Roslindale

Worth seeing in and around Roslindale

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
   Arnold Arboretum

   The Arnold Arboretum is a botanical research institution and free public park affiliated with Harvard University and located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston. Established in 1872, it is the oldest public arboretum in North America.

   1.4 km · botanical garden of the Harvard University · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton

   Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church. The eparchy is named for Newton, Massachusetts, and encompasses the entire United States.

   1.4 km · eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

   Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is a private Eastern Orthodox liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline and Boston in Massachusetts. The institution is composed of two schools.

   3.5 km · college and seminary in Massachusetts, United States of America · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Death and the Sculptor

   Death and the Sculptor, also known as the Milmore Monument and The Angel of Death and the Young Sculptor is a sculpture in bronze, and one of the most important and influential works of art created by sculptor Daniel Chester French. The work was commissioned to mark the grave in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, of the brothers Joseph, James and Martin Milmore.

   2.2 km · sculpture by Daniel Chester French · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral

   Our Lady of the Annunciation Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is a modern cathedral inspired by Byzantine architecture. It is the principal church of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton, which encompasses the entire United States, the seat of its hierarch, currently Bishop Francois Beyrouti, and the parish church of the Melkite Greek Catholic community in Greater Boston.

   1.4 km · church in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Franklin Park Zoo

   The Franklin Park Zoo is a 72-acre zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts.

   3.9 km · zoo in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Forest Hills Cemetery

   Forest Hills Cemetery is a historic 275-acre rural cemetery, greenspace, arboretum, and sculpture garden in the Forest Hills section of Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The cemetery was established in 1848 as a public municipal cemetery for Roxbury, Massachusetts, but was privatized when Roxbury was annexed to Boston in 1868.

   2.2 km · cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Larz Anderson Park

   Larz Anderson Park is a wooded, landscaped, and waterscaped 64-acre parkland in Brookline, Massachusetts that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The southeast corner of the park is in Boston.

   2.9 km · urban park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Franklin Park

   Franklin Park, a partially wooded 527-acre parkland bordered by the Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts, is maintained by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department. It is Boston's biggest park and the site of the Franklin Park Zoo.

   3.3 km · park in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Jamaica Pond

    Jamaica Pond is a kettle lake, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The pond and park are in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, close to the border of Brookline.

    3.5 km · lake in the United States of America · Wikipedia

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Getting to Roslindale

Airports

Boston Logan (BOS), 13 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 67 km · Bradley (BDL), 134 km

Stations

Forest Hills station, 2 km · Mattapan station, 3.6 km · Capen Street station, 4 km · West Roxbury station, 2.6 km · Roslindale Village station, 200 m

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  142 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · $13–18
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