Newton Park and Conservation Lands

LOCATION: West Roxbury Take VFW Parkway past West Roxbury High School. Just after Home Depot, turn right at Charles Park Road, which turns into Gardner Street. Drive up the hill to the park entrance. Connects to Brook Farm Historic Site. Opposite from Cutler Park. Location map Trail map (Buy a trail guide) Aerial photo A long walk that includes this park SIZE: 100 acres

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ACQUIRED: 1999

ADMINISTERED BY: Boston Parks and Recreation

FEATURES:

You can enjoy Millennium Park on its own, or as part of a trail network leading (with a few gaps) all the way to Nahanton Park in Newton.

The park used to be a landfill hill. Today it consists of six miles of handicapped-accessible walking trails, playing fields, a canoe launch on the Charles, a nature trail, and wonderful views of the Blue Hills, Newton's hills, and downtown Boston.

A bridge across Saw Mill Brook connects this new park with the Oak Hill trails that run through Brook Farm and connect to Charles River Path - Wells Avenue and on to Nahanton Park. You can also paddle between the canoe docks in Nahanton Park and Millennium Park.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The trail system is wheelchair-accessible.

HISTORY:

Site of the Gardner Street Landfill. Dirt excavated from the Big Dig was used to cover over the top. In 2000 it opened as a park and recreation center.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Boston Area Sport Kite Championships is held in the park in June.

Article about transformation from landfill to park.