Melrose

Worth seeing in and around Melrose

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Stone Zoo

   Stone Zoo is a medium- to small-sized zoo of about 26 acres in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1905, the zoo includes low-lying areas densely developed with smaller exhibits for animals as well as rocky forested hillsides devoted to larger habitats for Species Survival Plan programs.

   2.2 km · zoo in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Spot Pond

   Spot Pond is a lake in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The pond is within the Middlesex Fells Reservation, a Massachusetts state park.

   2.5 km · lake of the United States of America · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Converse Memorial Library

   The Converse Memorial Library is a historically significant building located in Malden, Massachusetts, and designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. From 1885 to 1996, it housed the Malden Public Library, which now has moved most of its operations to a modern building adjacent to it.

   3.4 km · library in Malden, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Pine Banks

   Pine Banks is a 107.5-acre park located in the cities of Malden and Melrose, Massachusetts. It was donated by former Mayor of Malden Elisha S. Converse to be used "forever as a public park".

   1.8 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Congregation Beth Israel

   Congregation Beth Israel, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 10 Dexter Street in Malden, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was founded in 1904 by Jewish immigrants from Lithuania.

   3.5 km · Orthodox synagogue in Malden, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Fellsmere Park Parkways

   Fellsmere Park is a historic park that was designed by the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted for the city of Malden, Massachusetts. The construction began in 1893 and was finished in 1899.

   3.8 km · park in Malden, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Jonathan Green House

   The Jonathan Green House is a historic First Period Colonial American house, built c. 1700–1720.

   1.5 km · building in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   First Congregational Church

   The First Congregational Church is an historic church in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1840, it is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture, and is a landmark in the town center.

   3.7 km · church in Stoneham, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
9. 09
   First Unitarian Church

   The First Unitarian Church is a historic former church building in Stoneham, Massachusetts. One of Stoneham's more stylish Gothic Revival buildings, the Stick style wood structure was built in 1869 for a Unitarian congregation that was organized in 1858.

   3.7 km · church in Stoneham, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Greenwood Union Church

    Greenwood Union Church is a historic church at 4 Oak Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

    2.7 km · church building in Massachusetts, United States of America · Wikipedia

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Getting to Melrose

Airports

Boston Logan (BOS), 12 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 87 km · Bradley (BDL), 146 km

Stations

Malden Center station, 3.6 km · Melrose Highlands station, 1.2 km · Melrose/Cedar Park station, 300 m · Greenwood station, 2.7 km · Wyoming Hill station, 800 m

• Providence/Warwick → Melrose

  90 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · $9–12
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  4072 km · quickest by air, 9h 5m · $450–690
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• Hartford → Melrose

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · $13–18
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