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Hyde Park
Boston
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Boston's southernmost neighborhood. Leafy, suburban, with the wild Stony Brook Reservation as its backyard.
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What to do
- •Hike Bold Knob in Stony Brook
- •Cleary Square diner brunch
- •Mountain bike Turtle Pond
- •Walk the Neponset River Greenway south
Walking trails
Up to a granite ledge for a Boston skyline view.
Mountain-bike-friendly singletrack around a glacial pond.
From Hyde Park down toward Milton, mostly off-road.
Events
- •Hyde Park Day (Sept)
- •Cleary Square farmers market (Sat)
Fun facts
- ✦Was its own town until annexed by Boston in 1912 — the last neighborhood to join.
- ✦Stony Brook Reservation is 475 acres — the largest park inside Boston city limits.
- ✦The 1906 Bolling Building in Cleary Square is named for Bruce Bolling, the city council's first Black president.
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