The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Under Governor Mitt Romney, the MDC and DEM were merged to form the DCR. State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... A parkway is a general designation of a type of limited-access highway in some parts of the US and Canada. ... Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is a Republican politician who has been the Governor of Massachusetts since 2003. ...

List of parks

• Alewife Brook Reservation
• Ames Nowell State Park
• Appalachian Trail
• Ashland State Park
• Ashuwillticook Rail Trail
• Bash Bish Falls State Park
• Beartown State Forest
• Beaver Brook Reservation
• Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
• Blue Hills Reservation
• Borderland State Park
• Boston Harbor Islands
• Bradley Palmer State Park
• Breakheart Reservation
• Brimfield State Forest
• C.M. Gardner State Park
• Callahan State Park
• Cape Cod Rail Trail
• Castle Island
• Charles River Reservation
• Chester-Blandford State Forest
• Chestnut Hill Reservation
• Chicopee Memorial State Park
• City Square State Park
• Clarksburg State Park
• Cochituate State Park
• Connecticut River Greenway State Park
• Cutler Park
• D.A.R. State Forest
• Demarest Lloyd State Park
• Dighton Rock State Park
• Dorchester Shores Reservation
• Douglas State Forest
• Dunn Pond State Park
• Ellisville Harbor State Park
• Elm Bank Reservation
• Erving State Forest
• F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
• Fall River Heritage State Park
• Federated Women's Club State Forest
• Fort Phoenix State Reservation
• Fort Revere
• Freetown-Fall River State Forest
• Gardner Heritage State Park
• Georgetown-Rowley State Forest
• Granville State Forest
• Great Brook Farm State Park
• Halibut Point State Park
• Hammond Pond Reservation
• Hampton Ponds State Park
• Harold Parker State Forest
• Hemlock Gorge Reservation
• Holyoke Heritage State Park
• Holyoke Range State Park
• Hopkinton State Park
• Horseneck Beach State Reservation
• Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area
• Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest
• Lake Dennison Recreation Area
• Lake Lorraine State Park
• Lawrence Heritage State Park
• Leominster State Forest
• Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
• Lower Neponset River Trail
• Lynn Heritage State Park
• Lynn Shore Reservation
• Manuel F. Correllus State Forest
• Massasoit State Park
• Maudslay State Park
• Middlesex Fells Reservation
• Mohawk Trail State Forest
• Monroe State Forest
• Moore State Park
• Mount Everett State Reservation
• Mount Grace State Forest
• Mount Greylock State Reservation
• Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation
• Mount Tom State Reservation
• Mount Washington State Forest
• Myles Standish Monument State Reservation
• Myles Standish State Forest
• Mystic River Reservation
• Nasketucket Bay State Reservation
• Nahant Beach Reservation
• Nantasket Beach Reservation
• Natural Bridge State Park
• Neponset River Reservation
• Nickerson State Park
• Norwottuck Rail Trail
• October Mountain State Forest
• Otter River State Forest
• Pearl Hill State Park
• Pilgrim Memorial State Park
• Pittsfield State Forest
• Pope John Paul II Park Reservation
• Purgatory Chasm State Reservation
• Quabbin Reservoir
• Quincy Quarries Reservation
• Quincy Shore Reservation
• Quinsigamond State Park
• Revere Beach Reservation
• Robinson State Park
• Rumney Marsh Reservation
• Rutland State Park
• Salisbury Beach State Reservation
• Sandisfield State Forest
• Sandy Point State Reservation
• Savoy Mountain State Forest
• Scusset Beach State Reservation
• Shawme-Crowell State Forest
• Skinner State Park
• South Cape Beach State Park
• Southwest Corridor Park
• Spencer State Forest
• Squantum Point Park
• Stony Brook Reservation
• Streeter Point Recreation Area
• Sudbury Reservoir
• Tolland State Forest
• Upper Charles River Reservation
• Upton State Forest
• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
• Wachusett Reservoir
• Wahconah Falls State Park
• Walden Pond State Reservation
• Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Ware River Watershed Area
• Webb Memorial
• Wells State Park
• Wendell State Forest
• Western Gateway Heritage State Park
• Weymouth Reservation
• Whitehall State Park
• Willard Brook State Forest
• Willowdale State Forest
• Wilson Mountain Reservation
• Windsor State Forest
• Wompatuck State Park

Alewife Brook Reservation is a wildlife park which occupies 120 acres in urban Boston. ... The Pocosin cabin along the trail in Shenandoah National Park The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a 2,174 mile (3500 km) marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin... The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail is a former railroad corridor converted into a 10-foot wide paved universally accessible path. ... The Blue Hills Reservation is a conservation area located in eastern Massachusetts including land from the cities of Milton, Canton, Quincy, Dedham, Westwood, Randolph, Quincy, and Boston. ... The Harbor Islands of Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, are a collection of 34 islands, many of which are open for public recreation and some of which are very small and best suited for wildlife. ... Castle Island is a 22 acre major recreation site located in South Boston on Boston Harbor. ... The Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a large public state beach reservation on Westport River, Westport Harbor, Horseneck Channel, The Let, Rhode Island Sound, and Buzzards Bay, in the southern portion of the town of Westport, Massachusetts, USA. // Composition The state reservation is an oddly-shaped peninsula sticking out from... Massasoit State Park is a state park located in Taunton/Lakeville, Massachusetts, U.S.A. For More Information Massasoit State Park ... A cliff in the Fells. ... Purgatory Chasm State Reservation is a granite chasm approximately one quarter of a mile long in Massachusetts near the border with Rhode Island (42. ... The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts, created between 1930 and 1940. ... Wachusett Reservoir at sunset The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. ...

External links

• Department of Conservation and Recreation