Foss Park

Foss Park is a recreation area in City of Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Foss Park is situated nearby to the historic site Washington School (Former), as well as near Cheryl’s School of Dance.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wyoming Hill station and MelroseWakefield Hospital.

Wyoming Hill station

Railway station

Photo: Anon E. Moose, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wyoming Hill station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line, located in Wyoming Square near downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level side platforms and is not accessible; accessible platforms are planned to be installed in 2026. Wyoming Hill station is situated 2,300 feet west of Foss Park.

MelroseWakefield Hospital

Hospital

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MelroseWakefield Hospital is a 174-bed non-profit hospital located in Melrose, Massachusetts. MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford function as one hospital entity with two campus locations. MelroseWakefield Hospital is situated 2,700 feet north of Foss Park.

Melrose/Cedar Park station

Railway station

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Melrose/Cedar Park station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station located in downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level platforms serving the two tracks of the Haverhill Line; it is not accessible. Melrose/Cedar Park station is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Foss Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melrose Highlands and Malden.

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.

Malden

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Malden is a suburb of Boston in the state of Massachusetts. Its population was 66,000 in the 2020 census.

Saugus

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Saugus is a town in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, just north of the city. Its population is approximately 29,000, but despite its small size it has a long history lasting almost 400 years.

Foss Park

Type: Recreation area
Also known as: “Washington Playground”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: City of Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.45268° or 42° 27′ 10″ north

Longitude

-71.06089° or 71° 3′ 39″ west

Open location code

87JCFW3Q+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29818356

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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