Mary Cummings Park
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Mary Cummings Park is a 210 acre public park in Woburn and Burlington, Massachusetts, which became a part of the city of Boston's park system in 1930 from the estate of Mary Cummings. Mary Cummings left the land to the City under the condition that it be "kept forever open as a public pleasure ground". Since then it has been used for day camps and public gardens and there are several miles of trails which are open for recreational use. A radio controlled model airplane club also operates their aircraft on one of the fields.
Mary Cummings Park is approximately the 12th largest park in Metropolitan Boston and inside the rt 95/rt128 area. Approximately 26 acres were seized by emminent domain by the Federal Government during the Cold War for use as a nike missile site, which was subsequently bought by Northeastern University for their Burlington Campus.
[edit] External links
- Friends of Mary Cummings Park
- WREN (Woburn Residents Environmental Network)
- Burlington RC Flyers, a radio controlled model aircraft flying club
- Map View
