Brimfield State Forest

Protected area in Massachusetts, United States

42°06′00″N 72°14′56″W / 42.10000°N 72.24889°W / 42.10000; -72.24889^[1]Area3,523 acres (14.26 km²)^[2]Elevation978 ft (298 m)^[1]Established1924 ^[3]OperatorMassachusetts Department of Conservation and RecreationWebsiteBrimfield State Forest

Brimfield State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in and around the town of Brimfield in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The forest includes Dean Pond Recreation Area, a popular spot for fishing, picnicking and swimming. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.^[4]

Activities and amenities

Trails: Over 20 miles (32 km) of roads and trails are used for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing.
Day-use area: Dean Pond Recreation Area offers a 100-foot-long (30 m) swimming beach, picnic grounds, and fully accessible restrooms.
The forest also offers fishing and restricted hunting.

In the news

Following a tornado in 2011, the Dean Pond Recreation Area was closed for two years. It reopened in 2013.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Brimfield State Forest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "2012 Acreage Listing" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
^ State Forests and Parks of Massachusetts: A Recreation Guide (PDF). Boston: Department of Conservation. 1941.
^ "Brimfield State Forest". MassParks. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
^ Stabile, Lori (June 21, 2013). "Dean Pond in Brimfield reopening; park has been closed since June 2011 tornado". The Republican. MassLive LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2014.

External links

Brimfield State Forest Department of Conservation and Recreation
Brimfield State Forest Trail 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

State Forests
Barnstable Beartown Berkley Billerica Brimfield Chester-Blandford DAR Douglas Erving F. Gilbert Hills Federated Women's Club Franklin Freetown-Fall River Georgetown-Rowley Gilbert A. Bliss Granville Harold Parker Kenneth Dubuque Memorial Leominster Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro Manuel F. Correllus Mohawk Trail Monroe Mount Grace Mount Washington Myles Standish October Mountain Otter River Pittsfield Sandisfield Savoy Mountain Shawme-Crowell Spencer Tolland Upton Warren H. Manning Wendell Willard Brook Willowdale Windsor

State Forests

Wildlife management areas

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
George L. Darey Housatonic Valley
Glen Echo Lake
Gosnold
Grassy Pond (Dennis)
Grassy Pond (Plymouth)
Green River Access (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
Jug End Fen
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 Brook Bogs
Mill River
Millers River
Mine Brook
Montague
Montague Plains
Moose Brook Access
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 Spit
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 WMA
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 Access
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 (Mattapoisett)
Ram Island (Salisbury)
Susan B. Minns
Tarpaulin Cove
Watatic Mountain

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

Trustees of Reservations
Governor Oliver Ames Estate Appleton Farms Appleton Farms Grass Rides Ashintully Gardens Bartholomew's Cobble Bear Swamp Bear's Den Boston Community Gardens The Brickyard Bullitt Chestnut Hill Farm Colonel John Ashley House Dunes' Edge Campground Francis William Bird Park Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate Bridge Island Meadows Brooks Woodland William Cullen Bryant Homestead Cape Poge Cedariver Castle Hill Chapel Brook Charles River Peninsula Chase Woodlands Chesterfield Gorge Coolidge Copicut Woods Cormier Woods Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge Crane Beach Crane Wildlife Refuge Crowninshield Island Dexter Drumlin Dinosaur Footprints Doane's Falls Doyle Dry Hill East Over Elliott Laurel Farandnear FARM Institute Field Farm Fruitlands Museum Fork Factory Brook Glendale Falls Goose Pond Greenwood Farm Hales Brook and Sippican River Halibut Point Hamlin Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens Holmes Governor Hutchinson's Field Jacobs Hill Little Tom Mountain Land of Providence Leatherbee Woods Long Hill Long Point Lowell Holly Lyman Malcolm Mashpee River McLennan Medfield Meadow Lots Medfield Rhododendrons Menemsha Hills and The Brickyard Misery Islands Mission House The Monoliths Monument Mountain Moose Hill Farm Moraine Farm Mount Ann Mount Warner Mountain Meadow Mytoi Naumkeag Noanet Woodlands Noon Hill and Shattuck Norris North Common Meadow Norton Point Beach Notchview Old Manse Old Town Hill Peaked Mountain Pegan Hill Peters Petticoat Hill Pierce Pine and Hemlock Knoll Powisset Farm Questing Quinebaug Woods Ravenswood Park Redemption Rock Rock House Rocky Narrows Rocky Woods Royalston Falls Shattuck Signal Hill Slocum's River Stavros Stevens-Coolidge Swift River Tantiusques Tully Lake Campground Two Mile Farm Tyringham Cobble Ward Wasque Weir Hill Weir River Farm Westport Town Farm Whitney and Thayer Woods World's End

Trustees of Reservations

Audubon Society Wildlife Sanctuaries
Allens Pond Arcadia Ashumet Holly Attleboro Springs Barnstable Great Marsh Blue Hills Trailside Museum Boston Nature Center Broad Meadow Brook Broadmoor Burncoat Pond Canoe Meadows Daniel Webster Drumlin Farm Eagle Lake Eastern Point Endicott Felix Neck Flat Rock Graves Farm Great Neck Habitat High Ledges Ipswich River Joppa Flats Kettle Island Lake Wampanoag Laughing Brook Lime Kiln Farm Lincoln Woods Long Pasture Lynes Woods Marblehead Neck Moose Hill Museum of American Bird Art Nahant Thicket Nashoba Brook North Hill Marsh North River Oak Knoll Pierpont Meadow Pleasant Valley Poor Farm Hill Richardson Brook Road's End Rough Meadows Rutland Brook Sampsons Island Sesachacha Heathlands Skunknett River Stony Brook Wachusett Meadow Waseeka Wellfleet Bay Wildwood Camp

Audubon Society Wildlife Sanctuaries

Allens Pond
Arcadia
Ashumet Holly
Attleboro Springs
Barnstable Great Marsh
Blue Hills Trailside Museum
Boston Nature Center
Broad Meadow Brook
Broadmoor
Burncoat Pond
Canoe Meadows
Daniel Webster
Drumlin Farm
Eagle Lake
Eastern Point
Endicott
Felix Neck
Flat Rock
Graves Farm
Great Neck
Habitat
High Ledges
Ipswich River
Joppa Flats
Kettle Island
Lake Wampanoag
Laughing Brook
Lime Kiln Farm
Lincoln Woods
Long Pasture
Lynes Woods
Marblehead Neck
Moose Hill
Museum of American Bird Art
Nahant Thicket
Nashoba Brook
North Hill Marsh
North River
Oak Knoll
Pierpont Meadow
Pleasant Valley
Poor Farm Hill
Richardson Brook
Road's End
Rough Meadows
Rutland Brook
Sampsons Island
Sesachacha Heathlands
Skunknett River
Stony Brook
Wachusett Meadow
Waseeka
Wellfleet Bay
Wildwood Camp

Other
Concord Land Conservation Trust Harvard Forest Lincoln Land Conservation Trust Lloyd Center for the Environment Lynn Woods Reservation Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary Old Harbor Wildlife Refuge