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Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Brighton, Massachusetts, USA

Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Length4.7 mi
Elev. Gain52.5 ft
Est. Steps11000

Scenic views

Created by jIN
Introduction
Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a 4.7 mile (11,000-step) route located near Brighton, Massachusetts, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 52.5 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Returned home last Wednesday. Boston area is colder than usual for this time of the year. Finally started my walk activity today. Reservoir is short drive from my home. The beautiful blvd you see in one of the pics is Waterworks Museum. Have taken family and friends to see it. If you have the opportunity to be around this area stop by the museum. It’s right across from the reservoir.

Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Water
Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a reservoir created in 1870 on existing marshes and meadowland to supplement the city of Boston's water needs, located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill. A 1.56 mile jogging loop abuts the reservoir. Chestnut Hill Reservoir was taken offline in 1978 as it was no longer needed for regular water supply distribution, but is maintained in emergency backup status.

Chestnut Hill Reservation

Park
Chestnut Hill Reservation is a public recreation area and historic preserve surrounding the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The reserve is part of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a City of Boston Landmark.

2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse

Place
On January 25, 1971, a luxury condominium building under construction at 2000 Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, collapsed, killing 4 construction workers and injuring 30 others.

Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field

Place
Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field was a baseball stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was the home field of the Boston College Eagles baseball team from 1961 to 2017. The stadium held 1,000 people and was named after Commander John Joseph Shea, USN, a former football player (1916–1917) at Boston College, who died on September 15, 1942, when the aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed and sunk during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II.

Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District

Place
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District is a historic district encompassing the Chestnut Hill Reservoir and the surrounding water works facilities which were historically used to provide fresh water to Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding towns. The district is nearly coextensive with the Chestnut Hill Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR); those elements of the water works that are still required as an emergency backup are managed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA).

South Street station (MBTA)

Building
South Street is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue east of South Street in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. South Street is the lowest-ridership stop on the "B" Branch, with just 214 daily boardings by a 2011 survey.

Chestnut Hill Reservoir Dam

Water

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Tourist Attraction

Cassidy Playground

Park

Chestnut Hill Resevoir

Water
Comments
Sierra
2024/04/06
Chaiane
2024/06/04
YOUJIN
2024/09/06
John McDaid
2024/09/11
Route Details

Length

4.7 mi

Elev. Gain

52.5 ft

Est. Steps

11000
Created by
jIN
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