Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area: hunting, access and parking in Zone 2
Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area is 71 acres of MassWildlife land in Plainfield and Cummington (Hampshire County), in Wildlife Management Zone 2. MassWildlife says all of its WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping. Hunters took 617 deer in Zone 2 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: MassWildlife's Meadow Brook WMA fact sheet. Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary. Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates).
MassWildlife (Fish and Game) landMeadow Brook WMAZone lineHighway
| Size | 71 acres (MassWildlife) |
|---|---|
| Town | Plainfield and Cummington |
| County | Hampshire |
| Wildlife Management Zone | Zone 2 |
| MassWildlife district | Western District |
| Parking (MassWildlife) | None mapped |
| Deer taken in Zone 2, 2025 | 617 (492 adult males) |
| Nearest town centers | Cummington (2 mi), Plainfield (2 mi) and Goshen (5 mi) |
What is Meadow Brook WMA like?
MassWildlife describes it: "This WMA is almost entirely wet, consisting of almost a mile of Meadow Brook and its associated wetlands which include a mix of wet meadows, alder swamps, beaver flowages and forested wetlands. There is a small amount of uplands adjacent to the frontage along Stage Road in Cummington."
On wildlife: "The marshes and wet meadows provide habitat for breeding marsh birds like the Virginia rail."
Quoted from MassWildlife's Meadow Brook WMA fact sheet.
What does MassWildlife say about hunting Meadow Brook WMA?
"The alder swamps provide good cover for American woodcock. Meadow Brook is a Coldwater Fish Resource containing brook trout."
How do you get into Meadow Brook WMA?
"This property in located in the towns of Cummington and Plainfield. There is no formal parking areas. The only access is through roadside parking at the frontage along Stage Road in Cummington or through the section of the Meadow Brook WCE along Nash Road."
MassWildlife's parking layer shows no lot for Meadow Brook WMA.
Highways within five miles: MA 112, MA 9, MA 116 and MA 143. Distances to the nearest town centers: Cummington 2 miles, Plainfield 2 miles, Goshen 5 miles and Ashfield 5 miles. Other WMAs nearby: Swift River (1 mile), Shaw Brook (1 mile), Cummington (2 miles).
When can you hunt deer on Meadow Brook WMA in 2026?
Deer seasons follow Zone 2: archery October 5 to November 28, shotgun November 30 to December 12, primitive firearms December 14 to 31. In 2025 the zone gave 244 deer to archers and 281 in shotgun season.
| Zone | WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Adult males, 2025 | Deer, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 2 | 70 | 617 | 492 | 546 |
Seasons: MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates). Harvest: MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife 2024 Deer Harvest Summary.
What rules apply on Meadow Brook WMA?
Under 321 CMR 3.01, camping, fires and target practice need the Director's written permission, vehicles stay on roads open to traffic, and dogs must be leashed unless hunting or training with a licensed hunter.
Source: MassWildlife WMA regulations.
Questions hunters ask
Can you hunt on Meadow Brook WMA?
Yes. MassWildlife says all WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping; deer seasons follow Zone 2, where the 2026 shotgun season runs November 30 to December 12 (MassWildlife WMA regulations).
What zone is Meadow Brook WMA in?
Zone 2, as MassWildlife's fact sheet gives it. Hunters took 617 deer in Zone 2 in 2025, 492 of them adult males, after 546 in 2024 (MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary).
How do you get into Meadow Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "This property in located in the towns of Cummington and Plainfield. There is no formal parking areas. The only access is through roadside parking at the frontage along Stage Road in Cummington or through the section of the Meadow Brook WCE along Nash Road."
What can you hunt on Meadow Brook WMA?
MassWildlife's fact sheet: "The alder swamps provide good cover for American woodcock. Meadow Brook is a Coldwater Fish Resource containing brook trout."
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Sources: MassWildlife fact sheet; MassWildlife Lands (MassGIS); MassWildlife parking for recreation; MassWildlife 2025 Deer Harvest Summary; MassWildlife deer hunting regulations (2026 dates); MassWildlife WMA regulations; public land MassGIS Protected and Recreational OpenSpace for state and Army Corps land; USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US 4.1) for federal land; towns U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary and secondary roads; U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, towns (county subdivisions). FilledTag is not part of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife).