N, 70 ° 31 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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Field farm | Williamstown | 316 acres (1.28 km²) | 42 ° 39 ′ 53 "N, 73 ° 15 ′ 42" W. |
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Fruitlands Museum | Harvard | 210 acres (0.85 km²) | 42 ° 30 ′ 29 ″ N, 71 ° 36 ′ 37 ″ W. |
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Fork Factory Brook | Medfield | 135 acres (0.55 km²) | 42 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ N, 71 ° 16 ′ 36 ″ W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Glendale Falls | Middlefield | 60 acres | 42 ° 20 ′ 56 "N, 72 ° 58 ′ 8" W. |
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Goose Pond Reservation | lee | 112 acres (0.45 km²) | 42 ° 20 ′ 56 "N, 72 ° 58 ′ 8" W. |
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Greenwood Farm | Ipswich | 216 acres (0.87 km²) | 42 ° 41 ′ 40 "N, 70 ° 49 ′ 17" W. |
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The Paine-Dodge House located on the premises is registered in the NRHP |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Hales Brook and Sippican River | Marion | 322 acres (1.3 km²) | 41 ° 26 '36 "N, 70 ° 27' 50" W. |
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Halibut Point Reservation | Rockport | 12 acres | 42 ° 41 ′ 20 "N, 70 ° 37 ′ 46" W. |
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Borders Halibut Point State Park | ||
Hamlin reservation | Ipswich | 135 acres (0.55 km²) | 42 ° 39 ′ 59 "N, 70 ° 48 ′ 42" W. |
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Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens | New Bedford | 6 acres | 41 ° 39 ′ 18 ″ N, 70 ° 56 ′ 43 ″ W. |
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Holmes reservation | Plymouth | 26 acres (10.52 hectares) | 41 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N, 70 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ W. |
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Governor Hutchinson's Field | Milton | 10 acres | 42 ° 15 ′ 56 "N, 71 ° 3 ′ 55" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Jacobs Hill | Royalston | 173 acres (0.7 km²) | 42 ° 40 ′ 34 "N, 72 ° 11 ′ 55" W. |
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Includes The Ledges Sanctuary |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Land of Providence | Holyoke | 25 acres (10.12 hectares) | 42 ° 9 '55 "N, 72 ° 37' 57" W. |
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Leatherbee Woods | Boston | 8 acres | 42 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ N, 71 ° 9 ′ 45 ″ W. |
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Little Tom Mountain | Holyoke | 73 acres (29.54 hectares) | 42 ° 14 ′ 57 "N, 72 ° 38 ′ 0" W. |
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Long Hill | Beverly | 114 acres (0.46 km²) | 42 ° 35 ′ 13 ″ N, 70 ° 50 ′ 46 ″ W. |
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Long Point Wildlife Refuge | Martha's Vineyard | 632 acres (2.56 km²) | 41 ° 21 ′ 16 "N, 70 ° 38 ′ 16" W. |
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Lowell Holly Reservation | Mashpee / sandwich | 135 acres (0.55 km²) | 41 ° 40 ′ 1 ″ N, 70 ° 28 ′ 55 ″ W. |
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Lyman Reserve | Bourne , Plymouth & Wareham | 210 acres (0.85 km²) | 41 ° 45 ′ 50 "N, 70 ° 37 ′ 53" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Malcolm Preserve | Carlisle | 11 acres | 42 ° 30 ′ 57 "N, 71 ° 20 ′ 29" W. |
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Mashpee River Reservation | Mashpee | 248 acres (1 km²) | 41 ° 37 ′ 44 "N, 70 ° 28 ′ 51" W. |
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McLennan reservation | Tyringham and Otis | 594 acres (2.4 km²) | 42 ° 13 '17 "N, 73 ° 10' 33" W. |
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Medfield Meadow Lots | Medfield | 16 acres | 42 ° 12 ′ 10 "N, 71 ° 20 ′ 27" W. |
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Medfield Rhododendron Reservation | Medfield | 196 acres (0.79 km²) | 42 ° 10 ′ 36 "N, 71 ° 18 ′ 12" W. |
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Menemsha Hills | Chilmark , Martha's Vineyard | 211 acres (0.85 km²) | 41 ° 21 ′ 52 "N, 70 ° 44 ′ 32" W. |
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Misery Islands | Salem | 87 acres (35.21 hectares) | 42 ° 32 ′ 56 "N, 70 ° 47 ′ 49" W. |
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Mission House | Stockbridge | 42 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N, 73 ° 18 ′ 56 ″ W. |
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Monument Mountain | Great Barrington | 503 acres (2.04 km²) | 42 ° 14 ′ 35 ″ N, 73 ° 20 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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Moose Hill Farm | Sharon | 347 acres (1.4 km²) | 42 ° 7 ′ 39 ″ N, 71 ° 12 ′ 37 ″ W. |
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Moraine Farm | Beverly | 37 acres (14.97 hectares) | 42 ° 35 ′ 6 "N, 70 ° 53 ′ 55" W. |
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Mount Ann Park | Gloucester | 87 acres (35.21 hectares) | 42 ° 36 '48 "N, 70 ° 43' 13" W. |
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Mountain Meadow Preserve | Williamstown & Pownal | 180 acres (0.73 km²) | 42 ° 44 ′ 17 "N, 73 ° 12 ′ 25" W. |
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Mount Warner | North Hadley | 156 acres (0.63 km²) | 42 ° 22 ′ 44 "N, 72 ° 34 ′ 26" W. |
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Mytoi | Chappaquiddick | 14 acres (5.67 hectares) | 41 ° 22 ′ 32 "N, 70 ° 27 ′ 29" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Naumkeag | Stockbridge | 48 acres (19.42 hectares) | 42 ° 17 ′ 24 "N, 73 ° 18 ′ 58" W. |
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Noanet Woodlands | Dover | 595 acres (2.41 km²) | 42 ° 14 ′ 49 ″ N, 71 ° 16 ′ 8 ″ W. |
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Noon Hill | Medfield | 204 acres (0.83 km²) | 42 ° 9 ′ 53 ″ N, 71 ° 19 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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Norris reservation | Norwell | 129 acres (0.52 km²) | 42 ° 9 ′ 35 "N, 70 ° 47 ′ 27" W. |
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North Common Meadow | Petersham | 25 acres (10.12 hectares) | 42 ° 29 ′ 28 ″ N, 72 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ W. |
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Norton Point Beach | Edgartown | 254 acres (1.03 km²) | 41 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ N, 70 ° 29 ′ 13 ″ W. |
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Notchview | Windsor | 3,108 acres (12.58 km²) | 42 ° 30 ′ 22 "N, 73 ° 2 ′ 20" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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The Old Manse | Concord | 9 acres | 42 ° 28 ′ 5 ″ N, 71 ° 20 ′ 53 ″ W. |
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In the National Register of Historic Places registered National Historic Landmark |
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Old Town Hill | Newbury | 531 acres (2.15 km²) | 42 ° 46 ′ 8 ″ N, 70 ° 51 ′ 25 ″ W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Peaked Mountain | Monson | 333 acres (1.35 km²) | 42 ° 2 ′ 56 "N, 72 ° 21 ′ 7" W. |
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Pegan Hill | Dover & Natick | 32 acres | 42 ° 14 ′ 53 "N, 71 ° 18 ′ 14" W. |
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Peter's reservation | Dover | 97 acres (39.25 hectares) | 42 ° 14 ′ 2 ″ N, 71 ° 19 ′ 23 ″ W. |
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Petticoat Hill | Williamsburg | 60 acres | 42 ° 23 ′ 30 "N, 72 ° 44 ′ 2" W. |
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Pierce reservation | Milton | 4 acres | 42 ° 15 ′ 56 "N, 71 ° 3 ′ 55" W. |
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Pine and Hemlock Knoll | Wenham | 14 acres (5.67 hectares) | 42 ° 36 ′ 58 "N, 70 ° 54 ′ 4" W. |
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Powisset Farm | Dover | 109 acres (0.44 km²) | 42 ° 13 ′ 30 ″ N, 71 ° 15 ′ 36 ″ W. |
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Questing | New Marlborough | 438 acres (1.77 km²) | 42 ° 7 ′ 44 ″ N, 73 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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Quinebaug Woods | Holland | 36 acres (14.57 hectares) | 42 ° 4 ′ 11 "N, 72 ° 9 ′ 22" W. |
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Ravenswood Park | Gloucester | 600 acres (2.43 km²) | 42 ° 35 ′ 29 "N, 70 ° 41 ′ 55" W. |
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Redemption Rock | Princeton | 0.25 acres | 42 ° 30 '24 "N, 71 ° 52' 11" W. |
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Rock House Reservation | West Brookfield | 135 acres (0.55 km²) | 42 ° 16 ′ 4 "N, 72 ° 11 ′ 54" W. |
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Rocky Narrows | Sherborn | 227 acres (0.92 km²) | 42 ° 13 ′ 33 ″ N, 71 ° 21 ′ 15 ″ W. |
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Rocky Woods | Medfield | 491 acres (1.99 km²) | 42 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ N, 71 ° 16 ′ 36 ″ W. |
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Royalston Falls | Royalston | 217 acres (0.88 km²) | 42 ° 42 ′ 54 ″ N, 72 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ W. |
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Part of the Tully Trail and the Metacomet Monadnock hiking trail |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Shattuck reservation | Medfield | 245 acres (0.99 km²) | 42 ° 9 ′ 53 ″ N, 71 ° 19 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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Signal Hill | Canton | 150 acres (0.61 km²) | 42 ° 11 ′ 6 ″ N, 71 ° 9 ′ 32 ″ W. |
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Slocum's River Reserve | Dartmouth | 47 acres (19.02 hectares) | 41 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ N, 71 ° 0 ′ 33 ″ W. |
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Stavros reservation | Essex | 74 acres | 42 ° 39 ′ 3 ″ N, 70 ° 47 ′ 12 ″ W. |
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The Stevens-Coolidge Place | North Andover | 91 acres (36.83 hectares) | 42 ° 40 ′ 53 ″ N, 71 ° 7 ′ 3 ″ W. |
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Swift River Reservation | Petersham | 439 acres (1.78 km²) | 42 ° 27 ′ 40 "N, 72 ° 9 ′ 54" W. |
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Tantiusques | Sturbridge | 57 acres | 42 ° 3 '36 "N, 72 ° 7' 45" W. |
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Tully Lake Campground | Royalston | 42 ° 39 ′ 6 "N, 72 ° 12 ′ 44" W. |
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Two Mile Farm | Marshfield | 68 acres (27.52 hectares) | 42 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ N, 70 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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Tyringham Cobble | Tyringham | 206 acres (0.83 km²) | 42 ° 14 ′ 35 "N, 73 ° 12 ′ 18" W. |
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designation | place | Size of the protected area | image | Coordinates | location | Remarks | |
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Ward reservation | Andover & North Andover | 704 acres (2.85 km²) | 42 ° 38 '26 "N, 71 ° 6' 43" W. |
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Wasque | Chappaquiddick | 200 acres (0.81 km²) | 41 ° 21 ′ 19 ″ N, 70 ° 27 ′ 35 ″ W. |
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Weir Hill | North Andover | 194 acres (0.79 km²) | 42 ° 41 ′ 49 ″ N, 71 ° 6 ′ 36 ″ W. |
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Weir River Farm | Hingham | 75 acres (30.35 hectares) | 42 ° 14 ′ 20 "N, 70 ° 50 ′ 6" W. |
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Westport Town Farm | Westport | 40 acres (16.19 hectares) | 41 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ N, 71 ° 4 ′ 48 ″ W. |
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Whitney and Thayer Woods | Hingham & Cohasset | 824 acres (3.33 km²) | 42 ° 14 ′ 3 ″ N, 70 ° 49 ′ 26 ″ W. |
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World's End | Hingham | 251 acres (1.02 km²) | 42 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ N, 70 ° 52 ′ 24 ″ W. |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Reservations. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed August 17, 2013 .