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Coordinates:42°32′58″N72°56′42″W / 42.5494578°N 72.9449791°W /42.5494578; -72.9449791

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Protected area in Massachusetts, United States

Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest
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Location	Hawley,Plainfield andSavoy,Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°32′58″N72°56′42″W / 42.5494578°N 72.9449791°W /42.5494578; -72.9449791^[1]
Area	7,405 acres (2,997 ha)^[2]
Elevation	1,601 ft (488 m)^[1]
Administrator	Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Website	Official website

Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest is aMassachusetts state forest in the northernBerkshire Hills in thetowns ofHawley,Plainfield, andSavoy. The forest is managed by theDepartment of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). In 1985, the forest was named in memory of Kenneth M. Dubuque, a former employee of the Department of Environmental Management.^[3]

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Trails: Some 35 miles (56 km) of trails are designated for mixed use including horseback riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling. In addition, there are 6 miles (9.7 km) of hiking trails and a one-mileinterpretive trail encircling Hallockville Pond. Two small shelters may be found along the trails.
Artifacts: Historical artifacts in the forest include cellar holes of abandoned South Hawley village, an unusual beehive-shaped fieldstonecharcoal kiln, and the remains of a mill complex at Hallockville Pond.^[4]
The forest also features wilderness camping, canoeing, fishing, and restricted hunting.
The MassachusettsStudent Conservation Association–AmeriCorps program is headquartered at Hallockville Pond.

The effects ofHurricane Irene resulted in the forest's closure in 2011. As of 2014, road conditions were deemed to be safe for travel "in most areas."^[4]

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^^a ^b"Hallockville Pond".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.
^"2012 Acreage Listing". Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. RetrievedJune 6, 2025.
^Massachusetts Legislature (October 4, 1985)."Chapter 346. An Act Designating a Certain State Forest on Both Sides of State Highway Route 8a in the Towns of Hawley and Plainfield as the Kenneth M. Dubuque Memorial State Forest"(PDF).Acts, 1985. The State Library of Massachusetts. RetrievedAugust 31, 2015.
^^a ^b"Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest". Department of Conservation and Recreation. July 12, 2017. RetrievedJune 6, 2025.

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Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest Department of Conservation and Recreation
Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest Trail Map Department of Conservation and Recreation

Protected areas ofMassachusetts

Federal

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Waquoit Bay
National Fish Hatcheries	Berkshire
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Adams Blackstone River Valley Boston Boston African American Frederick Law Olmsted John Fitzgerald Kennedy Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters Lowell Minute Man New Bedford Whaling Salem Maritime Saugus Iron Works Springfield Armory
National Marine Sanctuaries	Stellwagen Bank
National Recreation Areas	Boston Harbor Islands
National Seashores	Cape Cod
National Trails	Appalachian Trail New England Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Assabet Concord Sudbury Taunton Westfield
National Wildlife Refuges	Assabet River Great Meadows Mashpee Massasoit Monomoy Nantucket Nomans Land Oxbow Parker River Silvio O. Conte Thacher Island
Other	National Historic Landmarks (Boston) National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

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Parks	Alewife Brook Ames Nowell Ashland Bash Bish Falls Blackstone River and Canal Heritage Borderland Boston Harbor Islands Bradley Palmer C. M. Gardner Callahan Castle Island State Park Chicopee Memorial City Square Clarksburg Cochituate Connecticut River Greenway Demarest Lloyd Dighton Rock Dunn Ellisville Harbor Fall River Heritage Gardner Heritage Governor Thomas Dudley Great Brook Farm Greycourt Halibut Point Hampton Ponds Holyoke Heritage Hopkinton Lake Lorraine Lake Wyola Lawrence Heritage Lowell Heritage Lynn Heritage Massasoit Maudslay Moore Mount Holyoke Range Natural Bridge Nickerson Pearl Hill Pilgrim Quinsigamond Robinson Roxbury Heritage Rutland Skinner South Cape Beach Wahconah Falls Webb Memorial Wells Western Gateway Heritage Whitehall Wompatuck
Reservations	Beaver Brook Belle Isle Marsh Blue Hills Breakheart Charles River Chestnut Hill Cutler Dorchester Shores Elm Bank Fort Phoenix Hammond Pond Hemlock Gorge Horseneck Beach Jug End Lynn Shore Middlesex Fells Mount Everett Mount Greylock Mount Sugarloaf Mount Tom Myles Standish Mystic River Nahant Beach Nantasket Beach Nasketucket Bay Neponset River Pope John Paul II Purgatory Chasm Quincy Quarries Quincy Shore Revere Beach Rumney Marsh Salisbury Beach Sandy Point Scusset Beach Stony Brook Upper Charles River Wachusett Mountain Walden Pond West Island Weymouth Wilson Mountain
Other	Appalachian Trail Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Cape Cod Rail Trail Fort Revere Lake Dennison Recreation Area Lower Neponset River Trail Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside Nashua River Rail Trail Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail Quabbin Reservoir Southwest Corridor Park Squantum Point Park Streeter Point Recreation Area Sudbury Reservoir Wachusett Reservoir Ware River Watershed Area

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