Mass Audubon's wildlife sanctuary network includes 110+ properties across the state. More than half of these sanctuaries are places ready to be explored, with trails, maps, signage, and often nature centers or museums with trained naturalists leading programs.
The additional wildlife sanctuaries are conserved lands that are ecologically managed and monitored but not prepared for the public to visit.
| Geographic Region | Sanctuary |
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| West | - Brush Valley, Warwick
- Cold Brook, Otis
- West Branch, Heath
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| Central | - Cheshire Pond, Ashburnham
- Elm Hill, North Brookfield & Brookfield
- Laurel Woods, Holden
- Sweet Birch, Wendell
- Whetstone Wood, Wendell
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| North of Boston | - Annisquam Salt Marsh, Gloucester
- Fish Brook, Boxford
- House Island, Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Kettle Island, Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Norman's Woe, Gloucester
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| Greater Boston | - Farrar Pond, Lincoln
- Weld Pond, Dedham
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| Islands | - Edgartown Great Pond, Edgartown
- Smith's Point, Nantucket
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| South of Boston | - Assonet Cedar Swamp, Lakeville & Freetown
- Cromeset Neck, Wareham
- Gunning Island, Westport
- Little Cedar Swamp, Lakeville & Freetown
- Little Pine Island, Westport
- Mark's Cove Marsh, Wareham
- Norwell Marsh, Norwell
- Onset Bluff, Wareham
- Pine Island, Marshfield
- Stump Brook, Halifax
- Tilden Farm, Marshfield
- Tilden Island, Marshfield
- Ward Rock, Fairhaven
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| Cape Cod | - Cotuit Bay, Barnstable
- Copicut, Gosnold
- Cuttyhunk Thicket, Gosnold
- Egg Island Shoal, Barnstable
- Fresh Pond, Dennis
- Indian Trail, Barnstable
- Maraspin Creek, Barnstable
- Outermost House, Eastham
- Popponesset Spit, Mashpee
- Rendezvous Salt Marsh, Barnstable
- Sesuit Marsh, Dennis
- Tern Island, Chatham
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