Shaw Common

Shaw Common is a recreation area in Town of Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Shaw Common is situated nearby to the sports venue The Maugus Club, as well as near First Church of Christ.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wellesley Hills station and Elm Park and Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower.

Wellesley Hills station

Railway station

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Wellesley Hills station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located off Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Wellesley Hills station is situated 1,200 feet north of Shaw Common.

Elm Park and Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower

Park

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Elm Park, also known as Clocktower Park, is a historic park near the junction of Massachusetts Route 16 and Massachusetts Route 9 in the Wellesley Hills section of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Elm Park and Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower is situated 2,000 feet north of Shaw Common.

Wellesley Hills Branch Library

Library

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The Wellesley Hills Branch Library is a historic library building at 210 Washington Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The stone building was designed in 1927 by Hampton F. Wellesley Hills Branch Library is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Shaw Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellesley and Newton Lower Falls.

Wellesley

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Wellesley is a city in Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to Wellesley College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. Wellesley includes the villages of Babson Park and Wellesley Hills.

Newton Lower Falls

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Newton Lower Falls is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The commercial area extends across the Charles River into Wellesley, where it is known as Wellesley Lower Falls, where a majority of the retail businesses are located. Newton Lower Falls is situated 1½ miles northeast of Shaw Common.

Newton Upper Falls

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Newton Upper Falls is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Massachusetts, United States. The village is listed as the Newton Upper Falls Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. Newton Upper Falls is situated 2½ miles east of Shaw Common.

Shaw Common

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.30717° or 42° 18′ 26″ north

Longitude

-71.27628° or 71° 16′ 35″ west

Open location code

87JC8P4F+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29829984

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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