Wells State Park

Wells State Park is a public recreation area located off Route 49 in the town of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The state park includes frontage on Walker Pond and the scenic metamorphic rock cliff face of Carpenter Rocks.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: state park in Massachusetts, United States
Address: 159 Walker Pond Road

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plimpton Community Forest.

Plimpton Community Forest

Nature reserve

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Plimpton Community Forest is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sturbridge and Fiskdale.

Sturbridge

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Sturbridge is a charming New England town of almost 10,000 people in southern Central Massachusetts approximately 60 miles west of Boston. Sturbridge is probably most famous for the Old Sturbridge Village living history museum.

Fiskdale

Suburb

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Fiskdale is a census-designated place in the town of Sturbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fiskdale had a population of 2,797.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Wells State Park

Categories: Massachusetts state park, tourism, recreation area, and campsite
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.145° or 42° 8′ 42″ north

Longitude

-72.06218° or 72° 3′ 44″ west

Elevation

722 feet (220 metres)

Operator

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

Open location code

87J94WWQ+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29700973

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=camp_site

GeoNames ID

4954789

Wikidata ID

Q7981699

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In Other Languages

“Wells State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wells State Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sturbridge Common Historic District and Wagon Wheel Mobile Home Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wells State Park and Carpenter’s Rocks.

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