These are the parks thicket knows about in Essex — the big ones you already know, and the pocket parks, greenways and trailheads two streets over that you probably do not.
- Baldpate Pond State Park
- Boxford State Forest
- Bradley Palmer State Park
- Georgetown Rowley State Forest
- Georgetown-Rowley State Forest
- Halibut Point State Park
- Harold Parker State Forest
- Lawrence Heritage State Park
- Lawrence Riverfront State Park
- Lynn Heritage State Park
- Methuen Rail Trail
- State Fish Pier
- Topsfield Linear Common
- Willowdale State Forest