Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

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Chestnut Hill
Boston College and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Boston College and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Location in Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill
Basic data
State : United States
State : Massachusetts
Counties : Norfolk County
Suffolk County
Middlesex County
Coordinates : 42 ° 20 ′  N , 71 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 ′  N , 71 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Height : 60 m
Postal code : 02467
FIPS : 25-13625
GNIS ID : 612301

Chestnut Hill is an affluent suburb ( village ) six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . Like all suburbs in Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill was not incorporated. It consists of parts of three separate parishes , all of which are in different counties : Brookline in Norfolk County , Boston in Suffolk County, and Newton in Middlesex County . The boundaries of Chestnut Hill are roughly defined by the Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 zip code region . The name is less a topographical feature than a collection of smaller hills that tower above the 546,000 square meter Chestnut Hill Reservoir . Chestnut Hill is best known as the site of Boston College and as part of the Boston Marathon route . The well-known architect Frederick Law Olmsted was also creative in the area.

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