Newtonville

Worth seeing in and around Newtonville

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
   Boston College

   Boston College is a private Catholic Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order, the university has more than 15,000 total students, making it the seventh largest Catholic university in the U.S. by enrollment.

   3.2 km · private research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Alumni Stadium

   Alumni Stadium is a college football stadium on the lower campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is about 6 miles west of downtown Boston, just inside the Boston city limits near the border with Newton.

   3.5 km · stadium in Boston, MA · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hammond Pond Reservation

   Hammond Pond Reservation is a protected woodland park in Newton, Massachusetts. It features Hammond Pond, fishing and hiking trails as well as formations of sandstone conglomerate and Roxbury puddingstone which are popular for rock climbing.

   3.6 km · state park · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Boston College Law School

   Boston College Law School is the law school of Boston College, a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is situated on a 40-acre campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill.

   1.2 km · law school of Boston College · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Armenian Museum of America

   The Armenian Museum of America, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, is an institution that has the largest collection of Armenian artifacts in North America.

   2.3 km · museum in Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S. · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Waban station

   Waban station is a surface-level light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line D branch, located just south of Beacon Street at Waban Square in the Waban section of Newton, Massachusetts. The station is located below grade; access to both platforms is via Wyman Street on the outbound side of the tracks or a stairway from Beacon Street.

   3.5 km · Light rail stop in Newton, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
7. 07
   South Street station

   South Street station is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue east of South Street in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. South Street is the lowest-ridership stop on the B branch, with just 214 daily boardings by a 2011 survey.

   4 km · Light rail stop in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Crystal Lake

   Crystal Lake is a 33-acre natural great pond located in Newton, Massachusetts. Its shores, mostly lined with private homes, also host two small parks and a designated swimming area with a bathhouse.

   2.6 km · lake in Newton, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hebrew College

   Hebrew College is a private college of Jewish studies in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. Founded in 1921, the college conducts Jewish scholarship in a pluralistic, trans-denominational academic environment.

   3 km · private college of Jewish studies in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lasell University

    Lasell University is a private university in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by Edward Lasell in 1851 as a women's seminary.

    3.4 km · private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Newtonville

Airports

Boston Logan (BOS), 16 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 72 km · Bradley (BDL), 131 km

Stations

Boston College station, 3.2 km · Eliot station, 3.6 km · Newton Highlands station, 3.1 km · Newton Centre station, 2.5 km · Woodland station, 3.8 km

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  4065 km · quickest by air, 9h 19m · $460–710
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  139 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · $12–17
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