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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Leominster State Forest
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| photo = Crow Hill Pond, Leominster State Forest, Westminster MA.jpg
| photo_caption = Crow Hill Pond
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| location = Leominster, Fitchburg,
Princeton, Sterling,
Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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| area_acre = 4246
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| established = 1922
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| operator = Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
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}}Leominster State Forest is a publicly owned forest with recreational features covering {{convert|4246|acre}} in the Massachusetts towns of Leominster, Fitchburg, Princeton, Sterling, and Westminster. The state forest encompasses an extensive trail system, numerous small ponds, and the Crow Hills. Plants such as mountain laurel are common as is an abundance of wildlife. The forest is headquarters for Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control District 8 and is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.[[5]]HistoryThe Crow Hill ledges were used by Native Americans for shelter and signaling. Artifacts in the forest include cellar holes, stonewalls, fruit trees and other remnants of Notown, an unincorporated 18th-century settlement that was annexed into adjoining municipalities in 1838.[[7] The state's first purchase at the site took place in 1922, with expansions seen in many following years including 2002.[8] The Civilian Conservation Corps was active in the forest from 1932 to 1938, constructing a network of roads, working on the park headquarters, and developing the area at Crow Hill Pond.[9]] Activities and amenitiesForest trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling include a section of the Massachusetts Midstate Trail. Swimming is permitted at the beach on Crow Hill Pond, which has a bathouse and picnicking area, and rock climbing takes place on the Crow Hills cliffs. Non-motorized boating is offered at Paradise Pond.[10] Barrett's Pond and Crow Hill Pond are stocked with trout by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.[11] The forest also offers restricted hunting. References1. ^1 {{cite gnis|602159|Leominster State Forest}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/ld/acreage.pdf |title=2012 Acreage Listing |publisher=Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=April 2012 |accessdate=January 17, 2014}}
3. ^1 {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofleomins00wild#page/n7/mode/2up |title=The History of Leominster |author=David Wilder |date=1853 |location=Fitchburg, Mass. |publisher=Reveille Office |pages=20-21 |accessdate=August 15, 2013}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/civilianconserva00berg#page/n55/mode/2up |title=The Civilian Conservation Corps: A Statewide Survey of Civilian Conservation Corps Resources |editor=Beth McKinney |publisher=Massachusetts Office of Historic Resources |pages=45–46 |date=January 1999 |accessdate=February 13, 2017}}
5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.nemba.org/trails/massachusetts/leominster-state-forest |title=Leominster State Forest |author=Bill Boles |publisher=New England Mountain Bike Association |accessdate=February 14, 2017}}
6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-central/leominster-state-forest-recreation.html |title=Leominster State Forest Recreation |work=MassParks |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation |accessdate=August 15, 2013}}
7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/stewardship/firecont/fwarden-february2016.doc |title=Fire Warden List |publisher=Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control |date=February 2016 |accessdate=February 14, 2017}}
8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/hunting-fishing-wildlife-watching/fishing/central-districty-waters.html |title=Trout Stocked Waters - Central District |publisher=Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |accessdate=August 15, 2013}}
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}}External links{{commons category|Leominster State Forest}}- Leominster State Forest Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Leominster State Forest Map Department of Conservation and Recreation
{{Protected Areas of Massachusetts}} 5 : Massachusetts state forests|Parks in Worcester County, Massachusetts|Civilian Conservation Corps in Massachusetts|1922 establishments in Massachusetts|Protected areas established in 1922 |