Hancock Woods

Hancock Woods is a nature reserve in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Hancock Woods is situated nearby to the locality Hancock Village, as well as near the suburb South Brookline.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Larz Anderson Auto Museum and Highland station.

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

Museum

Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.

Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in the Anderson Carriage House on the grounds of Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is the oldest collection of motorcars in the United States.

Highland station

Railway station

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Highland station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Needham Line. It is located in the Bellevue Hill section of West Roxbury.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1900, it is located in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain across the street from the Arnold Arboretum and just 3.4 miles from Longwood Medical and Academic Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outer Neighborhoods and Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill.

Outer Neighborhoods

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Outer Neighborhoods of Boston are four distinct neighborhoods that have been consolidated here for the visitor. These areas are a bit further from the city center and can take a little planning to investigate, but gems abound for the adventurous!

Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill

Photo: Jonathan Bowen, CC BY 2.0.

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

Newton

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Newton is a city in Massachusetts and a western suburb of Boston. Newton is nicknamed "The Garden City" and is one of Boston's oldest suburbs, settled in 1630.

Hancock Woods

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.298° or 42° 17′ 53″ north

Longitude

-71.1621° or 71° 9′ 44″ west

Inception

1996

Open location code

87JC7RXQ+55

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29829981

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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