Hemlock Gorge reservation
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Hemlock Gorge reservation
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 View through the Echo Bridge |
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| location | Needham and Newton , Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 60 km² | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 19 ' N , 71 ° 14' W | |
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| Setup date | 1895 | |
| Framework plan | Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | |
| administration | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | |
The area Hemlock Gorge Reservation is a 23 mi² (59.6 km² ) great State Park in Needham and Newton in the State of Massachusetts of the United States . The park is administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston .
description
The reserve was designed by landscape architect Charles Eliot in the 1890s and was one of the first in the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston . It protects the banks of the Charles River on its way through Needham and Newton Upper Falls . The park is named after a canyon that was previously traversed by a tributary of the Charles River and whose rocky outcrops were densely overgrown with hemlocks . However, this branch was cut off from the river in the 20th century when the route of the I-95 was built. The water that flows through the gorge now feeds a retention basin and is used to regulate the water level when the Charles River has little water.
The park's main features are the steep canyon, river, and the Echo Bridge that supports part of the Sudbury Aqueduct , which is part of the reserve water supply system in the Boston area. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1982. On a platform below the central arch of the bridge, the echo effect can be felt, from which the bridge got its name.
At the north end of the park, just before the river flows under Massachusetts Route 9 , it is dammed by a horseshoe-shaped dam that was built in the early 20th century on a site where there was a mill in the 18th century .
The park is open all year round from sunrise to sunset and offers picnic and hiking opportunities as well as numerous photo opportunities .
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Eliot and Hemlock Gorge . Friends of Hemlock Gorge. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
