Alewife Brook Parkway

Alewife Brook Parkway is a nature reserve in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Alewife Brook Parkway is situated nearby to the suburb North Cambridge, as well as near the neighborhood East Arlington.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Harvard College Observatory

Observatory

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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Somerville.

Arlington

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Arlington is a town of 46,000 people in Massachusetts. It is a largely residential town; many of its residents are employed in Cambridge, Boston and surrounding towns.

Somerville

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Older Bostonians might still derisively call it "Slummerville", but today that tired old moniker couldn't be further from the truth. Packed with upwardly mobile professionals and longtime residents, Somerville is often voted an "All-America City" and the best-run city in Massachusetts.

Medford

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Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus on both sides of the Medford and Somerville border.

Alewife Brook Parkway

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3952° or 42° 23′ 43″ north

Longitude

-71.141° or 71° 8′ 28″ west

Open location code

87JC9VW5+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44349175

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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