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Franklin Park

Parks Directory of the United States / Urban Parks / Boston
Address:1 Franklin Park Dr
Boston, MA 02121

Phone:617-635-4505
Fax:617-287-8313
Size: 527 acres.
Location:Surrounded by Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Roslindale, and Dorchester.
Facilities:Paths, zoo, playgrounds including "tot lot", sports fields, sports courts, ball fields, 18-hole golf course.
Activities:Bicycling, golf, tennis, baseball, softball, football, rugby, lacrosse, soccer.
Special Features:Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the park is the "pendant" of Boston's Emerald Necklace chain of public spaces and the largest greenspace in the city. The park is also home to the 72-acre Franklin Park Zoo, established in 1911.

See other parks in Massachusetts.
Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
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