The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north.... state park
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas of the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S.... located in Berkley
Berkley, Massachusetts
Berkley is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,749 at the 2000 census, making it the least populated town in the county.... . The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)
The Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission and the Department of Environmental Management .... .
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north.... state park
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas of the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S.... located in Berkley
Berkley, Massachusetts
Berkley is a New England town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,749 at the 2000 census, making it the least populated town in the county.... . The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)
The Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission and the Department of Environmental Management .... .
The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems.... (34-ha) park principally used for picnicking.
The Dighton Rock is a 40 ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts . The rock is noted for the controversy surrounding a set of mysterious inscriptions on it.... , an 11-foot (3.4-m) high glacial erratic
Glacial erratic
A glacial erratic is a piece of Rock that deviates from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests. "wiktionary:erratic" take their name from the latin word "errere", and are carried by glacier, often over distances of hundreds of kilometres.... that once sat on the banks of the Taunton River
Taunton River
The Taunton River , is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.... . The erratic was covered with petroglyphs and has since been moved to a museum
Museum
A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun... at the park.
The Dighton Rock is a 40 ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts . The rock is noted for the controversy surrounding a set of mysterious inscriptions on it....
