The 7 Best Nature & Parks in Fenway / Kenmore, Massachusetts (MA)

April 15, 2022 Toi Mattera

Walk the Freedom Trail the first time you visit Boston and you'll quickly get a sense of this coastal city's revolutionary spirit and history. But make sure you also explore some of Boston's fine museums (try the Isabella Stewart Gardner, featuring masterpieces displayed in their collector's mansion) and old neighborhoods (like the North End, Boston's Little Italy). You can't claim to have experienced real Boston culture, though, until you've watched a Red Sox game from the bleachers.
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1. Emerald Necklace

125 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115-3700 +1 617-522-2700 [email protected] http://www.emeraldnecklace.org/
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4.5 based on 19 reviews

Emerald Necklace

Our mission is to restore and improve the Emerald Necklace for all. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy connects people and parks and conserves the Emerald Necklace through projects and programs to enrich the visitor experience and restore and renew the landscape, waterways and parkways. To steward the Emerald Necklace’s 1,100 acres of parkland extending from Boston’s Back Bay through Brookline and Jamaica Plain to Franklin Park in Dorchester, the Conservancy works in collaboration with its partners on advocacy, maintenance and restoration, education and access, and promoting park stewardship through volunteer and youth programs.

Reviewed By kappy26 - Boston, United States

This is a series of hiking paths with nice views. We walked from Brookline to Boston on this beautiful scenic path called The River Way. Check this out but walk here during the day.

2. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115-5538 +1 617-566-1401 [email protected] http://www.gardnermuseum.org/
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4.5 based on 3,108 reviews

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

A Venetian palace in the middle of Boston, Gardner's home is now a museum displaying her impressive, eclectic collection of European, American and Asian art, including sculpture, paintings, furniture, ceramics and textiles. Visitors can stroll or rest in a spectacular skylit courtyard filled with plants and flowers.

Reviewed By JacksBack05101 - Westminster, United States

Too much to say to Fit here but... John Singer Sargent’s El Jaleo is amazing, you’ll see the empty frames from the nations most notorious art heist too. This place is frozen in time on purpose. Please visit to find out why!

3. Commonwealth Avenue Mall

484 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215-2737 +1 617-635-4500 http://www.cityofboston.gov/Parks/emerald/Comm_Mall.asp
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4.5 based on 88 reviews

Commonwealth Avenue Mall

Reviewed By 3johnb - Valparaiso, United States

What a nice walk. Tree lined, statues, and gorgeous houses on both side. This starts at the south end of The Boston Gardens and goes for many blocks. Shopping, food to east and the River to the west.

4. James P Kelleher Rose Garden

73 Park Dr b/t Peterborough St & Queensberry St Fenway, Boston, MA 02215-5250 http://www.emeraldnecklace.org/kelleher-rose-garden
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4.5 based on 20 reviews

James P Kelleher Rose Garden

5. Emerald Necklace Conservancy

125 Fenway Back Bay Fens, Boston, MA 02115-3700 +1 617-522-2700 [email protected] http://emeraldnecklace.org
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4.5 based on 4 reviews

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Our mission is to restore and improve the Emerald Necklace for all. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy connects people and parks and conserves the Emerald Necklace through projects and programs to enrich the visitor experience and restore and renew the landscape, waterways and parkways. To steward the Emerald Necklace’s 1,100 acres of parkland extending from Boston’s Back Bay through Brookline and Jamaica Plain to Franklin Park in Dorchester, the Conservancy works in collaboration with its partners on advocacy, maintenance and restoration, education and access, and promoting park stewardship through volunteer and youth programs.

6. The Fens

Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215 http://www.boston.gov/parks/back-bay-fens
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4.0 based on 32 reviews

The Fens

Nature Reserve offers great running trails for people who love peace and quiet.

Reviewed By on_the_go_98765

"The" Olmstead, designer of New York's Central Park, undertook this assignment to turn a winding, brackish creek with beautiful wooded banks into a string of open space gems (or "Emeralds" in his view to create the Emerald Necklace). This was one of his jewels. TA has separate review listings for both Emerald Necklace Parks and for James P. Kelleher Rose Garden so ... here the focus is on "The Fens" (minus those other treasures) and there is much to cover! Our random, totally unscripted walk bumped into Olmstead's 1878 design early in the game. This is a huge greenbelt of an open space venue consisting of unadulterated nature (designed as a sanitary improvement and also a restoration of salt marsh). Along the way, there were some interesting perks: the WWII memorial was awesome and the Victory Gardens spoke to a time in our nation's history when we grew food for the troops. Rough, natural terrain gives way to well-manicured grounds around a solemn memorial to WWII, Korean, and Viet Nam fallen soldiers. The poignancy of that part of our history settled in while we reflected upon our contemporaries who served in 'Nam and never came home. Sorrow should fill all of our breasts. Ours was overflowing. On a lighter note, the updated "Victory" Gardens are extensions of current-day paltry home gardens (or substitutions for those city dwellers who have absolutely NO gardens) and they have decked these plots out to the limits! Chairs, tables, little enclaves ... only things missing were hot tubs! Creative people find ways to push the envelope and create their own little paradise. The "pushing" here was evident. Our walk took us completely through "The Fens" and out the other side. Thank goodness people have the good sense to get lost!

7. Stoneman Playground

Between Fairfield and Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA +1 617-227-0365 http://www.bostoncentral.com/activities/playgrounds/p971.php
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

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