Name Town County Location Acreage Open to public Description Photos Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Westport Bristol 41°30′26″N 71°01′35″W / 41.50722°N 71.02644°W / 41.50722; -71.02644 (Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary ) 620 acres (250 ha) Yes With nature center Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary Easthampton Hampshire 42°17′23″N 72°38′53″W / 42.28972°N 72.64817°W / 42.28972; -72.64817 (Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary ) 734 acres (297 ha) Yes With nature center Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary East Falmouth Barnstable 41°37′14″N 70°32′21″W / 41.62066°N 70.53922°W / 41.62066; -70.53922 (Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary ) 45 acres (18 ha) Yes Attleboro Springs Wildlife Sanctuary Attleboro Bristol 41°55′44″N 71°15′57″W / 41.92882°N 71.26570°W / 41.92882; -71.26570 (Attleboro Springs Wildlife Sanctuary ) 117 acres (47 ha) Yes Barnstable Great Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary Barnstable Barnstable 41°42′06″N 70°19′38″W / 41.70158°N 70.32732°W / 41.70158; -70.32732 (Barnstable Great Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary ) 113 acres (46 ha) Yes Blue Hills Trailside Museum Milton Norfolk 42°13′06″N 71°07′17″W / 42.21847°N 71.12129°W / 42.21847; -71.12129 (Blue Hills Trailside Museum ) Yes small museum, outdoor exhibit area[4] and event facility[5] within the 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) Blue Hills Reservation Boston Nature Center Mattapan Suffolk 42°17′17″N 71°06′14″W / 42.28810°N 71.10378°W / 42.28810; -71.10378 (Boston Nature Center ) 67 acres (27 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[6] Brewster's Woods Wildlife Sanctuary Concord Middlesex 42°09′48″N 71°08′42″W / 42.16331°N 71.14503°W / 42.16331; -71.14503 (Brewster's Woods Wildlife Sanctuary ) 130 acres (53 ha) Yes Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary Worcester Worcester 42°13′59″N 71°46′01″W / 42.23308°N 71.76696°W / 42.23308; -71.76696 (Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary ) 435 acres (176 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[7] Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary Natick Middlesex 42°15′22″N 71°20′35″W / 42.25611°N 71.34297°W / 42.25611; -71.34297 (Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary ) 624 acres (253 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[8] Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Spencer Worcester 42°14′18″N 71°57′49″W / 42.23835°N 71.96355°W / 42.23835; -71.96355 (Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary ) 245 acres (99 ha) Yes Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary Pittsfield Berkshire 42°25′50″N 73°14′15″W / 42.43053°N 73.23748°W / 42.43053; -73.23748 (Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary ) 253 acres (102 ha) Yes Cedar Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Wenham Essex 42°36′17″N 70°54′21″W / 42.604628°N 70.905928°W / 42.604628; -70.905928 (Cedar Pond Wildlife Sanctuary ) 158 acres (64 ha) Yes Cheshire Pond Wildlife Sanctuary Ashburnham Worcester 42°37′57″N 71°57′17″W / 42.632389°N 71.954794°W / 42.632389; -71.954794 (Cheshire Pond Wildlife Sanctuary ) 414 acres (168 ha) No Cold Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Sandisfield Berkshire 42°09′38″N 73°05′00″W / 42.160548°N 73.083247°W / 42.160548; -73.083247 (Cold Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 770 acres (310 ha) No "Planning is now underway for the removal of buildings in disrepair at the home site, the creation of trails for passive recreation, and a parking area nearby."[9] Conway Hills Wildlife Sanctuary Conway Franklin 42°30′32″N 72°40′55″W / 42.50888°N 72.68205°W / 42.50888; -72.68205 (Conway Hills Wildlife Sanctuary ) 105 acres (42 ha) Yes Cook’s Canyon Wildlife Sanctuary Barre Worcester 42°25′05″N 72°06′21″W / 42.41792°N 72.10589°W / 42.41792; -72.10589 (Cook’s Canyon Wildlife Sanctuary ) 69 acres (28 ha) Yes Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary Marshfield Plymouth 42°17′22″N 71°25′16″W / 42.28937°N 71.42105°W / 42.28937; -71.42105 (Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary ) 507 acres (205 ha) Yes Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Lincoln Middlesex 42°24′32″N 71°19′54″W / 42.40898°N 71.33176°W / 42.40898; -71.33176 (Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary ) 291 acres (118 ha) Yes With farm exhibit buildings, nature center, and event facility[10] Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary Holden Worcester 42°21′28″N 71°53′46″W / 42.35783°N 71.89625°W / 42.35783; -71.89625 (Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary ) 369 acres (149 ha) Yes Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary Gloucester Essex 42°34′53″N 70°39′51″W / 42.58130°N 70.66429°W / 42.58130; -70.66429 (Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary ) 51 acres (21 ha) Yes Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary Wenham Essex 42°34′54″N 70°49′06″W / 42.58171°N 70.81822°W / 42.58171; -70.81822 (Endicott Wildlife Sanctuary ) 43 acres (17 ha) Yes Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Edgartown Dukes 41°24′49″N 70°33′58″W / 41.41356°N 70.56614°W / 41.41356; -70.56614 (Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary ) 194 acres (79 ha) Yes With nature center Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary Fitchburg Worcester 42°35′57″N 71°48′19″W / 42.5991°N 71.80516°W / 42.5991; -71.80516 (Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary ) 326 acres (132 ha) Yes Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Williamsburg Hampshire 42°24′07″N 72°42′18″W / 42.40185°N 72.70491°W / 42.40185; -72.70491 (Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary ) 633 acres (256 ha) Yes Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Wareham Plymouth 41°43′31″N 70°39′45″W / 41.72515°N 70.66256°W / 41.72515; -70.66256 (Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary ) 219 acres (89 ha) Yes Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary Belmont Middlesex 42°24′09″N 71°11′14″W / 42.40262°N 71.18723°W / 42.40262; -71.18723 (Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary ) 88 acres (36 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[11] High Ledges Wildlife Sanctuary Shelburne Franklin 42°37′12″N 72°42′30″W / 42.62007°N 72.70820°W / 42.62007; -72.70820 (High Ledges Wildlife Sanctuary ) 855 acres (346 ha) Yes Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Topsfield Essex 42°37′54″N 70°55′23″W / 42.63154°N 70.92316°W / 42.63154; -70.92316 (Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1955 acres (791 ha) Yes With nature center Joppa Flats Education Center Newburyport Essex 42°47′57″N 70°50′58″W / 42.79918°N 70.84952°W / 42.79918; -70.84952 (Joppa Flats Education Center ) 52 acres (21 ha) Yes With nature center Kettle Island Wildlife Sanctuary Manchester-by-the Sea Essex 42°34′10″N 70°43′09″W / 42.56947°N 70.71913°W / 42.56947; -70.71913 (Kettle Island Wildlife Sanctuary ) 17 acres (6.9 ha) No Landing on the island is prohibited[12] Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary Gardner Worcester 42°36′40″N 71°58′00″W / 42.61113°N 71.96662°W / 42.61113; -71.96662 (Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary ) 377 acres (153 ha) Yes Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Hampden Hampden 42°03′53″N 72°24′25″W / 42.06471°N 72.40695°W / 42.06471; -72.40695 (Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 374 acres (151 ha) Yes Lime Kiln Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Sheffield Berkshire 42°04′57″N 73°21′46″W / 42.08260°N 73.36274°W / 42.08260; -73.36274 (Lime Kiln Farm Wildlife Sanctuary ) 363 acres (147 ha) Yes Lincoln Woods Wildlife Sanctuary Leominster Worcester 42°30′52″N 71°45′41″W / 42.51456°N 71.76125°W / 42.51456; -71.76125 (Lincoln Woods Wildlife Sanctuary ) 63 acres (25 ha) Yes Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary Barnstable Barnstable 41°42′33″N 70°16′39″W / 41.70912°N 70.27759°W / 41.70912; -70.27759 (Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary ) 101 acres (41 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[13] Lost Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Nantucket Nantucket 41°15′47″N 70°08′13″W / 41.26306°N 70.13703°W / 41.26306; -70.13703 (Lost Farm Wildlife Sanctuary ) 75 acres (30 ha) Yes Lynes Woods Wildlife Sanctuary Westhampton Hampshire 42°16′27″N 72°46′31″W / 42.27428°N 72.775394°W / 42.27428; -72.775394 (Lynes Woods Wildlife Sanctuary ) 188 acres (76 ha) Yes Magazine Beach Park Nature Center Cambridge Middlesex 42°21′20″N 71°06′52″W / 42.35564°N 71.11440°W / 42.35564; -71.11440 ([Magazine Beach Park Nature Center ) Yes Nature center[14] within the Charles River Reservation Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Marblehead Essex 42°29′35″N 70°50′35″W / 42.49300°N 70.84318°W / 42.49300; -70.84318 (Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary ) 20 acres (8.1 ha) Yes Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Sharon Norfolk 42°07′26″N 71°12′38″W / 42.12376°N 71.21060°W / 42.12376; -71.21060 (Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1971 acres (798 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[15] Museum of American Bird Art Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary Canton Norfolk 42°09′48″N 71°08′42″W / 42.16330°N 71.14501°W / 42.16330; -71.14501 (Museum of American Bird Art Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary ) 121 acres (49 ha) Yes Gallery closed as of July 2023[16] Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary Nahant Essex 42°25′20″N 70°54′47″W / 42.42218°N 70.91307°W / 42.42218; -70.91307 (Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary ) 4 acres (1.6 ha) Yes Nashoba Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Westford Middlesex 42°33′05″N 71°26′06″W / 42.55152°N 71.43495°W / 42.55152; -71.43495 (Nashoba Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 420 acres (170 ha) Yes North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary Duxbury Plymouth 42°02′25″N 70°42′48″W / 42.04033°N 70.71333°W / 42.04033; -70.71333 (North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary ) 146 acres (59 ha) Yes North River Wildlife Sanctuary Marshfield Plymouth 42°09′16″N 70°44′44″W / 42.15440°N 70.74552°W / 42.15440; -70.74552 (North River Wildlife Sanctuary ) 225 acres (91 ha) Yes With nature center Norwood Mills Wildlife Sanctuary Rockport Essex 42°40′51″N 70°37′57″W / 42.6808376°N 70.632385°W / 42.6808376; -70.632385 (Norwood Mills Wildlife Sanctuary ) 147 acres (59 ha) Yes Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary Attleboro Bristol 41°54′54″N 71°16′06″W / 41.91498°N 71.26825°W / 41.91498; -71.26825 (Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary ) 75 acres (30 ha) Yes With nature center Old Baldy Wildlife Sanctuary Otis Berkshire 42°10′22″N 73°03′40″W / 42.17285°N 73.06109°W / 42.17285; -73.06109 (Old Baldy Wildlife Sanctuary ) 154 acres (62 ha) Yes Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary Lowell Middlesex 42°39′03″N 71°22′36″W / 42.650959°N 71.3766860°W / 42.650959; -71.3766860 (Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary ) 20 acres (8.1 ha) No Scheduled to open in 2024[17] Pierpont Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary Dudley Worcester 42°04′52″N 71°54′28″W / 42.08111°N 71.90791°W / 42.08111; -71.90791 (Pierpont Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary ) 211 acres (85 ha) Yes Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Lenox Berkshire 42°23′04″N 73°18′06″W / 42.38438°N 73.30165°W / 42.38438; -73.30165 (Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1405 acres (569 ha) Yes With nature center Poor Farm Hill Wildlife Sanctuary New Salem Franklin 42°30′10″N 72°20′22″W / 42.50290°N 72.33948°W / 42.50290; -72.33948 (Poor Farm Hill Wildlife Sanctuary ) 53 acres (21 ha) Yes Richardson Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Tolland Hampden 42°05′15″N 73°03′12″W / 42.08744°N 73.05330°W / 42.08744; -73.05330 (Richardson Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 109 acres (44 ha) Yes Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary Worthington Hampshire 42°25′25″N 72°55′49″W / 42.42374°N 72.93018°W / 42.42374; -72.93018 (Road's End Wildlife Sanctuary ) 190 acres (77 ha) Yes Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Groton Middlesex 42°34′52″N 71°32′01″W / 42.58105°N 71.53364°W / 42.58105; -71.53364 (Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary ) 441 acres (178 ha) Yes Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary Rowley Essex 42°44′38″N 70°50′59″W / 42.74384°N 70.84974°W / 42.74384; -70.84974 (Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary ) 226 acres (91 ha) Yes Rutland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Petersham Worcester 42°27′48″N 72°09′49″W / 42.46320°N 72.16370°W / 42.46320; -72.16370 (Rutland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1779 acres (720 ha) Yes Sampsons Island Wildlife Sanctuary Barnstable Barnstable 41°36′23″N 70°25′46″W / 41.60645°N 70.42940°W / 41.60645; -70.42940 (Sampsons Island Wildlife Sanctuary ) 37 acres (15 ha) Yes Much of the island is closed to visitors in spring and summer to protect nesting birds.[18] Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary Nantucket Nantucket 41°17′01″N 69°58′49″W / 41.28372°N 69.98035°W / 41.28372; -69.98035 (Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary ) 875 acres (354 ha) Yes Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary Barnstable Barnstable 41°38′36″N 70°22′36″W / 41.64323°N 70.37675°W / 41.64323; -70.37675 (Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary ) 147 acres (59 ha) Yes Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Norfolk Norfolk 42°06′28″N 71°19′12″W / 42.10785°N 71.32004°W / 42.10785; -71.32004 (Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 107 acres (43 ha) Yes With nature center Straitsmouth Island Wildlife Sanctuary Rockport Essex 42°39′41″N 70°35′28″W / 42.66152°N 70.59124°W / 42.66152; -70.59124 (Straitsmouth Island Wildlife Sanctuary ) 32 acres (13 ha) Yes Open May 15 to August 30, accessible only by kayak.[19] Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary Plymouth Plymouth 41°55′00″N 70°34′31″W / 41.91673°N 70.57531°W / 41.91673; -70.57531 (Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary ) 481 acres (195 ha) Yes With nature center Tracy Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Richmond Berkshire 42°24′47″N 73°18′47″W / 42.41317°N 73.31304°W / 42.41317; -73.31304 (Tracy Brook Wildlife Sanctuary ) 21 acres (8.5 ha) No No trails; observe heron rookery from road pull-off.[20] Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary Princeton Worcester 42°27′21″N 71°54′29″W / 42.45572°N 71.90813°W / 42.45572; -71.90813 (Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1135 acres (459 ha) Yes With nature center and event facility[21] Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary Hopkinton Middlesex 42°12′59″N 71°28′01″W / 42.21636°N 71.46682°W / 42.21636; -71.46682 (Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary ) 229 acres (93 ha) Yes Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Wellfleet Barnstable 41°52′57″N 69°59′52″W / 41.88242°N 69.99775°W / 41.88242; -69.99775 (Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1183 acres (479 ha) Yes With nature center West Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary Plainfield Hampshire 42°31′02″N 72°56′42″W / 42.51720°N 72.94508°W / 42.51720; -72.94508 (West Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary ) 1812 acres (733 ha) Yes