The mileage figures are from Newton City Hall to the park.
See this list sorted in order of distance from Newton.
National Parks, Seashores, Refuges, and Reservations
- Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (Hudson; 15 miles)
- Minuteman National Historical Park (Lexington; 12 miles)
- Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor (Worcester to Providence; 35-45 miles)
- Boston Harbor Islands (Boston; 10 miles to the ferries)
- Cape Cod National Seashore (105 miles to visitor center)
- Essex National Heritage Area (North Shore; 20-50 miles)
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Brookline; 6 miles)
- Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Concord and Sudbury; 16 and 13 miles)
- Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (Harvard; 34 miles)
- Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Plum Island, Newburyport; 50 miles)
Massachusetts State Parks and Reservations
- Ames Nowell (Abington; 29 miles)
- Ashland (Ashland; 18 miles)
- Beaver Brook Reservation (Belmont; 6 miles)
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (East Boston; 15 miles)
- Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park (Uxbridge; 39 miles)
- Blue Hills Reservation (Milton; 15 miles)
- Borderland (Sharon; 23 miles)
- Boston Harbor Islands (Boston; 10 miles to the ferries)
- Bradley Palmer (Topsfield; 36 miles)
- Breakheart Reservation (Saugus; 19 miles)
- Burrage Pond WMA (Hanson; 37 miles)
- Callahan (Framingham; 16 miles)
- Castle Island (Boston; 11 miles)
- Charles River Reservation (Newton to Boston; 2 miles)
- Cochituate (Natick; 10 miles)
- Savin Hill and Malibu Beach (Dorchester; 14 miles)
- Elm Bank (Wellesley; 8 miles)
- Ellisville Harbor State Park (Plymouth; 62 miles)
- F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (Foxboro; 28 miles)
- Great Brook Farm (Carlisle; 21 miles)
- Halibut Point (Rockport; 50 miles)
- Harold Parker (North Andover; 33 miles)
- Hockomock Swamp WMA (Bridgewater; 31 miles)
- Hopkinton (22 miles)
- Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach (Lynn; 21 miles)
- Maudslay (Newburyport; 47 miles)
- Middlesex Fells (Medford; 12 miles)
- Mount Watatic (Ashburnham; 56 miles)
- Myles Standish State Forest (South Carver; 55 miles)
- Mystic River State Reservation (Medford; miles)
- Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer to Dunstable; 34 miles)
- Nasketucket Bay State Reservation (Mattapoisett; 65 miles)
- Neponset River Reservation (Milton; 10 miles)
- Ponkapoag Camp (Randolph; cabins and camping near Boston; 15 miles)
- Purgatory Chasm (Sutton; 42 miles)
- Quincy Shores Reservation (Quincy; 15 miles)
- Rumney Marsh (Saugus; 22 miles)
- Sandy Point State Reservation ( Plum Island, Newburyport; 55 miles)
- Squantum Point Park (Quincy; 15 miles)
- Stony Brook (West Roxbury; 7 miles)
- Upton State Forest (Upton; 32 miles)
- Wachusett Mountain (Princeton; the biggest peak near Boston; 50 miles)
- Wachusett Reservoir (Boylston; 40 miles)
- Walden Pond (Concord; 15 miles)
- Whitehall (Hopkinton; 29 miles)
- Willowdale (Ipswich; 37 miles)
- Wilson Mountain (Dedham; 7 miles)
- Wompatuck (Hingham, 28 miles)
- view list of all state parks
- Coast Guide Online
City and Town Parks and Conservation Areas
- Ashland Town Forest and Cowassock Woods (18 miles)
- Bedford Conservation Areas (15 miles)
- Carlisle Trails (20 miles)
- Dedham Trails (8 miles)
- Emerald Necklace (Boston; 5 miles)
- Franklin Park and Zoo (Roxbury; 9 miles)
- Fresh Pond (Cambridge; 6 miles)
- Great Meadows (Lexington; 9 miles)
- Horn Pond (Woburn; 12 miles)
- Jamaica Pond (Jamaica Plain; 6 miles)
- Lexington (8-12 miles)
- Lynn Woods (20 miles)
- Mary Cummings Park (Burlington & Woburn; 16 miles)
- Mount Misery (Lincoln; 10 miles)
- Mt. Pisgah (Northborough; 38 miles)
- Needham Town Forest map (4 miles)
- Prospect Hill Park (Waltham; 6 miles)
- Stow Conservation Lands (21 miles)
- Sudbury Conservation Lands (14 miles)
- Wayland Conservation Areas (12 miles)
- Wellesley Sanctuaries (4 to 8 miles)
- Wellesley Trails(4 to 8 miles)
- Weston Forest & Trail Association (5 to 9 miles)
- Winnekenni Park (Haverhill; 47 miles)
Mass Audubon Sanctuaries
- Allen’s Pond (Westport; 70 miles)
- Attleboro Springs (Attleboro; 36 miles)
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum (Milton; 15 miles)
- Boston Nature Center (Mattapan; 9 miles)
- Brewster’s Woods (under development in Concord; 19 miles)
- Broad Meadow Brook (Worcester; 34 miles)
- Broadmoor (Natick; 10 miles)
- Burncoat Pond (Spencer; 48 miles)
- Cook’s Canyon (Barre; 56 miles)
- Daniel Webster (Marshfield; 39 miles)
- Drumlin Farm (Lincoln; 10 miles)
- Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (Holden; 50 miles)
- Eastern Point (Gloucester; 46 miles)
- Flat Rock (Fitchburg; 46 miles)
- Great Neck (Wareham; 60 miles)
- Habitat (Belmont; 6 miles)
- Ipswich River (Topsfield; 34 miles)
- Joppa Flats (Newburyport; 45 miles)
- Lake Wampanoag (Gardner; 55 miles)
- Lincoln Woods (Leominster; 40 miles)
- Marblehead Neck (Marblehead; 27 miles)
- Moose Hill (Sharon; 20 miles)
- Museum of American Bird Art (Canton; 15 miles)
- Nashoba Brook (Westford; 34 miles)
- North Hill Marsh (Duxbury; 42 miles)
- North River (Marshfield; 39 miles)
- Oak Knoll (Attleboro; 37 miles)
- Pierpont Meadow (Dudley; 47 miles)
- Rocky Hill (Groton; 33 miles)
- Rough Meadows (Rowley; 45 miles)
- Stony Brook (Norfolk; 27 miles)
- Tidmarsh (Plymouth; 55 miles)
- Wachusett Meadow (Princeton; 58 miles)
- Waseeka (Hopkinton; 21 miles)
- Mass Audubon sanctuary list
Trustees of Reservations
- Appleton Farms (Ipswich; 39 miles)
- Bird Park (Walpole; 20 miles)
- Bradley Estate (Canton; 14 miles)
- Cedariver (Millis; 18 miles)
- Chase Woodlands and Peters (Dover; 11 miles)
- Coolidge (Manchester-by-the-Sea; 39 miles)
- Copicut Woods (Fall River; 58 miles)
- Crane Estate and Crane Beach (Ipswich; 41 miles)
- deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Sandy Pond (Lincoln; 13 miles)
- Farandnear (Shirley; 38 miles)
- Fruitlands Museum (Harvard; 32 miles)
- Greenwood Farm (Ipswich; 41 miles)
- Hutchinson’s Field and Pierce (Milton; 13 miles)
- Jewell Hill (Ashburnham; 53 miles)
- Long Hill (Beverly; 35 miles)
- Malcolm Preserve (Carlisle; 20 miles)
- Mary Cummings Park (Burlington & Woburn; 16 miles)
- Medfield Rhododendrons (Medfield; 16 miles)
- The Monoliths (Manchester-by-the-Sea; 42 miles)
- Moose Hill Farm (Sharon; 20 miles)
- Moraine Farm (opening late 2022) (Beverly; 33 miles)
- Noanet Woodlands (Dover; 8 miles)
- Noon Hill (Medfield; 19 miles)
- Norris (Norwell; 34 miles)
- Old Town Hill (Newbury; 50 miles)
- Pegan Hill (Natick; 10 miles)
- Ravenswood Park (Gloucester; 44 miles)
- Rocky Narrows (Sherborn; 16 miles)
- Rocky Woods and Fork Factory Brook (Medfield; 13 miles)
- Shattuck (Medfield; 17 miles)
- Signal Hill (Canton; 14 miles)
- Slocum’s River (Dartmouth; 65 miles)
- Ward (Andover; 33 miles)
- Weir Hill (North Andover; 35 miles)
- Weir River Farm (Hingham; 24 miles)
- Whitney and Thayer Woods (Cohasset; 26 miles)
- World’s End (Hingham; 25 miles)
- Trustees of Reservations property list
Other Parks and Conservation Land
- Acton Conservation Lands (21 miles)
- Arnold Arboretum (Jamaica Plain; 7 miles)
- Bald Hill (Boxford; 33 miles)
- Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust (various towns; 38 to 58 miles)
- Boston Harbor Islands (10 miles to the ferries)
- Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (Seekonk; 42 miles)
- Cedar Hill and Sawink Farm (Northborough; 25 miles)
- Deer Island (Winthrop; 17 miles)
- Dogtown Commons (Gloucester; 48 miles)
- Estabrook Woods (Concord and Carlisle; 16 miles)
- Garden in the Woods (Native Plant Trust) (Framingham; 15 miles)
- Goldsmith Woodlands (Andover; 32 miles)
- Hale Reservation (Westwood; 10 miles)
- Indian Ridge (Andover; 32 miles)
- Littleton Conservation Trust Lands (27 miles)
- Memorial Forest (Sudbury; 18 miles)
- Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge; 5 miles)
- Mount Monadnock (Jaffrey, NH; 73 miles)
- Nashua River (Worcester to Nashua)
- Skug River Reservation (Andover; 32 miles)
- Stonehurst (Waltham; 5 miles)
- Sudbury Valley Trustees Properties (Sudbury and other towns; 10-22 miles)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston; 38 miles)
- Westborough Charm Bracelet Trail System (26 miles)
- Westford Conservation Lands (35 miles)
Long Trails and Bike Routes
- Appalachian Trail (Maine to Georgia)
- Assabet River Rail Trail (Marlborough to Action)
- Bay Colony Rail Trail (Needham to Medfield)
- Bay Circuit Trail (Newbury to Sudbury to Duxbury)
- Blackstone River Bikeway (Worcester to Providence; under construction)
- Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (Lowell to Framingham; under construction)
- Charles River Bike Paths (Boston to Watertown)
- Charles River Link Trail (Newton to Medfield)
- Community Paths (Cambridge and Somerville)
- Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (Northhampton, MA, to New Haven, CT; under construction)
- Mass Central Rail Trail (proposed, from Northampton to Boston)
- Minuteman Bikeway (Cambridge to Bedford)
- New England National Scenic Trail (New Hampshire to Long Island Sound, including the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and Mattabesset Trail )
- Southwest Corridor Bike Path (Boston)
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway (NH)
- Wapack Trail to Mid-State Trail to North-South Trail (NH to RI)
- Western Greenway (Belmont, Waltham, Lexington)
Other Links
- AMC Boston Chapter info about local hikes
- Greater Boston Cycling and Walking Map
- DCR list of trail maps
- TrailLink trail finder
- Alltrails.com maps and trail guides (subscription required for some features)
