Berkshires and Quabbin

Proposed National ParkMassachusetts
Quabbin Reservoir framed by pinesPhotograph: David Pinter, CC BY 3.0
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Location
Massachusetts
Current protection
State forests and parks, including Mount Greylock State Reservation, and the Quabbin Reservation
Status
Active advocacy by RESTORE: The North Woods; no bill
Tier
Tier 1 · National Park
In the book
Not featured in Undiscovered America

Why should it be a National Park?

Western Massachusetts rises into the Berkshires, crowned by Mount Greylock, the highest point in the state, and falls east to the Quabbin, a reservoir that drowned four towns in the 1930s and grew back into one of the wildest places in southern New England, with eagles, moose, and bobcats.

Massachusetts has no National Park. These forests, already largely public, would give one of the country's most populous regions a great park close to home.

The history of National Park Campaigns

RESTORE: The North Woods is working with grassroots groups and individuals to explore new National Parks in Massachusetts, including public lands in the Berkshires and the Quabbin region.

Distinct National Park attempts
1 (2020s RESTORE exploration)
Other designation attempts
0

Sources

  • RESTORE: The North Woods, "Create National Parks" (restore.org, 2026)
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  1. 1938–1946

    The Swift River valley is flooded to create Quabbin Reservoir, and the towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott are disincorporated.

  2. 2020s

    RESTORE: The North Woods begins exploring National Parks in the Berkshires and the Quabbin region.