Great Blue Hill

Great Blue Hill is a hill of 635 feet located within the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Randolph and Canton, Massachusetts, about 10 miles south of downtown Boston.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 600 feet
Description: hill
Also known as: “Big Blue Mountain”, “Blue Hill”, and “The Blue Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate and Thacher Montessori School.

Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate

Nature reserve

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The Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate is a nonprofit country house and garden ground museum in Canton, Massachusetts. It is operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.

Thacher Montessori School

School

Thacher Montessori School is an independent day school located in Milton, Massachusetts for toddlers through 8th graders. Thacher Montessori is accredited by the Association of Independent Schools of New England.

Route 128 station

Railway station

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Route 128 station is a passenger rail station located at the crossing of the Northeast Corridor and Interstate 95/US Route 1/Route 128 at the eastern tip of Dedham and Westwood, Massachusetts, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Readville and Hyde Park.

Readville

Neighborhood

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Readville is part of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Readville's ZIP Code is 02136. It was called Dedham Low Plains from 1655 until it was renamed after James Read, the owner of the Dedham Manufacturing Company along Mother Brook, in 1847.

Hyde Park

Suburb

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Hyde Park is the southernmost neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated 7.9 miles south of downtown Boston, it is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups.