Wakefield Town Forest Park

Wakefield Town Forest Park is a nature reserve in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Wakefield Town Forest Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenwood, as well as near the locality Wakefield Junction.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenwood Union Church and Most Blessed Sacrament Church.

Greenwood Union Church

Church

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Greenwood Union Church is a historic church at 4 Oak Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Most Blessed Sacrament Church

Church

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Greenwood station

Railway stop

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Greenwood station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line located in the Greenwood neighborhood of Wakefield, Massachusetts. The station consists of two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. The low-level platforms are not accessible.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melrose Highlands and Wakefield.

Melrose Highlands

Hamlet

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Melrose Highlands is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Melrose, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Formerly part of neighboring Stoneham, it became part of Melrose in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Wakefield

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Wakefield, Massachusetts is a scenic town 12 miles north of Boston with a population of about 27,000. Wakefield has preserved much of its historic New England appearance and is recognized for its strong community involvement, quality school system, thriving businesses, public library, and for beautiful Lake Quannapowitt, which plays host to outdoor festivals and benefit activities each year.

Stoneham

Photo: Bhaggs, Public domain.

Stoneham is a Massachusetts city of 23,000 about 9 miles northwest of Boston. Melrose is a small city with a population of 30,000.

Wakefield Town Forest Park

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Wakefield Town Forest”
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.48722° or 42° 29′ 14″ north

Longitude

-71.05508° or 71° 3′ 18″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

87JCFWPV+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29837472

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4954272

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