Parks and Open Spaces
near Newton

The mileage figures are from Newton City Hall to the park.

See this list sorted by land ownership or type of open space.

• Charles River Reservation (Newton to Boston; 2 miles)
  
• Needham Town Forest map (4 miles)
  
• Wellesley Sanctuaries (4 to 8 miles)
  
• Wellesley Trails(4 to 8 miles)
  
• Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge; 5 miles)
  
• Stonehurst (Waltham; 5 miles)


• Weston Forest & Trail Association (5 to 9 miles)
  
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Brookline; 6 miles; CLOSED FOR RENOVATION UNTIL 2010)
  
• Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary (Belmont; 6 miles)
  
• Prospect Hill Park (Waltham; 6 miles)
  
• Fresh Pond (Cambridge; 6 miles)
  
• Jamaica Pond (Jamaica Plain; 6 miles)
  
• Stony Brook Reservation (DCR) (West Roxbury; 7 miles)
  
• Wilson Mountain Reservation (DCR) (Dedham; 7 miles)
  
• Arnold Arboretum (Jamaica Plain; 7 miles)
  
• Elm Bank Reservation (DCR) (Wellesley; 8 miles)
  
• Noanet Woodlands (Dover; 8 miles)
  
• Boston Nature Center (Mattapan; 9 miles)
  
• Franklin Park and Zoo (Roxbury; 9 miles)
  
• Sudbury Valley Trustees Properties (Sudbury and other towns; 10-22 miles)
  
• Cochituate State Park (Natick; 10 miles)
  
• Pegan Hill (Natick; 10 miles)
  
• Drumlin Farm (Lincoln; 10 miles)
  
• Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary (Natick; 10 miles)
  
• Mount Misery (Lincoln; 10 miles)
  
• Hale Reservation (Westwood; 10 miles)
  
• Boston Harbor Islands (10 miles to the ferries)
  
• Neponset River Reservation (DCR) (Milton; 10 miles)
  
• Chase Woodlands and Peters Reservation (Dover; 11 miles)
  
• Battle Road Trail (Lexington; 12 miles)
  
• Middlesex Fells Reservation (DCR) (Medford; 12 miles)
  
• Rocky Woods and Fork Factory Brook (Medfield; 13 miles)
  
• Wayland Conservation Areas (12 miles)
  
• Hutchinson's Field and Pierce Park (Milton; 13 miles)
  
• Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Sudbury and Concord; 13 and 16 miles)
  
• Bradley Estate (Canton; 14 miles)
  
• Dorchester Shores Reservation (Dorchester; 14 miles)
  
• Sudbury Conservation Lands (14 miles)
  
• Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (East Boston; 15 miles)
  
• Bedford Conservation Areas (15 miles)
  
• Garden in the Woods (Framingham; 15 miles)
  
• Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (Hudson; 15 miles)
  
• Blue Hills Reservation (Milton; 15 miles)
  
• Blue Hills Trailside Museum (Milton; 15 miles)
  
• Visual Arts Center and Sanctuary (Canton; 15 miles)
  
• Walden Pond (Concord; 15 miles)
  
• Ponkapoag Camp (Randolph; cabins and camping near Boston; 15 miles)
  
• Squantum Point Park (Quincy; 15 miles)
  
• Quincy Shores Reservation (DCR) (Quincy; 15 miles)
  
• Callahan State Park (Framingham; 16 miles)
  
• Estabrook Woods (Concord and Carlisle; 16 miles)
  
• Rocky Narrows (Sherborn; 16 miles)
  
• Medfield Rhododendrons (Medfield; 16 miles)
  
• Shattuck Reservation (Medfield; 17 miles)
  
• Ashland State Park (Ashland; 18 miles)
  
• Cedariver Reservation (Millis; 18 miles)
  
• Noon Hill (Medfield; 19 miles)
  
• Breakheart Reservation (Saugus; 19 miles)
  
• Moose Hill Farm (Sharon; 20 miles)
  
• Moose Hill Sanctuary (Sharon; 20 miles)
  
• Malcolm Preserve (Carlisle; 20 miles)
  
• Carlisle Trails (Carlisle; 20 miles)
  
• Lynn Woods (20 miles)
  
• Essex National Heritage Area (North Shore; 20-50 miles)
  
• Acton Conservation Lands (21 miles)
  
• Great Brook Farm State Park (Carlisle; 21 miles)
  
• Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary (Hopkinton; 21 miles)
  
• Stow Conservation Lands (21 miles)
  
• Lynn Shores & Nahant Beach (Lynn; 21 miles)
  
• Maynard Trails (22 miles)
  
• Hopkinton State Park (22 miles)
  
• Borderland State Park (Sharon; 23 miles)
  
• Weir River Farm (Hingham; 24 miles)
  
• World's End (Hingham; 25 miles)
  
• Whitney and Thayer Woods (Cohasset; 26 miles)
  
• Westborough Charm Bracelet Trail System (26 miles)
  
• Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Marblehead; 27 miles)
  
• Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Norfolk; 27 miles)
  
• Littleton Conservation Trust Lands (27 miles)
  
• Wompatuck State Park (Hingham; 28 miles)
  
• F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (Foxboro; 28 miles)
  
• Whitehall State Park (Hopkinton; 29 miles)
  
• Ames Nowell State Park (Abington; 29 miles)
  
• Upton State Forest (Upton; 32 miles)


• Harold Parker State Forest (North Andover; 33 miles)
  
• Ward Reservation (Andover; 33 miles)
  
• Bald Hill (Boxford; 33 miles)
  
• Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Topsfield; 34 miles)
  
• Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer to Dunstable; 34 miles)
  
• Norris Reservation (Norwell; 34 miles)
  
• Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Worcester; 34 miles)
  
• Nashoba Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Westford; 34 miles)
  
• Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (Harvard; 34 miles)
  
• Westford Conservation Lands (35 miles)
  
• Weir Hill (North Andover; 35 miles)
  
• Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor (Worcester to Providence; 35-45 miles)
  
• Bradley Palmer State Park (Topsfield; 36 miles)
  
• Willowdale State Forest (Ipswich; 37 miles)
  
• North River Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield; 39 miles)
  
• Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield; 39 miles)
  
• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park (Uxbridge; 39 miles)
  
• Appleton Farms (Ipswich; 39 miles)
  
• Coolidge Reservation (Manchester-by-the-Sea; 39 miles)
  
• Wachusett Reservoir (Boylston; 40 miles)
  
• Crane Estate and Crane Beach (Ipswich; 41 miles)
  
• North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (Duxbury; 42 miles)
  
• Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (Seekonk; 42 miles)
  
• Ravenswood Park (Gloucester; 44 miles)
  
• Joppa Flats Wildlife Sanctuary (Newburyport; 45 miles)
  
• Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Gloucester; 46 miles)
  
• Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary (Fitchburg; 46 miles)


• Maudslay State Park (Newburyport; 47 miles)
  
• Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Newburyport; 50 miles)
  
• Halibut Point State Park (Rockport; 50 miles)
  
• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
  (Princeton; the biggest peak near Boston; 50 miles)
  
• Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Princeton; 58 miles)
  
• Myles Standish State Forest (South Carver; 55 miles)
  
• Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary (Gardner; 55 miles)
  
• Mount Watatic Reservation (closer than Monadnock, quieter than Wachusett; Ashburnham; 56 miles)
  
• Ellisville Harbor State Park (Plymouth; 62 miles)
  
• Mount Monadnock (Jaffrey, NH; the best mountain reachable as a day trip; 73 miles)
  
• Cape Cod National Seashore (105 miles to visitor center)
  



Long Trails and Bike Routes

• Bay Circuit Trail (Newbury to Sudbury to Duxbury)
  
• Minuteman Bikeway (Cambridge to Bedford)
  
• Wapack Trail to Mid-State Trail to North-South Trail (NH to RI)
  
• Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway to Metacomet-Monadnock Trail to Metacomet Trail to Mattabesset Trail (NH to CT)
  
• Mass Central Rail Trail (proposed, from Northampton to Boston)
  
• Community Paths (Cambridge and Somerville)
  
• Charles River Bike Paths (Boston to Watertown)
  

Other Links

• AMC Boston Chapter list of nearby hiking areas
  
• AMC Boston Chapter list of easy walks
  
• Boston Hiking Guide
  
• LocalHikes.Com list of hikes near Boston
  
• Mass Audubon sanctuary map
  
• Nashua River (Worcester to Nashua)
  
• TrailLink trail finder
  
• Trustees of Reservations property list
  

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