Tolland State Forest

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Tolland State Forest is a 15,000-acre (6,100 ha) Massachusetts state forest located in the southern Berkshire Hills in the towns of Otis, Tolland, Blandford and Sandisfield.^[1] The forest, which is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, is the site of Otis Reservoir, the largest body of water for recreational use in western Massachusetts.^[1]

Activities and amenities

Camping/day-use: The camping and day-use area sits on a peninsula of the 1,065-acre (431 ha) reservoir. There are more than 90 sites for tents and RVs, swimming and picnicking areas, showers, handicapped-accessible restrooms, and dump station.
Fishing: A boat ramp provides access to the reservoir which is stocked in spring and fall with trout by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.^[2]
Trails: Forest trails are available for hiking, walking, mountain biking, off-road vehicles, and cross-country skiing.
The forest also offers educational programs and restricted hunting.

References

^ ^a ^b "Gilmore Trail" (PDF). MassParks: Tolland State Forest. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
^ "Western District". Trout Stocked Waters. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Fish & Game. Retrieved July 24, 2013.

External links

Tolland State Forest Department of Conservation and Recreation
Summer Use Trail Map Department of Conservation and Recreation
Winter Use Trail Map Department of Conservation and Recreation
Camping and Day-Use Area Map Department of Conservation and Recreation

Protected areas of Massachusetts

Federal

National Historical Parks	Adams Blackstone River Valley Boston Lowell Minute Man New Bedford Whaling
National Historic Sites	Boston African American Frederick Law Olmsted John Fitzgerald Kennedy Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters Salem Maritime Saugus Iron Works Springfield Armory
Other National Park Service units	Appalachian National Scenic Trail Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Cape Cod National Seashore
National Wildlife Refuges	Assabet River Great Meadows Mashpee Massasoit Monomoy Nantucket Nomans Land Oxbow Parker River Silvio O. Conte Thacher Island
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Assabet Concord Sudbury Taunton Westfield
Other protected areas	Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve West Hill Dam (USACE)

State parks

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 Governor Thomas Dudley 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 Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside Nashua River Rail Trail Norwottuck Branch 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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