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Commonwealth Connections, the Glossary

Commonwealth Connections is a greenway and conservation initiative co-developed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the National Park Service, and over fifty trail and land conservation agencies and non-profit organizations.^[1]

68 relations: Appalachian Trail, Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Bay Circuit Trail, Berkshires, Beverly, Massachusetts, Blackstone River, Blackstone River Greenway, Blue Hills Reservation, Boston, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Rail Trail, Charles River, Concord River, Connecticut, Connecticut River, Cycling, Deerfield River, Department of Conservation and Recreation, East Coast Greenway, Emerald Necklace, Essex, Massachusetts, Experiential education, Frederick Law Olmsted, Greenway (landscape), Habitat fragmentation, Hamilton, Massachusetts, Hiking, Housatonic River, Interstate 495 (Massachusetts), Ipswich River, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Mahican-Mohawk Trail, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, Manhan Rail Trail, Martha's Vineyard, Mass Central Rail Trail, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Route 128, Massachusetts Route 133, Merrimack River, Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, Midstate Trail (Massachusetts), Millers River, Mountain biking, Mystic River, Nantucket, Nashua River, Nashua River Rail Trail, National Park Service, ... Expand index (18 more) »
Environment of Massachusetts
Hiking trails in Massachusetts

Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. Commonwealth Connections and Appalachian Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Ashuwillticook Rail Trail

The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail is a rail trail built on a former railroad corridor that runs parallel to Route 8 through the towns of Cheshire, Lanesborough and Adams, and into the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

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Bay Circuit Trail

The Bay Circuit Trail and Greenway or Bay Circuit is a Massachusetts rail trail and greenway connecting the outlying suburbs of Boston from Plum Island in Newburyport to Kingston Bay in Duxbury, a distance of. Commonwealth Connections and Bay Circuit Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Berkshires

The Berkshires are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in the United States.

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Beverly, Massachusetts

Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, and a suburb of Boston.

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Blackstone River

The Blackstone River in the United States flows through the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Blackstone River Greenway

The Blackstone River Greenway in October 2006, approximately one mile south of the Martin Street Bridge, Lincoln, Rhode Island The Blackstone River Greenway (formerly Bikeway) is a partially completed paved rail trail defining the course of the East Coast Greenway through the Blackstone Valley from Worcester, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island in the United States.

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Blue Hills Reservation

Blue Hills Reservation is a state park in Norfolk County, Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.

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Cape Cod Rail Trail

The Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT) is a paved rail trail located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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Charles River

The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an river in eastern Massachusetts.

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Concord River

The Concord River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states.

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Cycling

Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle.

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Deerfield River

Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River.

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Department of Conservation and Recreation

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, situated in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

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East Coast Greenway

The East Coast Greenway is a pedestrian and bicycle route between Maine and Florida along the East Coast of the United States.

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Emerald Necklace

The Emerald Necklace consists of a chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Commonwealth Connections and Emerald Necklace are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Essex, Massachusetts

Essex is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 26 miles (42 km) north of Boston and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Newburyport.

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Experiential education

Experiential education is a philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content.

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.

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Greenway (landscape)

A greenway is usually a shared-use path along a strip of undeveloped land, in an urban or rural area, set aside for recreational use or environmental protection.

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Habitat fragmentation

Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.

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Hamilton, Massachusetts

Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Housatonic River

The Housatonic River is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)

Interstate 495 (I-495) is an auxiliary route of I-95 in the US state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).

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Ipswich River

Ipswich River is a small river in northeastern Massachusetts, United States.

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Ipswich, Massachusetts

Ipswich is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Mahican-Mohawk Trail

The Mahican-Mohawk Trail is a long-distance hiking trail that is under construction. Commonwealth Connections and Mahican-Mohawk Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Manchester-by-the-Sea (also known simply as Manchester, its name prior to 1990) is a coastal town on Cape Ann, in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Manhan Rail Trail

The Manhan Rail Trail is a rails-to-trails paved recreational trail and non-motorized commuter route located in the lower Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts in the town of Easthampton.

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Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, lying just south of Cape Cod.

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Mass Central Rail Trail

The Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) is a partially completed rail trail between Northampton, Massachusetts and Boston along the former right-of-way (ROW) of the Massachusetts Central Railroad.

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Route 128

Route 128, known as the Yankee Division Highway, is an expressway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts maintained by the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).

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Massachusetts Route 133

Route 133 is a east–west Massachusetts state route that runs from Route 38 and Route 110 in Lowell to Route 127 in Gloucester.

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Merrimack River

The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States.

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The Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet Ridge Mountains, or Metacomet Range of southern New England is a narrow and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for its extensive cliff faces, scenic vistas, microclimate ecosystems, and rare or endangered plants.

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The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (M&M Trail) is a hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts and the central uplands of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Commonwealth Connections and Metacomet-Monadnock Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Midstate Trail (Massachusetts)

The Midstate Trail is a scenic footpath which runs through Worcester County, Massachusetts, from the Rhode Island border to the New Hampshire border, approximately west of Boston. Commonwealth Connections and Midstate Trail (Massachusetts) are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Millers River

The Millers River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Mountain biking

Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.

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Mystic River

The Mystic River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey.

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Nantucket

Nantucket is an island about south from Cape Cod.

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Nashua River

The Nashua River, long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Nashua River Rail Trail

The Nashua River Rail Trail is a paved mixed-use rail trail in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire under control of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Nature conservation

Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity.

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Neponset River

The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States.

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Nissitissit River

The Nissitissit River is a river in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States.

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Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail

The Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail, full name the Norwottuck Branch of the Mass Central Rail Trail, formerly the Norwottuck Rail Trail, is an combination bicycle/pedestrian paved rail trail running from Northampton, Massachusetts, through Hadley and Amherst, to Belchertown, Massachusetts.

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Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing the majority of Plum Island in northeastern Essex County, Massachusetts, 5 miles southeast of Newburyport.

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Pocumtuck Ridge Trail

The Pocumtuck Ridge Trail is a footpath that traverses the Pocumtuck Range of Deerfield and Greenfield, Massachusetts. Commonwealth Connections and Pocumtuck Ridge Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Quabbin Reservoir

The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, United States, and was built between 1930 and 1939.

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Robert Frost Trail

The Robert Frost Trail is a long footpath that passes through the eastern Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. Commonwealth Connections and Robert Frost Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Shawsheen River

The Shawsheen River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Squannacook River

The Squannacook River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Sudbury River

The Sudbury River is a tributary of the Concord River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Taconic Trails

Taconic Trails or Taconic Trail may refer to any or all of three long distance recreational trails and associated networks of shorter trails within the Taconic Mountains of Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. Commonwealth Connections and Taconic Trails are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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Teleology

Teleology (from, and)Partridge, Eric.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Warner Trail

The Warner Trail is a New England hiking trail which extends from Diamond Hill in the northeast corner of Rhode Island northeast through Norfolk County, Massachusetts to Canton, south of Boston. Commonwealth Connections and Warner Trail are hiking trails in Massachusetts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Connections

, Nature conservation, Neponset River, Nissitissit River, Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Pocumtuck Ridge Trail, Quabbin Reservoir, Robert Frost Trail, Shawsheen River, Squannacook River, Sudbury River, Taconic Trails, Teleology, Vermont, Warner Trail, Wenham, Massachusetts, Westfield River, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Commonwealth Connections, the Glossary

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See also

Environment of Massachusetts

Hiking trails in Massachusetts

References