Waban/Alban Island

Waban/Alban Island is a nature reserve in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Waban/Alban Island is situated nearby to the village Newton Lower Falls, as well as near the neighborhood Poets‘ Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riverside station and Newton - Wellesley Hospital.

Riverside station

Railway station

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Riverside station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line light rail station located in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts.

Newton - Wellesley Hospital

Hospital

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Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a community teaching medical center located in Newton, Massachusetts on Washington Street. It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School.

Wellesley Farms station

Railway station

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Wellesley Farms station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located in the Wellesley Farms area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton and Needham.

Newton

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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.

Needham is a town in Massachusetts, near Boston with a population of 32,000. Home to Olin College, it features a number of upscale and ethnic restaurants have turned it into a rather unlikely culinary destination.

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.

Waban/Alban Island

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3256° or 42° 19′ 32″ north

Longitude

-71.2437° or 71° 14′ 37″ west

Open location code

87JC8QG4+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 496535346

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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