Stony Brook reservation
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Stony Brook reservation
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 Small pool in the Stony Brook Reservation |
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| location | Boston and Dedham , Massachusetts , United States | |
| surface | 192 ha | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 15 ' N , 71 ° 8' W | |
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| Sea level | from 4.5 m to 103 m | |
| Setup date | 1894 | |
| Framework plan | Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | |
| administration | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation | |
The Stony Brook Reservation area is 192 hectares of parkland and woodland in southwest Boston and northeast of Dedham in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . The area extends from West Roxbury to Hyde Park , the city of Dedham has a total of 57,500 m². The area belongs to the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and was designated as such by the Metropolitan Park Commission in 1894 as one of the original five protected areas.
The height above sea level in the park varies from 4.5 m on Mother Brook to 103 m on Bellevue Hill , the highest natural elevation in Boston. Recreational activities available in the park include fishing in Turtle Pond , athletics , tennis , ice skating, and swimming . The park is crossed by the Stony Brook Reservation Parkways , a system of roads that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 and offers several hiking trails and mountain bike trails .
The Stony Brook has its source in the reserve .
history
The concept of using previously undeveloped land in the greater Boston area through a system of interconnected parks was developed by the landscape architect Charles Eliot , who had already worked with Frederick Law Olmsted and took over the management of his company in 1893. Eliot was primarily responsible for establishing the Trustees of Reservations and the Metropolitan Parks Public Commission in the 1890s, and endeavored to expand the network of parks to the Boston area.
The first five areas acquired by the Metropolitan Park Commission for this system in 1893 were Beaver Brook Reservation , Blue Hills Reservation , Hemlock Gorge Reservation , Middlesex Fells Reservation, and Stony Brook Reservation .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stony Brook Reservation. Department of Conservation and Recreation, archived from the original on November 15, 2004 ; accessed on May 16, 2012 (English).
- ^ Resource Management Plan: DCR's Stony Brook Reservation. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2008, archived from the original on October 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 16, 2012 (English).
- ^ Charles William Eliot: Charles Eliot, landscape architect, a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practiced it happily and through it wrought much good . Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, New York 1902, OCLC 5226847 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Massachusetts Metropolitan Park Commission (ed.): Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners . Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston 1917, OCLC 7394561 , p. 9 ( books.google.de ).
Web links
- Website of the protected area ( Memento of February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )