Boston: Park
Places and attractions in the Park category
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Boston Common
Venerable park with historic cred Boston Common, America's oldest public park, is a verdant oasis in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1634, this sprawling 50-acre park serves as a communal backyard where locals and tourists alike can enjoy a slice of nature amidst the urban landscape.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
Nestled in the heart of Boston, the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is a vibrant urban park that stands as a testament to innovative city planning and a commitment to green spaces. Spanning approximately 1.5 miles through several of the city's neighborhoods, this...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Art treasures in a Venetian-style palace Nestled in the heart of Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a unique cultural gem that transports visitors into a world of art, beauty, and history. Founded by the eponymous art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner...
Charles River Esplanade
Nestled along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, the Charles River Esplanade is a lush urban oasis that offers city dwellers and visitors alike a serene escape from the bustling streets. This picturesque park stretches for three miles along the river, providing...
Boston Navy Yard
Steeped in American naval history, the Boston Navy Yard, also known as the Charlestown Navy Yard, stands as a testament to the nation's maritime past. Located along the historic waterfront of Boston, Massachusetts, this former shipyard is now a prominent museum that...
Fort Independence
Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts. Located on Castle Island, Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States.
Boston National Historical Park
The Boston National Historical Park is an association of sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution. It was designated a national park on October 1, 1974.
Piers Park
Piers Park is a public park owned by Massport located on the southwest side of East Boston, overlooking Boston Harbor and downtown Boston.
Paul Revere Mall
Paul Revere Mall is a corridor in Boston's North End, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
North End Parks
The North End Parks are the two northernmost parks on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, built over O'Neill Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts and adjacent to the neighborhood known as the North End. Two landscape architecture firms designed the 3-acre North End Parks.
Arnold Arboretum
Free outdoor tree and plant museum The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a botanical research institution and free public park, located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.
Cambridge Common
Cambridge Common is a public park and National Historic Landmark in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It is located near Harvard Square and borders on several parts of Harvard University. The north end of the park has a large playground.
Armenian Heritage Park
Armenian Heritage Park is a memorial park dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide located on Parcel 13 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway between Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Fitchburg Cutoff
The Fitchburg Cutoff was a rail line running 2.8 miles from Brighton Street in Belmont, Massachusetts to Somerville Junction in Somerville, Massachusetts. It was constructed in two segments in 1870 and 1881; passenger service lasted until 1927.
Commonwealth Avenue Mall
Commonwealth Avenue is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Boston Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Boston University, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill.
Galvin Memorial Park
Galvin Memorial Park is a park at the edge of Charlestown, Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The park features a statue of General Michael Joseph Galvin.
Castle Island
Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston on the shore of Boston Harbor. In 1928, Castle Island was connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land and is thus no longer an island.
Nashua Street Park
Nashua Street Park is a park in Boston, along the Charles River, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
John Harvard Mall
John Harvard Mall is a brick plaza in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Back Bay Fens
The Back Bay Fens, often called The Fens, is a parkland and urban wild in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was established in 1879.
Constitution Beach
Constitution Beach is a man-made crescent-shaped, sandy beach located in the HarborView section of East Boston, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Boston African American National Historic Site
The Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th-century African-American community, connected by the Black Heritage Trail.
Fort Washington
Fort Washington, also known as Fort Washington Park, is a historic site at 95 Waverly Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was built by soldiers of the Continental Army under the orders of George Washington in November 1775.
Langone Park
Langone Park is a waterfront park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1973, it is named for Massachusetts state senator Joseph A. Langone, Jr. and his wife Clementina Langone. The park features a Little League Baseball field, a playground, and three bocce courts.
Greene-Rose Heritage Park
Greene-Rose Heritage Park is a park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in 2008, the park is located along Harvard Street, near the intersection with Moore Street. It has a playground and tennis courts.
Temple Street Park
Temple Street Park is a.06-acre park in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The park is owned by the City of Boston and maintained by The Friends of Temple St Park.
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park is an 11.06-acre park in Charlestown's Boston Navy Yard, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Korean War Memorial is installed in the park.
Parkman Bandstand
The Parkman Bandstand is a landmark bandstand located on the eastern side of the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Cardinal Cushing Memorial Park
Cardinal Cushing Memorial Park is a park located at 5 New Chardon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The park features a bust of Richard Cushing.
Hatch Memorial Shell
The Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell is an outdoor concert venue on the Charles River Esplanade in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1939–1940, it is one of the city's prominent examples of Art Deco architecture.
Chestnut Hill Reservation
Chestnut Hill Reservation is a public recreation area and historic preserve surrounding the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in the Chestnut Hill and Brighton neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.
Alewife Brook Reservation
Alewife Brook Reservation is a Massachusetts state park and urban wild located in Cambridge, Arlington, and Somerville. The park is managed by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and was established in 1900.
Oak Square School
Oak Square School is a historic school building at 35 Nonantum Street in Brighton, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The school was designed by Edmund March Wheelwright, who designed a wide variety of Boston landmark buildings. It was built in 1894 on the site of Breck Gardens and had a major addition in 1923.
Swan Boats
The Swan Boats are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Swan Boats have been in operation since 1877, and have since become a cultural icon for the city. They operate beginning the second weekend of April and ending the third weekend in September.
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Pond is a kettle lake, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The pond and park are in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, close to the border of Brookline.
Thompson Square
Thompson Square is a.17-acre park in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Olmsted Park
Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted Park can be roughly divided into two parts.
Neponset Valley Parkway
The Neponset Valley Parkway is a historic parkway in southern Boston and Milton, Massachusetts, United States. It is a connecting parkway in the Greater Boston area's network, providing a connection between the Blue Hills Reservation, Neponset River Reservation, and the Stony Brook Reservation.
Sennott Park
Sennott Park is a park at the intersection of Broadway and Norfolk Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Dewey Square
Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts which lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street and the John F. Kennedy Surface Road, with the Central Artery passing underneath in the Dewey Square Tunnel and Big Dig.
South End
The South End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is bordered by Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury. It is distinguished from other neighborhoods by its Victorian style houses and the many parks in and around the area.
Charles River Reservation
The Charles River Reservation is a 17-mile-long urban preserve and public recreation area located along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and Newton, Massachusetts.
Old Harbor Reservation Parkways
The Old Harbor Reservation Parkways are three historic roads in the Old Harbor area of Boston. They are part of the Boston parkway system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. They include all of William J.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
Paul Revere Park
Paul Revere Park is a five-acre park located on the Charles River in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The park was the first park to open along the "Lost Half Mile" of the Charles River as mitigation for the taking of planned parkland for the construction of the Big Dig.
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