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Recreational Advisories

Blossom Street Pedestrian Bridge in Boston (PDF 144.7 KB)

Sunday, May 31, 2020, through Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Dr. Paul Dudley White Bike Path (PDF 142.71 KB)

Monday, June 1, 2020 – Monday, June 15, 2020

Pearl Hill State Park (PDF 140.52 KB)

Friday, May 29, 2020 – Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Mount Wachusett State Reservation (PDF 120.05 KB)

Starting Friday, May 22, 2020 for approximately three weeks

Franklin State Forest in Franklin (PDF 151.71 KB)

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – Saturday, June 20, 2020

Ashland State Park in the Town of Ashland (PDF 101.25 KB)

Through Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Hopkinton State Park in the Town of Hopkinton (PDF 101.21 KB)

Through Wednesday, June 3, 2020

The Southern New England Trunk Trail (SNETT) (PDF 149.84 KB)

Monday, May 11, 2020 - Monday, August 31, 2020

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation (PDF 195.16 KB)

Effective immediately

How to Visit State Parks during Covid-19 Safely and Responsibly (PDF 477.27 KB)

Lake Park in Worcester (PDF 98.47 KB)

DCR is implementing a oneway trail loop system at Lake Park within Quinsigamond State Park in the City of Worcester

Walden Pond State Reservation (PDF 96.82 KB)

DCR is implementing a one-way trail loop system at Walden Pond State Reservation in the Town of Concord

DCR Coastal Beach Reservation List (PDF 43.47 KB)

DCR Managed Visitor Centers Closed Effective Immediately (PDF 106.8 KB)

DCR Managed Campgrounds Closed Effective Immediately (PDF 90.04 KB)

DCR Managed Ice Rinks Closed for the Season (PDF 118.1 KB)

DCR Managed Fitness Areas (PDF 86.49 KB)

DCR Managed Playgrounds (PDF 107.88 KB)

Pope John Paul II Park Reservation Playground in Boston (PDF 70.24 KB)

Effective immediately

Traffic Advisories

Fellsway West in Stoneham and Medford (PDF 140.12 KB)

Starting Saturday, May 30, 2020

DCR and City of Cambridge Traffic Advisory: Riverbend Park/Memorial Drive in Cambridge (PDF 102.39 KB)

Sunday, May 24, 2020 and Sunday, May 31, 2020

Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road in Boston (PDF 123.72 KB)

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Alewife Brook Parkway in Cambridge (PDF 151.88 KB)

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – Friday, June 19, 2020

Fellsway West in Medford (PDF 146.84 KB)

Monday, May 4, 2020 – Thursday, June 11, 2020 (excluding weekends) - Fellsway West in the City of Medford from Salem Street to Saint Francis Street (outbound) and I-93 and Salem Street (inbound)

Fellsway West from Sheepfold Park in the Town of Stoneham to Parkway Road in the City of Medford (PDF 100.83 KB)

Saturday, April 18, 2020, Sunday, April 19, 2020, and future weekends until further notice

Winthrop Shore Drive in the Town of Winthrop (PDF 100.19 KB)

Effective immediately

DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Drive in Cambridge (PDF 120.59 KB)

Thursday, December 19, 2019, and through Monday, June 15, 2020 - Memorial Drive (inbound) between Audrey Street and Endicott Street in the City of Cambridge