Hemlock Gorge
Blue Heron Trail: Proposed Enhancements
The DCR Blue Heron Trail extends from the Charles River Reservation at Watertown Square to two parks near the southwest corner of Newton: Cutler Park in Needham and Millennium Park
Hemlock Gorge Dam Reconstruction
Low water flow over the Circular Dam in Hemlock GorgeThe circular dam from under the Route 9 bridgeThe dam from abovePhoto by Kenneth MalloryPhoto by Kenneth MalloryWalk past the circular
Echo Bridge: A Poem
Go if you will, in your season’s choice Seek out this old bridge of the past Stand in its beauty, lend it your voice Forever, its echo will last. Go
Preserving Echo Bridge
As part of our planning for the aqueducts in Newton, we cannot omit Echo Bridge. This distinctive viaduct carried water for decades across the Charles River in Newton Upper Falls