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Cross-Country

Skiing 

Southeast Massachusetts

Ames Nowell State Park

Abington

Borderland State Park

N. Easton

Cape Cod Rail Trail

Dennis-Wellfleet

Dighton Rock State Park

Berkley

Ellisville Harbor State Park

Plymouth

F. Gilbert Hills State Forest

Foxboro

Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Assonet

Manuel F. Correllus State Forest

Martha's Vineyard

Massasoit State Park

Taunton

Myles Standish State Forest

Carver

Nickerson State Park

Brewster

Shawme-Crowell State Forest

Sandwich

Wompatuck State Park

Hingham


Northeast Massachusetts

Ashland State Park

Ashland

Callahan State Park

Framingham

Harold Parker State Forest

N. Andover

Nashua River Rail Trail

Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable

Hopkinton State Park

Hopkinton

Walden Pond State Reservation

Concord

Bradley Palmer State Park

Topsfield

Georgetown-Rowley State Forest

Georgetown

Great Brook Farm State Park

Carlisle

Halibut Point State Park

Rockport

Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest

Lowell

Maudslay State Park

Newburyport

Upton State Forest

Upton

Willowdale State Forest

Ipswich


Central Massachusetts

Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park

Uxbridge

Douglas State Forest

Douglas

Leominster State Forest

Westminster

Moore State Park

Paxton

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation

Sutton

Rutland State Park

Rutland

Spencer State Forest

Spencer

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Princeton

Brimfield State Forest

Brimfield

Chicopee Memorial State Park

Chicopee Falls

Dunn Pond State Park

Gardner

Erving State Forest

Erving

Federated Women's Club State Forest

Petersham

Holyoke Range State Park

Amherst

Lake Dennison Recreation Area

Winchendon

Mt. Grace State Forest

Warwick

Mt. Tom State Reservation

Holyoke

Norwottock Rail Trail

Nothampton

Otter River State Forest

Baldwinville

Pearl Hill State Park

W. Townsend

Robinson State Park

Agawam

Wells State Park

Sturbridge

Wendell State Forest

Wendell

Willard Brook State Forest

Ashby & Townsend


Western Massachusetts

Ashuwillticook Rail Trail

Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams

Beartown State Forest

Monterey

Clarksburg State Park

Clarksburg

D.A.R. State Forest

Goshen

Dubuque, Kenneth Memorial State Forest

Hawley

Granville State Forest

Granville

Mohawk Trail State Forest

Charlemont

Monroe State Forest

Monroe

Mt. Everett State Reservation

Mt. Washington

Mt. Greylock State Reservation

Lanesborough

Mt. Washington State Forest

Mt. Washington

October Mountain State Forest

Lee

Pittsfield State Forest

Pittsfield

Sandisfield State Forest (York Lake)

Sandisfield

Savoy Mountain State Forest

Savoy (RTE. 116)

Tolland State Forest

Otis

Windsor State Forest

Windsor


Ski Trails in Greater Boston

Weston Ski Track
Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing 781-891-6575 Open seven days a week. Monday-Thursday until 9:30 pm. Friday and Saturday until 8 pm Sundays until 6:00pm. Located at the DCR's Martin Golf Course in Weston, 20 minutes from downtown Boston just off the Mass Pike at Rt. 128, or a 20 minute walk from the MBTA Riverside Station. Lighted groomed trails, rentals, sales of new and used equipment, refreshments, showers, lockers, equipment repairs and MAintenance, and reduced group rates. Beginner and intermediate lessons are available. For information on schedules and fees, please call 781-891-6575 or click here for Weston Ski Track.

Directions:  
From the North Take 128 South to exit 24, Route 30. MAke a left turn at the end of the ramp onto Route 30 West. At the next set of lights turn left onto Park Road. The Ski Track is a half a mile down the road on the left.
From the South
Take 128 North to exit 21, Route 16. Turn left at the end of the ramp and follow Route 16 West for 1/2 mile. At the second set of lights turn right onto Concord Street. The Ski track is 1 mile up the road on the right.

Blue Hills Reservation Ski Touring and Cross-Country
Blue Hills Reservation, Milton/Canton, 617-698-1802
Open seven days a week, dawn until dusk. Bulletin boards, Maps and trail MArkers delineate the route. The public is welcome during daylight hours. For more information and trail maps, call reservation headquarters.

Directions:
MBTA: Take the Red Line to Quincy Center, take MBTA bus #238, exit at West and Willard Streets across from skating rink, cross rink parking lot to St. Moritz Nature Trail.
By car: Rt. 128 to Exit 3, Houghton's Pond. Turn right at stop sign onto Hillside Street. Houghton's Pond is approximately one mile on the right. Or continue to reservation headquarters on the left, next to the MDC stables.

 

Downhill Skiing/Boarding




 

Located within the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area operates in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, providing skiing and snowboarding on 100 acres of terrain within a 450-acre leased area. For more information about skiing Wachusett Mountain follow the link below.

 

Downhill Skiing/Boarding