List of old-growth forests in Massachusetts

The following is a list of old-growth forests in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Old growth is defined as those forests that have not been logged (and have not been significantly disturbed by human beings) in the last 150 years. "Virgin forests" are those old-growth forests that show no sign of having ever been logged.

A total of 2,742 acres (1,110 ha) of old-growth forest has been identified in Massachusetts.[1] Massachusetts' old growth occurs almost entirely within the Northeastern Highlands ecoregion. The following list identifies some of the sites and their locations:[2]

Name Location Size (ha) Coordinates Elevation (m) Aspect
Burgoyne Pass Beartown State Forest 1.2 42°16′3″N 73°17′8″W 390-470 S–SW
Ice Gulch East Mountain State Forest 3.6 42°9′30″N 73°19′18″W 405–440 SE–SW
Cold River: Route 2 to Black Brook Mohawk Trail State Forest/Cold River Virgin Forest 38.4 42°38′7″N 72°58′48″W 350–420 NW–NE
Cold River: Route 2 to Black Brook Picnic Area Mohawk Trail State Forest/Cold River Virgin Forest 14.2 42°37′48″N 72°58′0″W 320–450 N–NW
Lower Gulf Brook Mohawk Trail State Forest 6.1 42°37′53″N 72°59′52″W 380–415 NW
Manning Brook Mohawk Trail State Forest 6.1 42°38′23″N 72°59′20″W 375–420 NE
Black Brook Mohawk Trail State Forest 10.1 42°37′45″N 72°58′12″W 360–500 N–NW
Tannery Falls Mohawk Trail State Forest 3.6 42°37′39″N 73°0′12″W 390–420 NW
Todd and Clark Mountains Mohawk Trail State Forest 80.9 42°38′50″N 72°56′45″W 330–460 Varied
Trout Brook West Mohawk Trail State Forest 6.1 42°37′57″N 72°56′19″W 410–450 E
Hawks Mountain Mohawk Trail State Forest 2 42°37′45″N 72°55′34″W 360–410 NW
Thumper Mountain Mohawk Trail State Forest 0.8 42°38′23″N 72°56′6″W 250–270 NE
Middle Cold River to Route 2 Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest/ 18.2 42°38′3″N 72°59′29″W 360–415 N
Upper Cold River Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest 32.4 42°39′7″N 73°1′0″W 390–450 Varied
Upper Gulf Brook Mohawk Trail State Forest / Savoy Mountain State Forest 8.1 42°37′59″N 73°0′43″W 380–415 NE
Bear Swamp Monroe State Forest 12.1 42°41′50″N 72°57′31″W 360–480 E
Dunbar Brook Monroe State Forest 8.1 42°42′14″N 72°58′8″W 390–490 NE
Parsonage Brook Monroe State Forest 1.6 42°42′44″N 72°58′46″W 470–510 NW
Spruce Mountain Monroe State Forest 1.6 42°42′52″N 72°59′56″W 600–670 SE
Smith Brook-Deerfield River Monroe State Forest 1.6 42°41′58″N 72°58′56″W 360–450 NE
Hunt Hill Monroe State Forest 2.8 42°41′25″N 72°58′53″W 520–600 SE
Mount Everett-Glen Brook Mount Everett State Reservation 14.2 42°6′37″N 73°25′32″W 490–560 NE
Mount Everett-Guilder Pond Mount Everett State Reservation 1.6 42°6′36″N 73°26′22″W 610–630 SW
The Hopper Mount Greylock State Reservation 46.5 42°39′2″N 73°9′58″W 540–720 Varied
Stony Ledge Mount Greylock State Reservation 4 42°38′54″N 73°11′34″W 675–720 NE
Mount Williams Mount Greylock State Reservation 10.1 42°40′32″N 73°9′59″W 510–600 NW–NE
Roaring Brook Mount Greylock State Reservation 10.1 42°37′44″N 73°12′5″W 550–630 N–NW
Mount Wachusett Wachusett Mountain State Reservation 80.9 42°29′0″N 71°53′0″W 425–520 Varied
Bash Bish Falls Mount Washington State Forest 15.4 42°6′47″N 73°29′43″W 415–485 N–NE
Mount Race Mount Washington State Forest 2 42°4′39″N 73°25′47″W 645–710 Varied
Sages Ravine-Bear Rock Falls Mount Washington State Forest 4.9 42°3′18″N 73°26′4″W 350–420 N
Alander Mountain Mount Washington State Forest 2 42°5′7″N 73°28′48″W 585–610 SW
The Rivulet William Cullen Bryant Homestead[3][4] 80 42°28′16″N 72°56′26″W 373-446
Windsor Jambs Windsor State Forest 1.2 42°31′20″N 72°59′35″W 430–475 SW

See also

References
  1. Mary Byrd Davis (23 January 2008). "Old Growth in the East: A Survey". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. D'Amato, A.; Orwig, D.; Foster, D. (2006). "New Estimates of Massachusetts Old-growth Forests: Useful Data for Regional Conservation and Forest Reserve Planning" (PDF). Northeastern Naturalist. 13 (4): 495–506. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[495:NEOMOF]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  3. Old Growth Forest Network. "The Rivulet at William Cullen Bryant Homestead". Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. Eastern Native Tree Society. "The Bryant Woods". Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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