Massasoit State Park

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Massasoit State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in Taunton and Lakeville. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

[edit] Description

Massasoit State Park is a heavily wooded multi-use park principally used for hiking, fishing, and camping.

Features of the park include six lakes and ponds (Lake Rico, Furnace Pond, King's Pond, Middle Pond, Little Bearhole Pond, and Big Bearhole Pond) and numerous cranberry bogs.

The park also offers 126 campsites, most with water and/or electrical hookups.

[edit] Recreational Opportunities

Beaches
Boating (non-motorized)
Boat Ramp
Camping
Canoeing
Educational/Interpretive Programs
Fishing
Hiking
Hunting (restricted)
Mountain Biking
Restrooms
Showers
Swimming
Skiing (Cross-Country)
Trailer/RV Dumping
Trailer/RV Hookup
Visitor's Center
Walking Trails

Note: Swimming and shower access is limited to campers only.

[edit] External links

Park Website: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/mass.htm
Trail Map: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/massasoit600.gif

v • d • e Protected Areas of Massachusetts

National Park Service	National Historical Parks: Adams • Boston • Lowell • Minute Man • New Bedford Whaling • National Historic Sites: Boston African American • Frederick Law Olmsted • John Fitzgerald Kennedy • Longfellow • Salem Maritime • Saugus Iron Works • Springfield Armory • Other: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area • Cape Cod National Seashore

National Wildlife Refuges	Assabet River • Great Meadows • Mashpee • Massasoit • Monomoy • Nantucket • Nomans Land • Oxbow • Parker River • Silvio O. Conte • Thacher Island

State Parks	Alewife Brook • Ames Nowell • Ashland • Bash Bish Falls • Blackstone River and Canal Heritage • Borderland • Boston Harbor Islands • Bradley Palmer • C. M. Gardner • Callahan • Castle Island State Park • Chicopee Memorial • City Square • Clarksburg • Cochituate • Connecticut River Greenway • Demarest Lloyd • Dighton Rock • Dunn • Ellisville Harbor • Fall River Heritage • Gardner Heritage • Great Brook Farm • Halibut Point • Hampton Ponds • Holyoke Heritage • Hopkinton • Lake Lorraine • Lake Wyola • Lawrence Heritage • Lowell Heritage • Lynn Heritage • Massasoit • Maudslay • Moore • Mount Holyoke Range • Natural Bridge • Nickerson • Pearl Hill • Pilgrim • Quinsigamond • Robinson • Roxbury Heritage • Rutland • Skinner • South Cape Beach • Wahconah Falls • Webb Memorial • Wells • Western Gateway Heritage • Whitehall • Wompatuck

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State Parks: Other	Appalachian Trail • Ashuwillticook Rail Trail • Cape Cod Rail Trail • Fort Revere • Lake Dennison Recreation Area • Lower Neponset River Trail • Nashua River Rail Trail • Norwottuck Rail Trail • Quabbin Reservoir • Southwest Corridor Park • Squantum Point Park • Streeter Point Recreation Area • Sudbury Reservoir • Wachusett Reservoir • Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve • Ware River Watershed Area

State Forests	Beartown • Brimfield • Chester-Blandford • DAR • Douglas • Erving • F. Gilbert Hills • Federated Women's Club • Freetown-Fall River • Georgetown Rowley • Granville • Harold Parker • Kenneth Dubuque Memorial • Leominster • Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro • Manuel F. Correllus • Mohawk Trail • Monroe • Mount Grace • Mount Washington • Myles Standish • October Mountain • Otter River • Pittsfield • Sandisfield • Savoy Mountain • Shawme-Crowell • Spencer • Tolland • Upton • Wendell • Willard Brook • Willowdale • Windsor

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation