About the Massachusetts Zone

A regional hub for outdoor communities across Massachusetts, including Boston, Worcester, Springfield, the Berkshires, the Connecticut River Valley, Cape Cod, the Islands, the North Shore, the South Shore, and the I-90 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region.

Includes these counties: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester.

Massachusetts’ outdoor landscape ranges from the Berkshire hills, Appalachian ridges, and Connecticut River Valley to Atlantic beaches, Cape Cod dunes, salt marshes, ponds, and Boston Harbor islands. Notable managed lands and trail corridors include Cape Cod National Seashore, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, the Appalachian Trail, the New England National Scenic Trail, Mount Greylock State Reservation, Mohawk Trail State Forest, Blue Hills Reservation, and Massachusetts’ statewide network of parks, forests, reservations, reservoirs, and coastal recreation areas.