For Earth Day 2024, MA State Parks Offer Dozens Of Volunteer Opportunities

PRINCETON, MA — Anyone looking for a way to mark Earth Day 2024 should check out the more than 40 service projects happening at state parks across Massachusetts this weekend.

This year's Park Serve Day volunteer opportunities will include activities like picking up litter and removing invasive plants at natural areas ranging from the Charles River to the state's highest peak, Mt. Greylock.

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation first began marking Park Serve Day in 2006, and the annual event has grown each year since. Here's a list of all the opportunities happening Saturday (unless otherwise noted) for 2024 with links to register for the events:

Boston area

• Carson Beach, 165 HarborWalk, Boston, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Charles River
• Torbert Macdonald Park, 4253 Mystic Valley Pkwy, Medford, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Neponset River, 9 a.m. – Noon
• Wollaston Beach, Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Marine Park and Pleasure Bay, 1880 William J Day Blvd, South Boston, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Alewife Brook Reservation, 2-8 Acorn Park Dr, Cambridge, 9 a.m. – Noon

North of Boston

• Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (April 19), 1399 Bennington Street, East Boston, 8 a.m. – Noon
• Breakheart Reservation, 177 Forest St., Saugus, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Maudslay State Park, 74 Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport, 8 a.m. – Noon
• Middlesex Fells – Flynn Rink, 300 Elm St, Medford, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Middlesex Fells – Virginia Wood, 1 Woodland Road, Stoneham, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Middlesex Fells NEMBA – Sheepfold, Fells Path, Stoneham, 8:45 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Earthwise Aware – Middlesex Fells Flynn Rink, 300 Elm St, Medford, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Earthwise Aware – Middlesex Fells Virginia Wood, 1 Woodland Road, Stoneham, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

South of Boston

• Borderland State Park, 259 Massapoag Ave., North Easton, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Nickerson State Park, 3488 Main St., Brewster, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Massasoit State Park, 1361 Middleboro Ave., East Taunton, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• Freetown State Forest, 110 Slab Bridge Road, Assonet, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Shawme Crowell State Forest, 42 Main St., Sandwich, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Blue Hills Broderick Stable, 705 Hillside St., Milton, 9 a.m. – Noon
• Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, Barnes Road and Sanderson Ave, Edgartown, 10 a.m. – Noon
• Scusset Beach State Reservation, 20 Scusset Beach Road, Sagamore, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Myles Standish State Forest, 194 Cranberry Rd., Carver, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Dighton Rock State Park, 3rd Ave., Berkley, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (April 21) 45 Mill Street, Foxborough, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Peddocks Island (April 24) 30 Shipyard Drive Hingham, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Worcester area

• Dunn Pond State Park, 289 Pearl St., Gardner, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Leominster State Forest, 90 Fitchburg Road, Westminster, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, 345 Mountain Road, Princeton, 9:30 a.m. – Noon
• Otter River State Forest, 86 Winchendon Road, Baldwinville, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, 287 Oak St., Uxbridge, 9:30 a.m. – Noon
• Whitehall State Park, 300 Wood St., Hopkinton, 9 a.m. – Noon
• Quinsigamond State Park (April 21) 10 N. Lake Ave., Worcester, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center (April 21) 3 Paul Clancy Way, Worcester, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Upton State Forest (April 21) 205 Westboro Road, Upton, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Mass Central Rail Trail, 25 Gates Rd, Sterling, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Western Massachusetts

• Connecticut River Greenway State Park, Elwell Recreation Area, 400 Damon Road, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Tolland State Forest, 410 Tolland Road, East Otis, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, 10 a.m. – noon
• Mount Greylock State Reservation, 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, 9 a.m. – noon
• Hampton Ponds State Park (April 21) 1048 North Road, Westfield, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.