Best parks and nature in Boston (US)

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is most popular around 3 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 1.5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Blue Hills Reservation is most popular around 2 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay up to 2 hours here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

Blue Hills Reservation stretches over 7,000 acres, covering parts of Quincy, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Milton, and Randolph. There are 125 miles of trails to explore through forests and wetlands, up hills, and more. Maps and information are available at park entrance, with 10 minute parking only. Visitor parking is available across the street, or at the Houghton's Pond parking lot.

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Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park is most popular around 3 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department creates and maintains clean, green, safe, and accessible open space in more than 2,300 acres of park land throughout Boston.

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the Lawn on D is most popular around 5 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

Free admission, kitchen & bar + lawn games open Thursdays–Sunday*; gates open through October! The Lawn on D is Boston’s most innovative and vibrant seasonal outdoor venue in the heart of the thriving South Boston Waterfront District. All our public programming and events are free! The Lawn on D provides a colorful collection of public seating and lounge chairs, interactive installations, lawn games such as cornhole, bocce and ping-pong, and free Wi-Fi.

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Norman B. Leventhal Park is most popular around 4 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 30 min here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park is most popular around 12 PM on Thursdays. Visitors usually stay up to 4 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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