List of old-growth forests in Massachusetts

The following is a list of old-growth forests in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Old growth is defined as those forests that have not been logged (and have not been significantly disturbed by human beings) in the last 150 years. "Virgin forests" are those old-growth forests that show no sign of having ever been logged.

A total of 2,742 acres (1,110 ha) of old-growth forest has been identified in Massachusetts.^[1] Massachusetts' old growth occurs almost entirely within the Northeastern Highlands ecoregion. The following list identifies some of the sites and their locations:^[2]

Name	Location	Size (ha)	Coordinates	Elevation (m)	Aspect
Burgoyne Pass	Beartown State Forest	1.2	42°16′3″N 73°17′8″W / 42.26750°N 73.28556°W / 42.26750; -73.28556	390-470	S–SW
Ice Gulch	East Mountain State Forest	3.6	42°9′30″N 73°19′18″W / 42.15833°N 73.32167°W / 42.15833; -73.32167	405–440	SE–SW
Cold River: Route 2 to Black Brook	Mohawk Trail State Forest/Cold River Virgin Forest	38.4	42°38′7″N 72°58′48″W / 42.63528°N 72.98000°W / 42.63528; -72.98000	350–420	NW–NE
Cold River: Route 2 to Black Brook Picnic Area	Mohawk Trail State Forest/Cold River Virgin Forest	14.2	42°37′48″N 72°58′0″W / 42.63000°N 72.96667°W / 42.63000; -72.96667	320–450	N–NW
Lower Gulf Brook	Mohawk Trail State Forest	6.1	42°37′53″N 72°59′52″W / 42.63139°N 72.99778°W / 42.63139; -72.99778	380–415	NW
Manning Brook	Mohawk Trail State Forest	6.1	42°38′23″N 72°59′20″W / 42.63972°N 72.98889°W / 42.63972; -72.98889	375–420	NE
Black Brook	Mohawk Trail State Forest	10.1	42°37′45″N 72°58′12″W / 42.62917°N 72.97000°W / 42.62917; -72.97000	360–500	N–NW
Tannery Falls	Mohawk Trail State Forest	3.6	42°37′39″N 73°0′12″W / 42.62750°N 73.00333°W / 42.62750; -73.00333	390–420	NW
Todd and Clark Mountains	Mohawk Trail State Forest	80.9	42°38′50″N 72°56′45″W / 42.64722°N 72.94583°W / 42.64722; -72.94583	330–460	Varied
Trout Brook West	Mohawk Trail State Forest	6.1	42°37′57″N 72°56′19″W / 42.63250°N 72.93861°W / 42.63250; -72.93861	410–450	E
Hawks Mountain	Mohawk Trail State Forest	2	42°37′45″N 72°55′34″W / 42.62917°N 72.92611°W / 42.62917; -72.92611	360–410	NW
Thumper Mountain	Mohawk Trail State Forest	0.8	42°38′23″N 72°56′6″W / 42.63972°N 72.93500°W / 42.63972; -72.93500	250–270	NE
Middle Cold River to Route 2	Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest/	18.2	42°38′3″N 72°59′29″W / 42.63417°N 72.99139°W / 42.63417; -72.99139	360–415	N
Upper Cold River	Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest	32.4	42°39′7″N 73°1′0″W / 42.65194°N 73.01667°W / 42.65194; -73.01667	390–450	Varied
Upper Gulf Brook	Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest	8.1	42°37′59″N 73°0′43″W / 42.63306°N 73.01194°W / 42.63306; -73.01194	380–415	NE
Bear Swamp	Monroe State Forest	12.1	42°41′50″N 72°57′31″W / 42.69722°N 72.95861°W / 42.69722; -72.95861	360–480	E
Dunbar Brook	Monroe State Forest	8.1	42°42′14″N 72°58′8″W / 42.70389°N 72.96889°W / 42.70389; -72.96889	390–490	NE
Parsonage Brook	Monroe State Forest	1.6	42°42′44″N 72°58′46″W / 42.71222°N 72.97944°W / 42.71222; -72.97944	470–510	NW
Spruce Mountain	Monroe State Forest	1.6	42°42′52″N 72°59′56″W / 42.71444°N 72.99889°W / 42.71444; -72.99889	600–670	SE
Smith Brook-Deerfield River	Monroe State Forest	1.6	42°41′58″N 72°58′56″W / 42.69944°N 72.98222°W / 42.69944; -72.98222	360–450	NE
Hunt Hill	Monroe State Forest	2.8	42°41′25″N 72°58′53″W / 42.69028°N 72.98139°W / 42.69028; -72.98139	520–600	SE
Mount Everett-Glen Brook	Mount Everett State Reservation	14.2	42°6′37″N 73°25′32″W / 42.11028°N 73.42556°W / 42.11028; -73.42556	490–560	NE
Mount Everett-Guilder Pond	Mount Everett State Reservation	1.6	42°6′36″N 73°26′22″W / 42.11000°N 73.43944°W / 42.11000; -73.43944	610–630	SW
The Hopper	Mount Greylock State Reservation	46.5	42°39′2″N 73°9′58″W / 42.65056°N 73.16611°W / 42.65056; -73.16611	540–720	Varied
Stony Ledge	Mount Greylock State Reservation	4	42°38′54″N 73°11′34″W / 42.64833°N 73.19278°W / 42.64833; -73.19278	675–720	NE
Mount Williams	Mount Greylock State Reservation	10.1	42°40′32″N 73°9′59″W / 42.67556°N 73.16639°W / 42.67556; -73.16639	510–600	NW–NE
Roaring Brook	Mount Greylock State Reservation	10.1	42°37′44″N 73°12′5″W / 42.62889°N 73.20139°W / 42.62889; -73.20139	550–630	N–NW
Mount Wachusett	Wachusett Mountain State Reservation	80.9	42°29′0″N 71°53′0″W / 42.48333°N 71.88333°W / 42.48333; -71.88333	425–520	Varied
Bash Bish Falls	Mount Washington State Forest	15.4	42°6′47″N 73°29′43″W / 42.11306°N 73.49528°W / 42.11306; -73.49528	415–485	N–NE
Mount Race	Mount Washington State Forest	2	42°4′39″N 73°25′47″W / 42.07750°N 73.42972°W / 42.07750; -73.42972	645–710	Varied
Sages Ravine-Bear Rock Falls	Mount Washington State Forest	4.9	42°3′18″N 73°26′4″W / 42.05500°N 73.43444°W / 42.05500; -73.43444	350–420	N
Alander Mountain	Mount Washington State Forest	2	42°5′7″N 73°28′48″W / 42.08528°N 73.48000°W / 42.08528; -73.48000	585–610	SW
Windsor Jambs	Windsor State Forest	1.2	42°31′20″N 72°59′35″W / 42.52222°N 72.99306°W / 42.52222; -72.99306	430–475	SW

References

↑ Mary Byrd Davis (23 January 2008). "Old Growth in the East: A Survey". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
↑ D'Amato, A.; Orwig, D.; Foster, D. (2006). "New Estimates of Massachusetts Old-growth Forests: Useful Data for Regional Conservation and Forest Reserve Planning" (PDF). Northeastern Naturalist. 13 (4): 495–506. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[495:NEOMOF]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2008-12-31.

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National Historical Parks	Adams Blackstone River Valley Boston Lowell Minute Man New Bedford Whaling

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Other	Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve West Hill Dam (USACE)

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Parks	Alewife Brook Ames Nowell Ashland Bash Bish Falls Blackstone River and Canal Heritage Borderland Boston Harbor Islands Bradley Palmer C. M. Gardner Callahan Castle Island State Park Chicopee Memorial City Square Clarksburg Cochituate Connecticut River Greenway Demarest Lloyd Dighton Rock Dunn Ellisville Harbor Fall River Heritage Gardner Heritage Great Brook Farm Halibut Point Hampton Ponds Holyoke Heritage Hopkinton Lake Lorraine Lake Wyola Lawrence Heritage Lowell Heritage Lynn Heritage Massasoit Maudslay Moore Mount Holyoke Range Natural Bridge Nickerson Pearl Hill Pilgrim Quinsigamond Robinson Roxbury Heritage Rutland Skinner South Cape Beach Wahconah Falls Webb Memorial Wells Western Gateway Heritage Whitehall Wompatuck

Reservations	Beaver Brook Belle Isle Marsh Blue Hills Breakheart Charles River Chestnut Hill Cutler Dorchester Shores Elm Bank Fort Phoenix Hammond Pond Hemlock Gorge Horseneck Beach Jug End Lynn Shore Middlesex Fells Mount Everett Mount Greylock Mount Sugarloaf Mount Tom Myles Standish Mystic River Nahant Beach Nantasket Beach Nasketucket Bay Neponset River Pope John Paul II Purgatory Chasm Quincy Quarries Quincy Shore Revere Beach Rumney Marsh Salisbury Beach Sandy Point Scusset Beach Stony Brook Upper Charles River Wachusett Mountain Walden Pond West Island Weymouth Wilson Mountain

Other	Appalachian Trail Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Cape Cod Rail Trail Fort Revere Lake Dennison Recreation Area Lower Neponset River Trail Nashua River Rail Trail Norwottuck Rail Trail Quabbin Reservoir Southwest Corridor Park Squantum Point Park Streeter Point Recreation Area Sudbury Reservoir Wachusett Reservoir Ware River Watershed Area

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Wildlife Management Areas	Agawam Lake Agawam Mill Pond Ashby Ashfield Hawley Attitash Ayer Game Farm Baddacook Pond Bakers Pond Bay Circuit Trail Bearse Pond Becket Bennett Birch Hill Black Brook Blackstone / West River Bolton Flats Boxboro Station Brayton Point Salt Marsh Breakneck Brook Brewer Brook Bullock Ledge Burrage Pond Canoe River Catamount Chalet Chase Garden Creek Salt Marsh Childs River Chockalog Swamp Church Homestead Clapps Pond Clinton Bluff Concord River Connecticut River Cook Pond Copicut Coy Hill Crane Pond Cummington Cusky Pond Dartmoor Farm Darwin Scott Memorial Day Mountain Deerfield River Dogfish Bar Beach Coastal Dolomite Ledges Dunstable Brook E. Kent Swift Eagle Island East Mountain Eastham Salt Marsh Elbow Meadow English Salt Marsh Eugene D. Moran Facing Rock Fairfield Brook Farmington River Fish Brook Fisherville Pond Fisk Forestdale Lot Fisk Meadows Five Mile River Flagg Swamp Flint Pond Four Chimneys Fox Den Fox Island Salt Marsh Frances A. Crane Freetown Swamp George L. Darey Housatonic Valley Glen Echo Lake Gosnold Grassy Pond (Dennis) Grassy Pond (Plymouth) Green River (Franklin County) Green River (Berkshire County) Greenfield River Halfway Pond Hamilton Hancock Harlow / Cooks Pond Haskell Swamp Hauk Swamp Hawksnest State Park Hawley Head Of The Plains Herman Covey High Ridge Hinsdale Flats Hiram H. Fox Hockomock Swamp Hog Pond Lot Honey Pot Hoosatonic River Hoosic River Hop Brook Housatonic River Hubbard Brook Hunting Hills Hyannis Ponds Ipswich River John J. Kelly Joint Base Cape Cod Jug End Fen Jug End Kampoosa Fen Katama Plains Knops Pond Konkapot River Lackey Pond Lake Lorraine Lake Rohunta Lake Snipatuit Lake Warner Lanesboro Lawrence Brook Lawrence Pond Lot Leadmine Leyden Lilly Pond Little Alum Pond Long Sought For Pond Maple Hill Maple Springs Martha Deering Martin H. Burns Mascuppic Lake Mashpee Pine Barrens Mashpee Pond Lot Mashpee River Mckinstry Brook Meetinghouse Swamp Merrill Pond Miacomet Heath Mill River Millers River Mine Brook Montague Plains Montague Moose Brook Moose Brook Moose Hill Mossy Pond Mount Watatic Reservation Mt. Esther Mt. Toby Highlands Mt. Toby Mt. Tom Muddy Brook Muddy Pond Mulpus Brook Nashua River Natty Brook Nemasket River Nissitissit River Noquochoke Nordeen Marsh North Brookfield North Shore Salt Marsh Northboro Oakham Olivers Pond Orange Otis Packard Pond Palmer Pantry Brook Pauchaug Brook Peru Peterson Swamp Phillipston Podunk Marsh Poland Brook Popple Camp Popponesset Beach Poutwater Pond Powell Brook Prince River Provincetown Route 6 Corridor Purchade Brook Quaboag Quacumquasit Quag Pond Bog Quashnet River Quashnet Woods State Reservation Quinapoxet River Quinsigamond Marsh Quisset Raccoon Hill Rainbow Beach Red Brook Richardson Robbins Pond Rochester Rocky Gutter Rowe Salisbury Salt Marsh Salisbury Salt Marsh Sandwich Game Farm Sandy Pond Satan's Kingdom Savage Hill Savoy Sawmill River Scorton Creek Coastal SE Mass Bioreserve Sevenmile River Shattuck Brook Sheperds Island Shubael Pond Sibley Brook Sly Pond South Barrier Beach South Meadow Pond South Shore Salt Marsh South Triangle Pond Southampton Southwick Spectacle Pond Springhill Lot Sputtermill Pond Squannacook River Stafford Hill Sudbury River Sunderland Islands Taconic Mountain Taunton River Taunton River Tekoa Mountain Thad Ellis Thayer Pond Three Mile Pond Townsend Townsend Hill Trapfall Brook Triangle Pond Tully Brook Tully Mountain Tully River Wakeby Pond Wales Walnut Hill Ware River Warwick Wendell West Meadows Westboro Westfield River Westfield Weymouth Back River Whately Great Swamp Whately Ponds Whately Wilbraham Game Farm William Forward Williams River Williamsburg Winimusset Wolf Swamp

Wildlife Sanctuaries	Billingsgate Island Carr Island E. Howe Forbush Egg Rock Grace A. Robson J.C. Phillips Knight Penikese Island Ram Island (Salisbury) Ram Island (Mattapoisett) Susan B. Minns Tarpaulin Cove Watatic Mountain

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Black Pond Bog Boat Meadow Francis Newhall Woods Grassy Pond Greene Swamp Halfway Pond Island Hawley Bog Hockomock Swamp Hoft Farm Homer-Watcha Preserve Katama Plains McElwain-Olsen Miacomet Moors Reed Brook Drury Sandy Neck David H. Smith Preserve and Fire Trail Stacy Mountain Tatkon

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Arcadia Broad Meadow Brook Broadmoor Daniel Webster Drumlin Farm High Ledges Ipswich River Moose Hill North River Pleasant Valley Stony Brook Wachussett Meadow Wellfleet Bay

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List of old-growth forests in Massachusetts

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