Sargent's Pond, Boston

Name: Sargent's Pond
Address: Boston, United States

#307 among attractions in Boston

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Facts and practical information

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. Sargent's estate has since been subdivided, but the roads giving access to it run along the estate's original alignments. Sargent landscaped the estate using similar principles to those he applied at the Arboretum, with vistas and a variety of trees and shrubs. The pond was created by damming a brook. It still has naturalistic plantings around it, although some Sargent's rhododendrons have died. ()

Elevation: 75 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°19'16"N, 71°7'39"W

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Brookline (South Brookline)Boston United States

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Day trips

Sargent's Pond – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Country Club, Jamaica Pond, Olmsted Park, Larz Anderson Auto Museum.

1.3 miSW
Golf, Social club
The Country Club, Boston
32 min walk • The Country Club, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States. It holds an important place in golf history, as it is one of the five charter clubs that founded the United States Golf Association, and has hosted numerous USGA tournaments including the 1913 U.S.
0.6 miSE
Park, Lake
Jamaica Pond, Boston
17 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.
0.6 miE
Park
Olmsted Park, Boston
15 min walk • 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.
0.8 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Entertainment
Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Boston
21 min walk • Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in the Anderson Carriage House on the grounds of Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, Massachusetts and is the oldest collection of motorcars in the United States.
~1970 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Garden
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Boston
10 min walk • Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
1 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston
25 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.
0.8 miN
Town, Area
Brookline, Boston
21 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.
0.6 miNW
Park
Reservoir Park, Boston
15 min walk • Reservoir Park is a historic park on Boylston Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Its principal feature is Brookline Reservoir, formerly an element of the public water supply for neighboring Boston.
1.2 miSE
Gay village
Jamaica Plain, Boston
31 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.
0.7 miNE
Park
Emerald Necklace, Boston
20 min walk • The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts.
0.8 miSW
Park
Larz Anderson Park, Boston
21 min walk • Larz Anderson Park is a wooded, landscaped, and waterscaped 64-acre parkland in Brookline, Massachusetts that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The southwest corner of the park is in Boston.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Sargent's Pond?

Nearby attractions include Green Hill Historic District, Newton (8 min walk), Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Boston (10 min walk), Brookline Town Green Historic District, Newton (11 min walk), Olmsted Park, Boston (15 min walk).

How to get to Sargent's Pond by public transport?

The nearest stations to Sargent's Pond:

Light rail

Brookline Hills • Lines: D (18 min walk)
Heath Street • Lines: E (26 min walk)

Metro

Green Street • Lines: Orange (33 min walk)

Bus

Reservoir • Lines: 51, 86 (37 min walk)
Longwood Ave @ Blackfan St • Lines: 8 (42 min walk)