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West Cambridge Walking Map

West Cambridge Walking Map

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The pathways of Cambridge spread far beyond its famous education centers. Some areas, such as the Charles River, are well known to present and former students. Still, the secrets of the leafy residential areas west of Harvard Square are likely to remain unseen until teased out by a journey on foot with an advisory text in hand.

As a whole West Cambridge presents many contrasts of natural beauty and architectural landmarks. The quality of the built environment is exceptionally high. Landscaping is mature and well-maintained. Views vary from close-up to several miles. The Brattle Street and Coolidge Hill neighborhoods and Mount Auburn Cemetery are enclaves, quiet and distinct, yet very close to Harvard Square. This tour through one of Boston’s most exquisite neighborhoods will reveal its marvels–known and unknown.


Click for “WalkBoston’s West Cambridge Walking Map” on Google Maps

Cambridge Urban Core Walking Maps

Cambridge Urban Core Walking Maps

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One of the many benefits of walking is that you see and experience things you’d miss using other modes of travel. And the best way to enjoy them is with a WalkBoston map.

Our five maps for Cambridge Urban Core feature places that are wonderful to walk, easy to navigate, and convenient to get around in Cambridge. Each one is created by those know the territory best – people who live there or are an expert in a walk’s particular theme or topic. Each has a self-guided walk with a detailed route, distances and descriptions of sights and scenes.


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The Neponset River and Ashmont Hill Walking Map

The Neponset River and Ashmont Hill Walking Map

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A quiet river flows through a widening estuary to Boston Harbor, past riverfront communities and a public beach. This river–the Neponset–is a little-known sister of the larger Charles River. The two rivers could not be more different. Where the Charles is the focus of downtown and the universities, the Neponset flows past old chocolate mills and historic residential areas through one of the last remaining salt marshes and wildlife sanctuaries at the edge of Boston Harbor.

Along the river the Lower Neponset River Trail, a new 2.5-mile pathway built by the Metropolitan District Commission, follows the route of the former Dorchester & Milton Branch Railroad. This trail is reachable by quaint and colorful 1950s-era trolleys that take passengers from Ashmont Station to the beginning of the path as Central Avenue in Milton. From here, the paved footway follows the river past warehouses, mill flats, and a gradually expanding tidal estuary with tall saltwater-washed grasses.

Click for The Neponset River and Ashmont Hill Walking Map


Click for The Neponset River and Ashmont Hill Walking Map on Google Maps

Boston: Boston Common and Public Garden Map

Boston: Boston Common and Public Garden Map

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Boston Common [1634] is America’s first public park — 50 acres purchased at the edge of the colonial town for the common use as a place to train soldiers and graze cattle. For 200 years residents walked through the Common’s treeless meadows on informal paths. Colonial and British soldiers camped and marched here. The grazing cows were evicted from the Common in 1830, when the city’s growth surrounded the park. Starting with George Washington, all US presidents have walked its paths.

Click for “Boston Common and the Public Garden” Map PDF


Click for “WalkBoston’s Boston Common and Public Garden Map” on Google Maps