WRMS | Parks & Nature

Parks & Nature

Next to Arnold Arboretum with walking paths to ponds, streams, marsh.

Allandale Woods is an 86-acre woods located west of Arnold Arboretum on the JP/West Roxbury line, featuring multiple paths leading to ponds, streams, and a cattail marsh. Activities include hiking, bird watching, and trail running.
Amenities: Dog-friendly, dirt trails, playground
Address: 7 VFW Pkwy, West Roxbury

Multi-use park, playground, and sports facilities with paved circular path.

Billings Field contains multiple baseball fields and other sports fields, as well as tennis and basketball courts. There are two playgrounds and a walking path around the park. Summer site for outdoor concerts and movie nights.
Amenities: Wheelchair-accessible, dog-friendly, playgrounds, sports fields
Address: 369 Lagrange Street, West Roxbury

Historical site and park with walking trails, wildlife, and a picnic area.

A designated National Historic Site for an earlier experimental society, this large 179-acre park includes fields and wetlands, walking trails and a picnic area. Great for viewing wildlife, this park is adjacent to Millennium Park.
Amenities: Hiking, paved trails, wildlife viewing, picnic area
Address: 670 Baker Street, West Roxbury

Huge park, wetlands, and pond along the Charles with hiking, fishing, canoeing.

This sprawling 600-acre park, protecting the Charles River's largest marsh and Kendrick Pond, offers extensive walking trails. Great for birdwatching, walking, mountain biking, fishing, canoeing/kayaking, and xc skiing in winter.
Amenities: Hiking, paved and dirt trails, fishing, kayak/canoe rentals
Address: 598 Needham Street, Needham

Small park with baseball fields, tennis courts, climbing structures, sledding hill.

This park in nearby Roslindale packs in multiple sports fields, tennis and basketball courts. It also features a climbing, ropes and slides structure with a small playground. In winter it offers an excellent sledding hill.
Amenities: Dog-friendly, sports fields, sledding, playground/climbing
Address: 910 South Street, Roslindalee

Good spot for a short hike through woods or walk along a mile-long trail.

These woods off the VFW Parkway, adjacent to the Mt. Benedict Cemetery, are a good spot for a short hike or easy stroll along a mile-long walking trail. The park is accessible from a trail at the back of the Independence Drive parking lot off of the VFW Parkway.
Amenities: Hiking, Dirt Trails, Park
Address: access via trail behind Independence Drive near VFW Parkway

Big multi-use park with spectacular panoramic views, hiking, canoe access.

Popular with families, sports clubs, joggers and mountain bikers, this hilltop park offers spectacular views, excellent birding, and hiking trails that connect to the Charles River network. Also offers public canoe access to the Charles River.
Amenities: Dog-friendly, paved trails, hiking, sports fields, playground
Address: 300 Gardner Street, West Roxbury

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