Glacken Field
Glacken Field is a park in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Glacken Field is situated nearby to the neighborhood Strawberry Hill, as well as near Larchwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Glacken Playground”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fresh Pond and Harvard College Observatory.
Fresh Pond
Reservoir
Photo: CaribDigita, Public domain.
Fresh Pond is a reservoir and park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Prior to the Pond's use exclusively as a reservoir, its ice had been harvested by Boston's "Ice King", Frederic Tudor, and others, for shipment to North American cities and to tropical areas around the world.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Huron Village.
Strawberry Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strawberry Hill, also known as Area 13, is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by the town of Belmont on the west, Watertown on the south, Aberdeen Avenue on the east, and Fresh Pond on the north.
Cambridge Highlands
Neighborhood
Photo: Nickknack00, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge Highlands also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the Belmont town line on the west, and Fresh Pond on the south.
Glacken Field
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38049° or 42° 22′ 50″ northLongitude
-71.15199° or 71° 9′ 7″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
87JC9RJX+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 29837013OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Glacken Field” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glacken Field”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Larchwood and Mount Auburn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Batting cage and Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial.
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