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Alewife
Cambridge
Red
Red Line terminus that feels more like a park-and-ride than a neighborhood — but step past the garage and you're in the Alewife Brook Reservation, where great blue herons stalk the wetlands a half-mile from the train.
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What to do
- •Walk the 2.25-mi Fresh Pond loop
- •Bike the Minuteman start (16 mi to Bedford)
- •Catch a 76 bus to Hanscom Field
- •Birding the boardwalks at sunrise
Walking trails
Flat reservoir loop, dog-friendly, with a tiny apple orchard.
Wetland boardwalks rich with herons and red-winged blackbirds.
Paved rail-trail running all the way to Bedford via Lexington.
Events
- •Fresh Pond Day (June)
- •Earth Day cleanup at the Reservation
Fun facts
- ✦Named for the alewife herring that still spawn in the brook each spring.
- ✦Deepest underground T station in the system at 102 ft.
- ✦The Alewife garage is built directly atop the brook — listen for water under the floor.
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