Parks and Open Spaces Beyond Newton, by Distance

The mileage figures are from Newton City Hall to the park.

See this list sorted by land ownership.

• • Charles River Reservation (Newton to Boston; 2 miles)
  • Needham Town Forest map (4 miles)
  • Wellesley Sanctuaries (4 to 8 miles)

• • Wellesley Trails(4 to 8 miles)
  • Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge; 5 miles)
  • Emerald Necklace (Boston; 5  miles)
  • Stonehurst (Waltham; 5 miles)
  • Weston Forest & Trail Association (5 to 9 miles)
  • Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Brookline; 6 miles)
  • Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary (Belmont; 6 miles)
  • Beaver Brook Reservation (Belmont; 6 miles)
  • Prospect Hill Park (Waltham; 6 miles)
  • Fresh Pond (Cambridge; 6 miles)
  • Jamaica Pond (Jamaica Plain; 6 miles)
  • Stony Brook Reservation (DCR) (West Roxbury; 7 miles)
  • Wilson Mountain Reservation (DCR) (Dedham; 7 miles)
  • Arnold Arboretum (Jamaica Plain; 7 miles)
  • Dedham Trails (8 miles)
  • Elm Bank Reservation (DCR) (Wellesley; 8 miles)
  • Noanet Woodlands (Dover; 8 miles)
  • Lexington Public Land & Trails (8-12 miles)
  • The Great Meadows (Lexington; 9 miles)
  • Boston Nature Center (Mattapan; 9 miles)
  • Franklin Park and Zoo (Roxbury; 9 miles)
  • Sudbury Valley Trustees Properties (Sudbury and other towns; 10-22 miles)
  • Cochituate State Park (Natick; 10 miles)
  • Pegan Hill (Natick; 10 miles)
  • Drumlin Farm (Lincoln; 10 miles)
  • Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary (Natick; 10 miles)
  • Mount Misery (Lincoln; 10 miles)
  • Hale Reservation and Powisset Farm (Westwood and Dover; 10 miles)
  • Mystic River State Reservation (Medford; 10 miles)
  • Boston Harbor Islands (10 miles to the ferries)
  • Neponset River Reservation (DCR) (Milton; 10 miles)
  • Castle Island (Boston; 11 miles)
  • Chase Woodlands and Peters Reservation (Dover; 11 miles)
  • Minuteman National Historical Park (Lexington; 12 miles)
  • Horn Pond (Woburn; 12 miles)
  • Middlesex Fells Reservation (DCR) (Medford; 12 miles)
  • Rocky Woods and Fork Factory Brook (Medfield; 13 miles)
  • Wayland Conservation Areas (12 miles)
  • deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Sandy Pond (Lincoln; 13 miles)
  • Hutchinson’s Field and Pierce Reservation (Milton; 13 miles)
  • Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Sudbury and Concord; 13 and 16 miles)
  • Bradley Estate (Canton; 14 miles)

• • Signal Hill (Canton; 14 miles)
  • Savin Hill and Malibu Beach (Dorchester; 14 miles)
  • Sudbury Conservation Lands (14 miles)
  • Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (East Boston; 15 miles)
  • Bedford Conservation Areas (15 miles)
  • Garden in the Woods (Native Plant Trust) (Framingham; 15 miles)
  • Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (Hudson; 15 miles)
  • Blue Hills Reservation (Milton; 15 miles)
  • Blue Hills Trailside Museum (Milton; 15 miles)
  • Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon (Canton; 15 miles)
  • Walden Pond (Concord; 15 miles)
  • Ponkapoag Camp (Randolph; cabins and camping near Boston; 15 miles)
  • Squantum Point Park (Quincy; 15 miles)
  • Quincy Shores Reservation (DCR) (Quincy; 15 miles)
  • Mary Cummings Park (Burlington & Woburn; 16 miles)
  • Callahan State Park (Framingham; 16 miles)
  • Estabrook Woods (Concord and Carlisle; 16 miles)
  • Rocky Narrows (Sherborn; 16 miles)
  • Medfield Rhododendrons (Medfield; 16 miles)
  • Shattuck Reservation (Medfield; 17 miles)
  • Deer Island (Winthrop; 17 miles)

• • • Ashland State Park (Ashland; 18 miles)
    • Ashland Town Forest and Cowassock Woods (Ashland; 18 miles)
    • Cedariver Reservation (Millis; 18 miles)
    • Memorial Forest (Sudbury; 18 miles)
    • Brewster’s Woods (under development in Concord; 19 miles)
    • Noon Hill (Medfield; 19 miles)
    • Breakheart Reservation (Saugus; 19 miles)
    • Moose Hill Farm (Sharon; 20 miles)
    • Moose Hill Sanctuary (Sharon; 20 miles)
    • Malcolm Preserve (Carlisle; 20 miles)
    • Carlisle Trails (Carlisle; 20 miles)
    • Lynn Woods (20 miles)
    • Bird Park (Walpole; 20 miles)
    • Essex National Heritage Area (North Shore; 20-50 miles)
    • Acton Conservation Lands (21 miles)

  

  • Great Brook Farm State Park (Carlisle; 21 miles)
  • Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary (Hopkinton; 21 miles)
  • Stow Conservation Lands (21 miles)
  • Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach (Lynn; 21 miles)
  • Rumney Marsh Reservation (Saugus; 22 miles)
  • Maynard Trails (22 miles)
  • Hopkinton State Park (22 miles)
  • Borderland State Park (Sharon; 23 miles)
  • Weir River Farm (Hingham; 24 miles)
  • World’s End (Hingham; 25 miles)
  • Cedar Hill and Sawink Farm (Northborough; 25 miles)
  • Whitney and Thayer Woods (Cohasset; 26 miles)
  • Westborough Charm Bracelet Trail System (26 miles)
  • Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Marblehead; 27 miles)
  • Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Norfolk; 27 miles)
  • Littleton Conservation Trust Lands (27 miles)
  • Wompatuck State Park (Hingham; 28 miles)
  • F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (Foxboro; 28 miles)
  • Whitehall State Park (Hopkinton; 29 miles)
  • Ames Nowell State Park (Abington; 29 miles)
  • Fruitlands Museum (Harvard; 32 miles)
  • Upton State Forest (Upton; 32 miles)
  • Goldsmith Woodlands (Andover; 32 miles)
  • Indian Ridge (Andover; 32 miles)
  • Skug River Reservation (Andover; 32 miles)
  • Harold Parker State Forest (North Andover; 33 miles)
  • Moraine Farm (opening late 2022) (Beverly; 33 miles)
  • Ward Reservation (Andover; 33 miles)
  • Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary (Groton; 33 miles)
  • Bald Hill (Boxford; 33 miles)
  • Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary (Topsfield; 34 miles)
  • Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer to Dunstable; 34 miles)
  • Norris Reservation (Norwell; 34 miles)
  • Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Worcester; 34 miles)
  • Nashoba Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Westford; 34 miles)
  • Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (Harvard; 34 miles)
  • Westford Conservation Lands (35 miles)
  • Weir Hill (North Andover; 35 miles)
  • Long Hill (Beverly; 35 miles)
  • Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor (Worcester to Providence; 35-45 miles)
  • Bradley Palmer State Park (Topsfield; 36 miles)
  • Attleboro Springs Wildlife Sanctuary (Attleboro; 36 miles)
  • Willowdale State Forest (Ipswich; 37 miles)
  • Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary (Attleboro; 37 miles)
  • Farandnear (Shirley; 38 miles)
  • Mt. Pisgah (Northborough; 38 miles)
  • Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust (various towns; 38 to 58 miles)
  • Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston; 38 miles)
  • North River Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield; 39 miles)
  • Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Marshfield; 39 miles)
  • Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park (Uxbridge; 39 miles)
  • Appleton Farms (Ipswich; 39 miles)
  • Coolidge Reservation (Manchester-by-the-Sea; 39 miles)
  • Wachusett Reservoir (Boylston; 40 miles)
  • Lincoln Woods Wildlife Sanctuary (Leominster; 40 miles)
  • Crane Estate and Crane Beach (Ipswich; 41 miles)
  • Greenwood Farm (Ipswich; 41 miles)
  • Purgatory Chasm (Sutton; 42 miles)
  • North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (Duxbury; 42 miles)
  • Caratunk Wildlife Refuge (Seekonk; 42 miles)
  • The Monoliths (Manchester-by-the-Sea; 42 miles)
  • Ravenswood Park (Gloucester; 44 miles)
  • Joppa Flats Wildlife Sanctuary (Newburyport; 45 miles)
  • Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (Rowley; 45 Miles)
  • Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary (Gloucester; 46 miles)
  • Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary (Fitchburg; 46 miles)
  • Maudslay State Park (Newburyport; 47 miles)
  • Pierpont Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Dudley; 47 miles)
  • Winnekenni Park (Haverhill; 47 miles)
  • Dogtown Commons (Gloucester; 48 miles)
  • Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary (Spencer; 48 miles)
  • Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Newburyport; 50 miles)
    • Sandy Point State Reservation
  • Old Town Hill (Newbury; 50 miles)
  • Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (Holden; 50 miles)
  • Halibut Point State Park (Rockport; 50 miles)
  • Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (Princeton; the biggest peak near Boston; 50 miles)
  • Jewell Hill (Ashburnham; 53 miles)
  • Tidmarsh (Plymouth; 55 miles)
  • Cook’s Canyon Wildlife Sanctuary (Barre; 56 miles)
  • Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Princeton; 58 miles)
  • Myles Standish State Forest (South Carver; 55 miles)
  • Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary (Gardner; 55 miles)
  • Mount Watatic Reservation (closer than Monadnock, quieter than Wachusett; Ashburnham; 56 miles)
  • Copicut Woods (Fall River; 58 miles)
  • Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Wareham; 60 miles)

• Ellisville Harbor State Park (Plymouth; 62 miles)
• Nasketucket Bay State Reservation (Mattapoisett; 65 miles)
• Slocum’s River Reserve (Dartmouth; 65 miles)
• Mount Monadnock (Jaffrey, NH; the best mountain reachable as a day trip; 73 miles)
• Cape Cod National Seashore (105 miles to visitor center)