Thursday evenings throughout the season, join us for
Twilight Skyline Viewing from 7:00 p.m. until dusk
for the Boston city skyline and harbor throughout the summer months. All openings weather permitting.
Metropolitan Park System
In 1892, visionary landscape artist Charles Eliot proposed
that a
regional parks commission be created to acquire national and scenic areas
for the use of the people of the Metropolitan Boston region. |
Today the Park Division carries on that
legacy, preserving, maintaining, and interpreting a total of 14,700 acres
in 10 reservations around Greater Boston, a portion of the Boston Harbor
Islands State Park, and additional sites including parkways, rivers,
streams, beaches and playgrounds. |
Most offer year round respite from the city world as well as recreational activities that include hiking, bicycling, skiing, swimming, picnicking, and simple enjoyment of nature. There is also seasonal opportunity for skating, swimming and outdoor sports at many of these facilities, all of which add inestimably to the region's quality of life. |
