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Ashland State Park is a 472-acre (191 ha) Massachusetts state park located in the town of Ashland. The park includes the 157-acre (64 ha) Ashland Reservoir which was completed in 1895. When the reservoir was taken out of service in 1947 the property was converted to a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The reservoir's dam and spillway are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ashland state park aerial shots
Activities and amenitiesEdit
The park was unstaffed from 2009 through 2012 due to budget cuts and reopened in 2013 with funding to restore facilities that had deteriorated during the shutdown. The park is currently seasonally staffed, operating roughly between Memorial Day and Labor Day depending on resources. In the offseason, the park is unstaffed and bathrooms and parking lot are closed, however the park is monitored and maintained year round by Department of Conservation and Recreation employees based out of Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The park's trails remain open to the public for use year round. The park offers wheelchair-accessible restrooms, picnic grounds and swimming beach, plus a ramp for motorized and non-motorized boating and fishing (located outside park gates at 208 Spring Street, Ashland Massachusetts). Trails are used for hiking, bicycling, and cross-country skiing.
Ashland State Park incorporates the entire shoreline of Ashland Reservoir. The Warren Conference Center and Inn, Camp Winnetaska, a former Girl Scouts of America camp, and residential houses abut the shoreline.
Notable EventsEdit
In August 2014, the film Sea of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey was partially filmed in Ashland State Park.
On August 24, 2016, an ultralight helicopter crashed into the Ashland Reservoir. The helicopter flying out of Marlboro Airport experienced engine trouble and was forced to land in the water. The helicopter was 200 to 300 yards of shore and submerged in water up to 30" of water. No one was injured in the crash and the fuel tank of the helicopter remained intact.