Massachusetts Public Lands
1.3% of Massachusetts is federal land: 62,956 of its 5,034,880 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Massachusetts is the National Park Service, with 33,530 acres, 0.7% of the state. This guide covers 51 state parks, 13 National Park Service units, 1 wilderness areas, and 10 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Massachusetts public lands by type
Massachusetts public land map
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
- Wilderness areas (dashed)
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
List of all 75 places on this map
State parks (51)
- Ames Nowell State Park
- Ashland State Park
- Bash Bish Falls State Park
- Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
- Borderland State Park
- Boston Harbor Islands State Park
- Bradley Palmer State Park
- C. M. Gardner State Park
- Callahan State Park
- Chicopee Memorial State Park
- Clarksburg State Park
- Cochituate State Park
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park
- Demarest Lloyd State Park
- Dighton Rock State Park
- Dunn State Park
- Ellisville Harbor State Park
- Fall River Heritage State Park
- Gardner Heritage State Park
- Great Brook Farm State Park
- Greycourt State Park
- Halibut Point State Park
- Hampton Ponds State Park
- Holyoke Heritage State Park
- Hopkinton State Park
- J. A. Skinner State Park
- Lake Lorraine State Park
- Lake Wyola State Park
- Lawrence Heritage State Park
- Lowell Heritage State Park
- Lynn Heritage State Park
- Massasoit State Park
- Maudslay State Park
- Moore State Park
- Mount Holyoke Range State Park
- Natural Bridge State Park (Massachusetts)
- Nickerson State Park
- Pearl Hill State Park
- Pilgrim Memorial State Park
- Quinsigamond State Park
- Robinson State Park
- Roxbury Heritage State Park
- Rutland State Park
- South Cape Beach State Park
- Wahconah Falls State Park
- Watson Pond State Park
- Webb Memorial State Park
- Wells State Park (Massachusetts)
- Western Gateway Heritage State Park
- Whitehall State Park
- Wompatuck State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (13)
- Adams National Historical Park
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Boston National Historical Park
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Lowell National Historical Park
- Minute Man National Historical Park
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- Salem Maritime National Historical Park
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Wilderness areas (1)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (10)
- Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
- Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge
- Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
- Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
- Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
- Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
- Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge
Who manages Massachusetts's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Massachusetts |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 23,720 | 0.5% |
| National Park Service | 33,530 | 0.7% |
| Department of Defense | 5,706 | 0.1% |
| All federal land | 62,956 | 1.3% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Massachusetts public land
2 of Massachusetts's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Massachusetts state parks table.
Common questions
- 1.3% of Massachusetts is federal land: 62,956 of its 5,034,880 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Massachusetts is the National Park Service, with 33,530 acres, 0.7% of the state.
- This guide lists 51 Massachusetts state parks and recreation areas, 2 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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