West Roxbury

Worth seeing in and around West Roxbury

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.

   3 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.

   2.4 km · eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   2.4 km · church in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.8 km · urban park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Cutler Park

   Cutler Park Reservation is a state-owned nature preserve and public recreation area that lies between Route 128/I-95 and the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. The state park's 772 acres contain the largest remaining freshwater marsh on the middle Charles River.

   4 km · state park in Massachusetts · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Mother Brook

   Mother Brook is an artificial waterway in Dedham, and Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and the first man-made canal in the present-day United States. Constructed in 1639 by settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it diverts water from the Charles River to the Neponset River and was originally designed to power water mills.

   3.7 km · canal in Norfolk and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stony Brook Reservation

   Stony Brook Reservation is a woodland park in Boston and Dedham, Massachusetts, a unit of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, part of the state park system of Massachusetts. It was established in 1894 as one of the five original reservations created by the Metropolitan Park Commission.

   3 km · state park in Boston at the headwaters of Stony Brook · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Walnut Hills Cemetery

   Walnut Hills Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Grove Street and Allandale Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. It encompasses 45.26 acres, with mature trees and puddingstone outcrops, and was laid out in 1875 in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style.

   2.6 km · cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Larz Anderson Auto Museum

   Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in the Anderson Carriage House on the grounds of Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is the oldest collection of motorcars in the United States. The museum is a non-profit educational institution with community events, lectures, children's programs, walking tours of the park, and an ever-changing series of exhibits on motor vehicles and the automobile's impact on society and culture.

   3.7 km · automobile museum in Larz Anderson Park, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St. Mary's Church

    St. Mary of the Assumption Church (commonly referred to as St.

    3.7 km · church in Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Roxbury

Airports

Boston Logan (BOS), 15 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 66 km · Bradley (BDL), 132 km

Stations

Forest Hills station, 3.8 km · West Roxbury station, 900 m · Roslindale Village station, 1.8 km

• Providence/Warwick → West Roxbury

  66 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · $6–8
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  4073 km · quickest by air, 9h 14m · $460–700
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• Hartford → West Roxbury

  139 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · $13–17
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