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Massachusetts Properties

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Key #

Park Name

Recipient

Town/City

County

Acreage*

1

Newburyport Beach

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

Newburyport

Essex

52.50

2

Sharpner's Pond Access Road

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

North Andover

Essex

14.36

3

North Shirley Recreation Area

Town of Shirley

Shirley

Middlesex

0.06

4

Fort Devens Parcel 9A- Old Mill Road

Town of Harvard

Harvard

Worcester

24.00

5

Wilderness Park

Town of Bedford

Bedford

Middlesex

77.75

6

Springs Brook Park

Town of Bedford

Bedford

Middlesex

8.15

7

Rotary Field

Town of Burlington

Burlington

Middlesex

1.91

8

Maynard Outdoor Recreation Area

Town of Maynard

Maynard

Middlesex

19.00

9

Marlborough Sudbury State Forest

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

Stow/Sudbury

Middlesex

388.50

10

Pegan Park Cove

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

Natick

Middlesex

22.00

11

West Chesnut Street Playground

Town of Brockton

Brockton

Plymouth

11.39

12

Former Providence Defense Area Housing Site

Town of Rehoboth

Rehoboth

Bristol

12.34

13

Fort Rodman Recreation Area

City of New Bedford

New Bedford

Bristol

69.18

14

Palmer Island Light Station

City of New Bedford

New Bedford

Bristol

1.00

15 a

Former Cuttyhunk Lifeboat Station Lookout Site

Town of Gosnold

Gosnold

Dukes

0.7

15 b

Cuttyhunk Light Station

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Gosnold

Dukes

3.45

16

Lighthouse Park

Town of Edgartown

Edgartown

Dukes

3.70

17

Former Madaket Life Saving Station

Town of Nantucket

Nantucket

Nantucket

4.38

18

Former Radio Monitor Site

Town of Nantucket

Nantucket

Nantucket

24.00

19

Former FAA Consolan Facility

Town of Nantucket

Nantucket

Nantucket

80.00

20

Holyoke Range State Park

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

Granby

Hampshire

0.14

21

Brown-Ellison Park

Town of Granby

Granby

Hampshire

12.16

22

Gardner State Park

MA Dept. of Environmental Management

Huntington

Hampshire

45.00

23

Preston Park

City of Chicopee

Chicopee

Hampden

17.01

24

Industrial Gate Park

City of Chicopee

Chicopee

Hampden

7.16

25

Westover Golf Course/ Stony Brook Wetlands

Town of Ludlow

Ludlow

Hampden

503.95

26

Lake Massasoit

City of Springfield

Springfield

Hampden

212.00

27a

Former Army National Guard Facility

City of Wayland

Wayland

Middlesex

10.71

27b Former Wayland Army National Guard Facility Town of Lincoln Lincoln Middlesex 0.28
28a Former South Weymouth Naval Air Station Town of Rockland Rockland Plymouth 1.86
28b Former South Weymouth Naval Air Station South Shore Tri-Town Development Corporation Rockland, Weymouth, and Abingdon Plymouth, Norfolk 225.3
29 Mt. Holyoke Range State Park Commonwealth of Massachusetts Granby Hampshire 99.5

Sub-Total

2,053.44

Boston Area Sub-Total

4,541.57

Total

6,495.01

*Acreage of property conveyed from U.S. Government to state or local government which may only be a portion of the total park acreage.

 
 
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