Emerald Necklace

The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in and . It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from of the Boston peninsula.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: chain of parks in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: Olmsted Park System

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brookline Village station and Mary E. Curley School.

Railway station
is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch, located in the neighborhood of , United States.

Hospital building
Boston Children's Hospital is the main pediatric training and research hospital of , Harvard University. It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in , Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pill Hill Historic District and Brookline.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district roughly bounded by Boylston Street, Pond Ave, and Acron, Oakland and Highland Roads in .

is a primarily residential, although fairly high density, suburb of . It has several interesting neighborhoods to visit, and two National Historic Sites.

Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill are two distinct neighborhoods within the City of . They are grouped together here due to their shared border and transit options.

Emerald Necklace

Latitude
42.32258° or 42° 19′ 21″ north
Longitude
-71.11693° or 71° 7′ 1″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87JC8VFM+26
Geo­Names ID
11819839
Wiki­data ID
Q1335396
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Emerald Necklace” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 绿宝石项链
  • German: Emerald Necklace
  • Japanese: エメラルド・ネックレス公園
  • Russian: «Изум­руд­ное оже­ре­лье»
  • Slovenian: Emerald Necklace
  • Slovenian: Smaragdna ogrlica

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Back of the Hill and Brookline Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wards Pond and Harry Downes Field.

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