Cold Spring Park

Now you can take a walk in a park and enjoy a book while strolling! Earlier this year a group of residents and City Councilors formed The Newton Community Pollinator

Cold Spring Park has a new look! As of now (Tuesday morning 4/21), the trail from the Beacon Street parking lot to Duncklee Street has been restored to its original

In the spring of 2009, a Eurasian teal made a rare visit to Cold Spring park.  Read about the visit in our Summer 2009 newsletter. Click on a photo to

We received two correct entries to our March 2018 contest to identify the location where this video featuring peeping frogs was recorded: Cold Spring Park Marsh The two winners of

The Red Maple Swamp that makes up much of Cold Spring Park is threatened by an expanding understory of invasive exotic glossy buckthorn, which shades the understory so much that

Decades ago, part of what is now Cold Spring Park was used as a trash dump. For years, large pieces of metal debris littered the edge of a small, seasonal

Artist Statement This series of oil paintings by Cindy Ryan of Newton Highlands shows dogs and their owners, socializing in Cold Spring Park on a late winter afternoon. These are

Text and photographs by V. Eugene Vivian, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ During May of 2005 I passed a 90th birthday milestone. Most of my life I have

“A Naturalist’s View of Cold Spring Park” features colorful birds, plants and amphibians found in this 67-acre public preserve. Dan Perlman, Biology Professor and Director of Environmental Studies at Brandeis

“Recreational Opportunities in Cold Spring Park” explores one of Newton’s most attractive open areas, with its combination of playing fields, exercise trail, walking paths, wetlands, woodsy spots, and scenic views.

Cold Spring Park is a large wooded area west of Newton Center and south of Beacon Street. It is a successful, multi-use park, with tennis courts, basketball, soccer and baseball

Human Impacts across the Landscape Dan Perlman Conservation Biologist November 29, 2001 Think you know Cold Spring Park? Concerned about the future of planet Earth? See them in a whole