Kristi Palma | Boston.com | April 25, 2019
https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2019/04/25/camping-at-massachusetts-state-parks
If sleeping under trees and roasting marshmallows over a campfire describes your perfect weekend getaway, then you don’t have to waste precious hours commuting to another state. Massachusetts has 31 state parks where you can camp.
Here’s a list of the 31 state parks where you can pitch a tent. At some, you can park your RV, or even rent a cabin or a yurt.
- Beartown State Forest, Monterey
- Boston Harbor Islands, Boston
- Camp Nihan Education Center, Saugus
- Clarksburg State Park, Clarksburg
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) State Forest, Goshen
- Erving State Forest, Erving
- Federated Women’s Club State Forest, Petersham
- Granville State Forest, Granville
- Harold Parker State Forest, North Andover
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation, Westport
- Lake Dennison Recreation Area, Baldwinville
- Massasoit State Park, East Taunton
- Mohawk Trail State Forest, Charlemont
- Mount Greylock State Reservation, Lanesborough
- Mount Washington State Forest, Mount Washington
- Myles Standish State Forest, Carver
- Nickerson State Park, Brewster
- October Mountain State Forest, Lee
- Otter River State Forest, Baldwinville
- Pearl Hill State Park, West Townsend
- Pittsfield State Forest, Pittsfield
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury
- Savoy Mountain State Forest, Florida
- Scusset Beach State Reservation, Sagamore
- Shawme-Crowell State Forest, Sandwich
- Tolland State Forest, East Otis
- Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, East Falmouth
- Wellfleet Hollow State Campground, Wellfleet
- Wells State Park, Sturbridge
- Willard Brook State Forest, West Townsend
- Wompatuck State Park, Hingham