Boston common, limited by beacon, Charles, Boylston, Tremont and Park Street, is the oldest public park in the country, created 1634 as "Cow pastures and training field" for common use. Cattle grazed here for 200 years, and can look up every now and then to see that the hang occasional public, which was held in the joint.
The park covers approximately 50 hectares and is the anchor for the Emerald Necklace, a
System of connected parks, to visit many of the parts of Boston. Dogs are
Welcome to Boston common, and can even run off leash from 5-07 and 5-7
Watch
Close to the dog-friendly Blue Hills is 15 minutes south of Boston,
Reservation. The first settlers came before 10,000 years to this area and calls
even "Massachusett," means "People of the mountains." At the European
Explorers set slopes while sailing along the coast forested you look at the
with the name of the region of the Blue hills.
Logged the slopes to build tubes and barns and disables the lowlands for
Plants and animals. In 1893, the Metropolitan Park Commission has blue
Hill one of the first purchases for land set aside for recreation. Today, Blue hills
Reservation reserves 7,000 acres of land, where you can walk your dog with, the
Shadows of Boston.
About 125 km hiking trails visit of various terrain of hills and meadows, forests
and wetlands, including a unique Atlantic white cedar swamp. Some of the dogs
Hiking can be quite difficult, and many of the trails are littered with rocks. Large
Blue Hill, rising 635 meters above the Neponsett Valley, is the highest of the hills of 22
the Blue Hills chain.
Keep your head for view of the metropolitan area. Keep also in mind
Out for the diverse wildlife in the Blue hills reservation, which is not often linked
Boston - wood rattlesnakes, Coyote, and Otter. Most of the trails are marked.
but a map is a smart buy for day - one is on sale in the park
Headquarters (695 Hill Road) or the Blue hills Ski Museum (1904-Canton)
(Avenue).
The national register of historic places lists 16 structures of Blue hills
Reservation. The most famous Blue Hill sitting on the Summit of Great Blue Hill-
Weather Observatory. Used as a weather station, the Observatory at Eliot
Tower, a stone observation post built by the civilian Conservation Corps during the
1930s.
The Blue hills reservation is located in Milton, 8 km south of Boston. Take
Route 93 exit 3, Houghton pond. Turn right at the stop sign at hillside Street.
Houghton's pond located about 1/4 km on the right side; continue 1 / 4
Miles of the reservation left key on the side.
Copyright 2006
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