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Newton Park and Conservation Lands
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Auburndale Park
and Forest Grove |
SIZE: 40 acres
LONGEST WALK : 2 miles (a longer walk that includes this park)
ACQUIRED: 1893
ADMINISTERED BY:
Auburndale Park - Parks and Recreation
Forest Grove - Division
of Urban Parks and Recreation
Flowed Meadow - Conservation
Commission
photo by Jane Sender
FEATURES:
Auburndale Park has a wide variety
of attractions including river frontage (with ice skating in winter), fields, wooded areas, ball
fields, basketball and tennis courts, horseshoe pits, a 1.3 mile
life course with exercise stations, a children's playground, picnic
tables, and grills. Facilities may be reserved for large events. Special pathways
and a picnic area for the disabled are planned.
Forest Grove is a 2.6-acre
peninsula connecting to Auburndale Park trail. This area has a picturesque view of Mt. Feake
cemetery across the Charles River. Open woods invite nature
study, picnicking, bird watching, and fishing. Woerd Avenue
boat launch is nearby.
 Flowed Meadow is an adjacent 28-acre parcel, most of which was
recently surplused by the City of Newton and added to the park.
Canoeists can launch from Purgatory Cove and have a picnic on nearby
Fox Island. Flowed Meadow has a kettle hole with wetlands plants
growing in it.
HISTORY:
| 1893 |
Newton acquired
Ware Farm, located on Ware's Cove, one of the city's earliest
acquisitions on the Charles River. |
| 1983 |
Seven acres conveyed
to the city for Flowed Meadow Conservation Area. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Flowed Meadow improvements
Parks and Recreation Department:
group picnic permits: information and application
ice skating hotline: 617-796-1536
Department of Conservation and Recreation website
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