Cochituate State Park is a popular day-use recreation area spanning about 870 acres around Lake Cochituate's three interconnected ponds—North, Middle, and South—in Natick, Massachusetts, near the Wayland border.
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a paved, 25.5-mile multi-use path that stretches across six towns on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, running from South Yarmouth through Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, and ending in Wellfleet.
Borderland State Park spans 1,843 acres across Easton and Sharon in Massachusetts, blending history and nature around the 1910 Ames Mansion built by Oakes and Blanche Ames, now preserved with original furnishings and her art studio for guided tours.
Lake Dennison Recreation Area is a 121‑acre state‑managed site in Winchendon, Massachusetts, set on an 85‑acre lake that forms part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Birch Hill Flood Control Project.
Willard Brook State Forest is a 2,597‑acre state forest in the towns of Ashby and Townsend, in north‑central Massachusetts, known for its tumbling brook, classic New England woods, and a small campground nestled near Damon Pond.
Mount Everett State Reservation spans 2,492 acres in Mount Washington and Sheffield in Massachusetts' southern Berkshires, centered on the 2,624-foot summit of Mount Everett, the third-highest peak in the state, offering panoramic views across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.
Lynn Heritage State Park is a small history‑themed state park in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts, designed to showcase the city’s industrial and maritime heritage along Lynn Harbor.
The Boston Children's Museum, located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel in Boston, Massachusetts, is the second oldest children's museum in the United States, founded in 1913.
The Clark Art Institute, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is a leading art museum and research center established in 1955 by art collector Robert Sterling Clark and his wife Francine.
Bash Bish Falls State Park spans 424 acres in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, in the Taconic Mountains near the New York border, renowned for Bash Bish Falls, the state's highest single-drop waterfall plunging 60 feet in a dramatic V shape into an emerald pool.
Hampton Ponds State Park is a small state‑run recreation area in the northeast corner of Westfield, Massachusetts, built around a pond complex that began as an old sandpit before being transformed into a public open‑space.
Middlesex Fells Reservation, often called the Fells, spans over 2,200 acres of rocky woodlands, wetlands, and reservoirs across Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, and Winchester just north of Boston in Massachusetts.
The Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts, is the city’s third-oldest cemetery, established in 1660 to address overcrowding in earlier burial sites.
Ashland State Park spans 470 acres around the 157-acre Ashland Reservoir in Ashland, Massachusetts, offering year-round recreation including a popular 3.5-mile shoreline trail for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing.
Halibut Point State Park is a 67‑acre coastal park in Rockport, Massachusetts, sitting on a rocky granite headland that offers dramatic views of the Atlantic Ocean and, on clear days, stretches all the way to the Isles of Shoals off New Hampshire and Mount Agamenticus in Maine.