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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: park in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts” and “Le Parc Franklin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Franklin Park Zoo and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.
Franklin Park Zoo
Zoo
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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.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Hospital
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a 255-bed public health and teaching hospital located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The hospital is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and as an affiliate of the Tufts University School of Medicine, serves as the only teaching hospital operated by DPH.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit
Prison
The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit is a 23 bed, medium security facility located on the eighth floor of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Hills and Dorchester.
Forest Hills
Neighborhood
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Forest Hills is a part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forest Hills is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded areas within and adjacent to its borders.
Dorchester
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So, you've decided to visit Dorchester. Congratulations! Boston's largest neighborhood had long been written off, dismissed as “too dangerous” by those who had never set foot here.
Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill
Photo: Jonathan Bowen, CC BY 2.0.
Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill are two distinct neighborhoods within the City of Boston. They are grouped together here due to their shared border and transit options.
Franklin Park
- Category: protected area
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Franklin Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Franklin Park”
- Chinese: “富兰克林公园”
- Chinese: “富蘭克林公園”
- German: “Franklin Park”
- Japanese: “フランクリンパーク”
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Highlights include Scarboro Hill and Franklin Park Zoo.
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