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Newton Park and Conservation Lands
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Lost Pond Reservation and Conservation Area |
SIZE: 58 acres
LONGEST WALK : 1.7 miles, on loop including Kennard Park
(a longer walk that includes this park)
ADMINISTERED BY: Reservation:
Division of Urban Parks and Recreation
Conservation area: Brookline
Parks and Open Space Division
FEATURES:
The property adjoins Kennard
Park and Conservation Area and Hammond Pond Parkway, forming
140 acres of protected trails and wildlife.
Quaking bog -- Lost Pond is a
kettle hole that has developed into a quaking
bog on its northern edge, an unusual type of wetland in which
peat forms a floating mat over the water.
HISTORY:
| 1874 |
Land was owned
by George Griggs, Mary Clark, and heirs of Charles Heath. |
| 1918 |
The reservation
parcel was bought by two citizens and donated to the state. |
| 1945 |
Town of Brookline
acquired the land and drained the site for an incinerator. |
| 1972 |
Landfill operations
ceased. Land used as a transfer station for town trash. |
| 1982 |
Conservation area
transferred to Conservation Commission. |
| 2006 |
Work begins on project to cap landfill and remove incinerator stack. |
ADVOCATES & CARETAKERS:
Friends of Lost Pond
c/o Brookline Conservation Commission
617-730-2088
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Park brochure
Brookline Parks and Open Space website
Division of Urban Parks and Recreation website for Hammond Pond and Lost Pond
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