Finerty Pond in October Mountain State Forest (Becket, Massachusetts).
Finerty Pond in October Mountain State Forest (Becket, Massachusetts). Morrowlong · CC BY-SA 4.0

October Mountain State Forest

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Activities & features: Bathhouse · Camping · Dump Station · Picnic Area

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Sources: Wikimedia Commons / editorial, State agency · updated 2026-08-23