Many of the properties managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) allow cross country skiing. There is no snow making or grooming, but a lot of available land for you to cut your own trail. Following is a listing of Massachusetts DCR properties that allow cross country / Nordic skiing:
- Ames Nowell State Park, Abington
- Ashland State Park, Ashland
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams
- Beartown State Forest, Monterey
- Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge
- Borderland State Park, N. Easton
- Bradley Palmer State Park, Topsfield
- Brimfield State Forest, Brimfield
- Callahan State Park, Framingham
- Cape Cod Rail Trail, Dennis-Wellfleet
- Chicopee Memorial State Park, Chicopee Falls
- Clarksburg State Park, Clarksburg
- Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, Martha’s Vineyard
- D.A.R. State Forest, Goshen
- Dighton Rock State Park, Berkley
- Douglas State Forest, Douglas
- Dubuque, Kenneth Memorial State Forest, Hawley
- Dunn Pond State Park, Gardner
- Ellisville Harbor State Park, Plymouth
- Erving State Forest, Erving
- F. Gilbert Hills State Forest, Foxboro
- Freetown-Fall River State Forest, Assonet
- Federated Women’s Club State Forest, Petersham
- Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle
- Granville State Forest, Granville
- Georgetown-Rowley State Forest, Georgetown
- Halibut Point State Park, Rockport
- Harold Parker State Forest, N. Andover
- Holyoke Range State Park, Amherst
- Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton
- Lake Dennison Recreation Area, Winchendon
- Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest, Lowell
- Leominster State Forest, Westminster
- Massasoit State Park, Taunton
- Maudslay State Park, Newburyport
- Mt. Everett State Reservation, Mt. Washington
- Mt. Grace State Forest, Warwick
- Mt. Greylock State Reservation, Lanesborough
- Mohawk Trail State Forest, Charlemont
- Monroe State Forest, Monroe
- Moore State Park, Paxton
- Myles Standish State Forest, Carver
- Mt. Tom State Reservation, Holyoke
- Mt. Washington State Forest, Mt. Washington
- Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable
- Nickerson State Park, Brewster
- Norwottock Rail Trail, Nothampton
- October Mountain State Forest, Lee
- Otter River State Forest, Baldwinville
- Pearl Hill State Park, W. Townsend
- Pittsfield State Forest, Pittsfield
- Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, Sutton
- Robinson State Park, Agawam
- Rutland State Park, Rutland
- Sandisfield State Forest (York Lake) , Sandisfield
- Shawme-Crowell State Forest, Sandwich
- Spencer State Forest, Spencer
- Savoy Mountain State Forest, Savoy (RTE. 116)
- Tolland State Forest, Otis
- Upton State Forest, Upton
- Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, Princeton
- Wells State Park, Sturbridge
- Willard Brook State Forest, Ashby & Townsend
- Willowdale State Forest, Ipswich
- Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord
- Wendell State Forest, Wendell
- Windsor State Forest, Windsor
- Wompatuck State Park, Hingham
