Wildlife viewing sites

There are lots of places to see wildlife in Massachusetts. This page contains our suggestions of great wildlife viewing locations to get you started.

Central Massachusetts wildlife viewing sites

Closest Town	Property Name	Ownership
Baldwinville	Otter River State Forest	DCR
Barre	Ware River Watershed	DCR
Barre	Barre Falls Dam	US Army Corps of Engineers
Bolton	Bolton Flats Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Douglas	Douglas State Forest	DCR
East Brookfield	Quaboag Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Harvard	Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
Montague	Turner's Falls Fish Ladder & Barton Cove	FirstLight Power
Paxton	Moore State Park	DCR
Petersham	Harvard Forest	Harvard University
Petersham	Brooks Woodland Preserve	The Trustees of Reservations
Petersham	Quabbin Reservoir: Gate 40-Dana Common	DCR
Princeton	Wachusett Mountain State Reservation	DCR
Princeton	Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Westminster	High Ridge Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Worcester	Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Sturbridge	Wells State Park	DCR
Sturbridge	East Brimfield Lake & Quinebaug River Canoe Trail	US Army Corps of Engineers
Uxbridge	Blackstone River State Park	DCR
Uxbridge	West Hill Dam	US Army Corps of Engineers
Winchendon/ Royalston	Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Worcester	Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon

Connecticut Valley wildlife viewing sites

Closest Town	Property Name	Ownership
Belchertown	Herman Covey WMA	MassWildlife
Belchertown	McLaughlin Trout Hatchery	MassWildlife
Belchertown	Quabbin Reservoir: Quabbin Park	DCR
Easthampton	Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Hadley	Skinner State Park Tip: Summit House with views of the Connecticut River Valley can be reached by auto-road. See webpage for more information.	DCR
Hampden	Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Holyoke	Barrett Fishway	FirstLight Power
Holyoke	Mount Tom State Reservation Tip: 2 lookout towers provide ideal bird & hawk watching opportunities.	DCR
New Salem	Quabbin Reservoir: Gate 29-Rattlesnake Hill	DCR

Northeast region wildlife viewing sites

Closest Town	Property Name	Ownership
Hudson/ Maynard/ Stow/ Sudbury	Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
Boston	Belle Isle Marsh Reservation	DCR
Boston	Boston Harbor Islands State Park	DCR
Hingham	World's End Reservation	The Trustees of Reservations
Ipswich	Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate	The Trustees of Reservations
Lincoln	Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Milton	Blue Hills Reservation	DCR
Milton	Blue Hills Trailside Museum	Mass Audubon
Natick/ Sherborn	Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Newburyport	Maudslay State Park	DCR
Newburyport	Parker River National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
Norfolk	Bristol-Blake State Reservation	DCR
Norfolk	Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Rockport	Halibut Point	DCR
Salisbury	Salisbury Beach State Reservation	DCR
Sharon	Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Stow	Delaney Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Sudbury	Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
Topsfield	Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon

Southeast region wildlife viewing sites

Closest Town	Property Name	Ownership
Bourne	Cape Cod Canal	US Army Corps of Engineers
Bourne	Scusset Beach State Reservation	DCR
Chatham	Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
Dartmouth	Demarest Lloyd State Park	DCR
Dartmouth	Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies	Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies
Eastham	Cape Cod National Seashore	National Park Service
Eastham	Fort Hill	National Park Service
Eastham	Nauset Marsh	National Park Service
Eastham	Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Marshfield	Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Martha's Vineyard	Felix Neck Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Martha's Vineyard	Manuel Correllus State Forest	DCR
Martha's Vineyard	Long Point, Wasque & Cape Pogue Refuges	The Trustees of Reservations
Mashpee	South Cape Beach State Park	DCR
Nantucket	Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge	The Trustees of Reservations
Nantucket	Coatue Wildlife Refuge	Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Nantucket	Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge	USFWS
North Attleborough	North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery	USFWS
Provincetown	Race Point-Cape Cod National Seashore	National Park Service
Provincetown/ Gloucester	Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary	NOAA
Wellfleet	Great Island-Cape Cod National Seashore	National Park Service
Westport	Horseneck Beach State Reservation	DCR

Western region wildlife viewing sites

Closest Town	Property Name	Ownership
ALL	Western MA Scenic Byways	Multiple
Charlemont	Mohawk Trail State Forest	DCR
Huntington	Knightville Dam & Wildlife Management Area	US Army Corps of Engineers
Lenox	George L. Darey Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Lenox	Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary	Mass Audubon
Monroe	Monroe State Forest	DCR
Rowe/ Florida	Jack Cockwell Station (Previously known as the Bear Swamp Station) Visitor Center Tip: An underground visitor center is located about 1.5 upstream from the Fife Brook dam.	Trans Canada
Sheffield	Bartholomew's Cobble	The Trustees of Reservations
Stockbridge	Monument Mountain	The Trustees of Reservations
Williamstown	Mount Greylock State Reservation Tip: Summit can be reached by auto road.	DCR
Windsor	Eugene D. Moran Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife
Worthington	Hiram H. Fox Wildlife Management Area	MassWildlife