Cambridge Highlands
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.Photo: Nickknack00, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fresh Pond and Alewife station.
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.
Alewife station
Metro station
Photo: redjar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Belmont High School
School
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmont High School is a four-year public high school in Belmont, Massachusetts, United States. It had 1,454 students enrolled and a student/teacher ratio of 15.8:1 in the 2024–2025 school year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and North Cambridge.
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.
North Cambridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Cambridge, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Porter Square and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of Somerville on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of Arlington on the northwest, and the town of Belmont on the west.
Orvis Road Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Orvis Road Historic District is a residential historic district in eastern Arlington, Massachusetts. Built as a planned development between 1918 and 1930, Orvis Road contains a well-preserved collection of single and double-family houses of the period, as well its distinctive landscaping, which includes a grassy median not found in Arlington's other planned subdivisions.
Cambridge Highlands
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Category: locality
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.3933° or 42° 23′ 36″ northLongitude
-71.15549° or 71° 9′ 20″ westOpen location code
87JC9RVV+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 8699424047OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5025439
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Cambridge Highlands” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cambridge Highlands”
- French: “Cambridge Highlands”
- Japanese: “ケンブリッジ・ハイランズ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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