Bird Watching
Bird Watching in Massachusetts
Discover 85 state parks offering bird watching in Massachusetts
85
State Parks
Massachusetts State Parks with Bird Watching
Abigail Adams State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Alewife Brook Reservation

Ames Nowell State Park
+4
Wildlife Watching
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Ashland State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Bash Bish Falls State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park

Borderland State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Bradley Palmer State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Bristol Blake State Reservation
C. M. Gardner State Park
+8
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Mountain Biking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Paddling
Canoeing
Biking

Callahan State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Camp Nihan Environmental Education Camp

Canalside Rail Trail

Chestnut Hill Reservation

Chicopee Memorial State Park
+7
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Mountain Biking
Bird Watching
Ice Fishing
Kayaking
Biking

Clarksburg State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Cochituate State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Connecticut River Greenway State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
D.A.R. State Forest
+9
Picnicking
Mountain Biking
Horseback Riding
Bird Watching
Cross Country Skiing
Snowshoeing
Snowmobiling
Ice Fishing
Biking

Demarest Lloyd State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Dighton Rock State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Douglas State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Dunn State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Ellisville Harbor State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Elm Bank Reservation

F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
+1
Biking

Fall River Heritage State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Federated Women’s Club State Forest

Georgetown-Rowley State Forest
+1
Biking

Great Brook Farm State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Hammond Pond Reservation

Hampton Ponds State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Harold Parker State Forest
+9
Picnicking
Mountain Biking
Horseback Riding
Bird Watching
Snowshoeing
Kayaking
Paddling
Canoeing
Biking

Holyoke Heritage State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Hopkinton State Park
+6
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Scenic Overlooks
Paddling
RV

Horseneck Beach State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area

Lake Dennison Recreation Area
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Lake Wyola State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Lawrence Heritage State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Leominster State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Lowell Heritage State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Lower Neponset River Trail
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest

Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside

Maudslay State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Middlesex Fells Reservation

Mohawk Trail State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Moore State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Mount Everett State Reservation

Mount Holyoke Range State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Mount Tom State Reservation
+6
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Nature

Mystic River Reservation

Nashua River Rail Trail
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation

Neponset River Reservation

Nickerson State Park
+2
Bird Watching
Biking

Otter River State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Pearl Hill State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Pittsfield State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Plum Island State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Pope John Paul II Park Reservation
Purgatory Chasm State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Quinsigamond State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Robinson State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Rumney Marsh Reservation

Salisbury Beach State Reservation

Savoy Mountain State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Scusset Beach State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Shawme-Crowell State Forest
+2
Whale Watching
Biking

Skinner State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

South Cape Beach State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Southern New England Trunkline Trail

Upper Charles River Reservation
+2
Paddling
Canoeing

Upton State Forest
+1
Biking
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Walden Pond State Reservation
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Ware River Watershed Area

Webb Memorial State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Wellfleet Hollow State Campground

Wells State Park
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking

Whitehall State Park
+9
Mountain Biking
Bird Watching
Ice Fishing
Sailing
Water Skiing
Surfing
Kayaking
Canoeing
Biking

Willard Brook State Forest
+6
Mountain Biking
Horseback Riding
Bird Watching
Cross Country Skiing
Snowshoeing
Biking

Willowdale State Forest
+5
Wildlife Watching
Picnicking
Bird Watching
Kayaking
Biking
Other Places with Bird Watching in Massachusetts (Not State Parks)
These places are run by a county, city, federal agency, another state agency, a tribe or a private owner, not by Massachusetts’s state park system. State park passes, rules and reservations may not apply, so check with the operator before you go.
Quabbin Reservoir
Run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Division of Water Supply Protection

Sudbury Reservoir
Run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Division of Water Supply Protection

Wachusett Reservoir
Run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Division of Water Supply Protection
