Olmsted Park, Boston

Name: Olmsted Park
Address: Boston, United States

#261 among attractions in Boston

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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. ()

Elevation: 26 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°19'26"N, 71°7'2"W

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Jamaica Plain (Jamaica Hills - Pond)Boston United States

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Olmsted Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jamaica Pond, Brookline Village, Sargent's Pond, Saint Mary of the Assumption Church.

0.6 miS
Park, Lake
Jamaica Pond, Boston
15 min walk • 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.
0.7 miN
Neighbourhood
Brookline Village, Boston
17 min walk • Brookline Village is one of the major commercial and retail centers of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. Located just north of Massachusetts Route 9 and west of the Muddy River, it is the historic center of the town and includes its major civic buildings, including town hall and the public library.
0.6 miW
Lake
Sargent's Pond, Boston
15 min walk • Sargent's Pond is a man-made 3-acre pond on Sargent Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. The pond was created by Charles Sprague Sargent in the late 1870s as a centerpiece of his family's extensive Holm Lea estate.
0.8 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Boston
20 min walk • Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and Convent is a historic church complex at 67 Harvard Street, and 3 and 5 Linden Place, in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was the first Roman Catholic church in Brookline, and the first in the nation to bear the name.
0.8 miW
Museum, History museum, Garden
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Boston
20 min walk • Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
0.8 miN
Park
Brookline Avenue, Boston
20 min walk • Brookline Avenue is a principal urban artery in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It runs from Kenmore Square in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, forming a 1.5-mile straight line to its other terminus at Washington Street in the Brookline Village neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts.
0.7 miSE
Museum
Spontaneous Celebrations, Boston
19 min walk • Spontaneous Celebrations refers to both a building in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States which acts as an arts and education center, and to a community group which is based there.
0.6 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston
16 min walk • Puppet Showplace Theater is a nonprofit puppet theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. The organization was founded in June 1974 by Mary Churchill. Since 1981, it has been located at 32 Station Street. The theater presents performances by local and traveling professional puppet companies.
0.6 miNW
Town, Area
Brookline, Boston
15 min walk • Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury.
1.2 miS
Gay village
Jamaica Plain, Boston
30 min walk • Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston.
~1100 ftNE
Park
Emerald Necklace, Boston
6 min walk • The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Olmsted Park?

Nearby attractions include Jamaicaway, Boston (4 min walk), Emerald Necklace, Boston (6 min walk), Pill Hill Historic District, Boston (9 min walk), Hotel Kempsford, Boston (12 min walk).

How to get to Olmsted Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Olmsted Park:

Light rail

Heath Street • Lines: E (12 min walk)
Back of the Hill • Lines: E (13 min walk)

Metro

Stony Brook • Lines: Orange (21 min walk)
Jackson Square • Lines: Orange (23 min walk)

Bus

Longwood Ave @ Blackfan St • Lines: 8 (29 min walk)
Ave Louis Pasteur @ Longwood Ave • Lines: 8 (33 min walk)