Best Camping Spots & Outdoor Adventures
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Prospect Hill Park
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Mass Audubon's Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Hammond Pond Reservation
Natural area with wooded trails & a pond. This scenic area with a forest & large pond offers fishing, rock climbing & hiking on wooded trails.
Menotomy Rocks Park
Fishing pond, wooded trails & fields. Spread among the grounds are wooded trails, ball fields, a 3-acre fishing pond & a playground.
Nahanton Park
55-acre green space with trails & a pond. Verdant, 55-acre park offering trails, gardens & a soccer field, plus a pond for fishing & boating.
Cutler Park Reservation
Marsh & lake with numerous bird species. Wetland preserve with a freshwater marsh & lake for bird-watching, hiking, fishing & canoeing.
Needham Town Forest
Dense maze of woodland biking trails. Wooded 200-acre park with an intricate tangle of moderate biking trails & an unusual train trestle.
Walden Pond State Reservation
Historic retreat of Henry David Thoreau. Dog-free park with trails & swimming on the site where Henry David Thoreau wrote the book Walden.
Wilson Mountain Reservation
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Torbert MacDonald State Park
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Cochituate State Park
Go-to for picnicking & lake recreation. Popular park offers picnic space, trails & 3 large lakes for swimming, boating, fishing & sailing.
Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildlife retreat with miles of trails. Picturesque park with birds, otters & other wildlife, plus walking trails through diverse terrain.
Middlesex Fells Reservation
Extensive trails network & a pond. 2,575-acre natural haven including hiking trails around a pond, plus areas for dog-walking & biking.
Noanet Woodlands
Shaded walking trails & skyline views. Woodsy preserve featuring 17 miles of hiking trails, bird-watching & city views from Noanet Peak.
Rocky Woods Reservation
Leafy park with miles of hiking trails. Known for its 6+ miles of hiking trails, this natural area features woods, wetlands & ponds.
New England Base Camp
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Ponkapoag Outdoor Camp
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Preserve with a park & pathways. Salt marsh preserve featuring a 28-acre park offering benches, paths & an observation tower.
Breakheart Reservation
Forested area for hiking & fishing. This forest with hiking trails, lakes & a river offers activities such as fishing & swimming.
Great Brook Farm State Park
Miles of trails & a working dairy farm. An expanse of trails through fields & woods, centered around a working dairy farm, open for tours.
Ipswich River Park
Public green space with picnic areas. Public recreation area with grassy spaces, picnic facilities, athletic fields & walking trails.
Boston Harbor Islands State Park
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Peddocks Island Yurt #5
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Peddocks Island Yurt #6
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Camp Forty Acres
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Fort Revere Park
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Goldsmith Woodlands
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Webb Memorial State Park
Waterfront park with city skyline views. Scenic peninsula park on Boston Harbor offering fishing, walking paths & city skyline views.
Harold Parker State Forest
Park for hiking, fishing & camping. Tranquil natural area with trails for hiking & biking, plus camping, picnicking & fishing areas.
Spacious Skies Campgrounds - Minute Man
Forest campsite with a pool & playground. Seasonal cabins, tent & RV plots with a heated pool, playground, recreation hall & a laundry room.
World's End
251-acre coastscape with skyline views. This tranquil coastal park offers scenic views of the Boston skyline, plus 4.5 miles of trails.
Borderland State Park
Bucolic park on former family estate. Circa-early-1900s artist-created park boasts founders' home, woodland trails & pond for activities.
Winter Island Park
Boating, seasonal camping & a lighthouse. Marine recreational park with seasonal RV & tent camping, a boat launch, lighthouse & historic fort.
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
Trails for hiking & mountain biking. Extensive trails for mountain biking, hiking & horseback riding offered in a 1,027-acre preserve.
Berry's Grove Campground
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Normandy Farms Campground
Luxury camping destination since 1971. Holiday village with RV hookups, tent pitches & a range of deluxe cabin or YURT rentals
Wompatuck State Park
RV camping, paved trails & potable water. Park popular for trailer camping, with electric hookups, paved biking trails & a freshwater spring.
Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
Locale for wildlife views & canoeing. Sanctuary offering trails through forest, meadows & wetlands, with wildlife views & canoeing.
Canoe River Campground
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La Vida Adventure Camp
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Camp Denison
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Bradley Palmer State Park
Historic mansion, trails & wading pool. Former estate offering 721 acres of green space & trails, plus a wading pool & early-1900s mansion.
Owl Eyes Wilderness Survival
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Camp Lovewell at 2nd Nature Academy
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Willowdale State Forest
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Goats To Go ®
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Benson Park
Spacious park with a playground. Roomy park featuring forest space with trails plus a playground & small animal farm.
Blackstone Gorge
Riverside trail with dramatic views. Park with a hiking trail featuring dramatic views of the river below from the cliffs.
Mine Falls Park
Green, waterside 325-acre retreat. Vast, natural riverfront oasis featuring forest trails, sports fields & outdoor activities.
Capron Park
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Winnekenni Castle
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Beaver Brook Association
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Mass Audubon's Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary
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