Conservation Properties
Newton Cemetery & Arboretum
Created in the 19th century naturalistic style pioneered by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown, Newton Cemetery is beautifully landscaped. Visitors are allowed to quietly view the grounds, but jogging, dog
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Newton Commonwealth Golf Course
This beautiful property was saved from mass development by a creative arrangement. Originally part of a private golf course, the land on its edges was sold for condos, funding the
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Newton Community Farm
Newton’s last farm was saved from development in 2004 when the Newton Board of Aldermen approved the proposal by the Newton Conservators to use Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to
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Newton Highlands Playground
This 13-acre multiuse site has been a city park since 1911. It includes 5 acres of a sloped, wooded area with several wide trails, plus an open lawn area, sports
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Norumbega Park
Trails wind through a meadow, steep pine and hemlock covered riverbanks, and wooded knoll opening to a scenic view of the Charles River. There are tagged, honorary trees and shrubs
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Oak Hill Pathway
2026 Update: The entrance to this trail is blocked by vegetation. The reminder of the trail is unmarked and very hard to follow. A public access pathway from Ober Road
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Oakdale Woods
The Oakdale Woods are typical of the many small open space parcels in the southern part of the city that were developed after World War II. This small space has
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Ordway Park
This small park is a natural woodland garden. Its extensive array of tree and shrub species include American beech, dogwood, flowering quince, fringe-tree, mock orange, mountain ash, shad bush, viburnum,
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Saw Mill Brook and Kesseler Woods Conservation Areas
Trail follows brook through wooded upland and wetland and by old stone fences. Walking, birding, nature study. Dramatic puddingstone outcroppings. Area connects to a much larger green corridor running through
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Upper Falls Greenway
Linear park on old railroad line connecting Newton Highlands with the Charles River. Spur path runs from middle of Greenway to Needham Street.
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Webster Woods, Hammond Pond, and Houghton Garden
The largest conservation area in Newton is wooded, with noted rock outcroppings of Roxbury Puddingstone, brooks, ponds, wetlands, fields, and an historic woodland garden. The middle of the woods was
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Wilson Conservation Lands – Bracebridge Road
Woods and gardens above and adjacent to the Cochituate and Sudbury Aqueducts. Historic stone bridge that once crossed a stream connecting two small ponds, as shown on an 1895 map.
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