| Name
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Location
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County
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Region
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Summary
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Easthampton |
Hampshire |
Pioneer Valley |
website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 732 acres with 5 miles of trails
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| Arunah Hill Natural Science Center |
Cummington |
Hampshire |
Pioneer Valley |
website, 60 acres, 6 miles of trails, focus is astronomy, science and nature education
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| Blue Hills Trailside Museum |
Milton |
Norfolk |
Greater Boston |
Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, interpretive center for the 7000-acre Blue Hills Reservation state park
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Mattapan |
Suffolk |
Greater Boston |
website, 64 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2 miles of trails, located on the grounds of the old Boston State Hospital
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Worcester |
Worcester |
Worcester County |
website, 430 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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Natick |
Middlesex |
Greater Boston |
website, 854 acres with 9 miles of trails, Saltonstall Nature Center, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Camp Nihan |
Saugus |
Essex |
North Shore |
65 acres, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)
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| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History |
Brewster |
Barnstable |
Cape Cod |
website, natural history exhibits, aquarium, steward of 400-plus acres of museum-owned land in Stony Brook Valley and Brewster
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| Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary |
Charlton |
Worcester |
Worcester County |
website, 86 acres
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| Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary |
Lincoln |
Middlesex |
Greater Boston |
website, 232 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary |
Marshfield |
Plymouth |
Plymouth County |
507 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, managed by North River Wildlife Sanctuary
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| EcoTarium |
Worcester |
Worcester |
Worcester County |
Natural history and science museum, live animals, 50 acres, tree canopy, planetarium
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Edgartown |
Dukes |
Martha's Vineyard |
website, 321 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society on Martha's Vineyard
|
|
Turners Falls |
Franklin |
Pioneer Valley |
website, 4 acres, interpretive center for the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Connecticut River Watershed's natural, cultural and industrial history
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East Sandwich |
Barnstable |
Cape Cod |
website, operated by the Thornton W. Burgess Society, adjacent to the 57-acre Briar Patch Conservation Area
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|
Belmont |
Middlesex |
Greater Boston |
website, 93 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located 6 miles northwest of downtown Boston
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| Hitchcock Center for the Environment |
Amherst |
Hampshire |
Pioneer Valley |
website, located on the 20-acre Larch Hill Conservation Area
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| Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary |
Topsfield |
Essex |
North Shore |
Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2,800-acre preserve with over 12 miles of interconnecting trails
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Newburyport |
Essex |
North Shore |
website, 52 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located near the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and the Plum Island estuary
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| Lloyd Center for the Environment |
South Dartmouth |
Bristol |
Southeastern Massachusetts |
55 acres, focuses on coastal and watershed issues and conducting research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species
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| Marion Natural History Museum |
Marion |
Plymouth |
Plymouth County |
website, specializes in the natural history of local coastal and offshore areas
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| Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary |
Sharon |
Norfolk |
Greater Boston |
1,984 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, features 25 mile trail system
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|
Canton |
Norfolk |
Greater Boston |
website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located on the 124-acre Mildred Morse Allen Wildlife Sanctuary
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| North River Wildlife Sanctuary |
Marshfield |
Plymouth |
Plymouth County |
184 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary |
Wales |
Hampden |
Pioneer Valley |
About 8,000 acres, maintained by the Norcross Wildlife Foundation
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| Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary |
Attleboro |
Bristol |
Southeastern Massachusetts |
website, 50 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary |
Lenox |
Berkshire |
The Berkshires |
website, 1,142 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Sheep Hill |
Williamstown |
Berkshire |
The Berkshires |
website, 50-acre former dairy farm with nature exhibits, operated by the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation
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| Sherburne Nature Center |
Tyngsborough |
Middlesex |
Greater Boston |
website, 80 acres, operated by the Town
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|
Norwell |
Plymouth |
Plymouth County |
website, located on 30 acres surrounded by 200 acres of town conservation/recreation land
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| Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary |
Norfolk |
Norfolk |
Greater Boston |
website, 86 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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| Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary |
Princeton |
Worcester |
Worcester County |
website, 1,011 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society
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South Wellfleet |
Barnstable |
Cape Cod |
website, 944 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Esther Underwood Johnson Nature Center contains two 700-gallon aquariums
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