Breakheart Reservation

Breakheart Reservation Parkways-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
A view of the reservation's swimming area and loop roadway
Location: Saugus and Wakefield, Massachusetts
Built: 1934
Architect: Eliot, Charles; et al.
Architectural style: No Style Listed
Governing body: State
MPS: Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston MPS
NRHP Reference#:

03000748

[1]
Added to NRHP: August 11, 2003

Breakheart Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Saugus and Wakefield. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

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Description

Breakheart Reservation is a 640-acre (2.6 km2) hardwood forest principally used for birding, fishing and hiking.

Features of the park include two fresh-water lakes (Silver Lake and Pearce Lake), a rambling section of the Saugus River, and scenic views of Boston, central Massachusetts, and southern New Hampshire from one of seven rocky hills.

Recreational opportunities

Breakheart Parkways

On August 11, 2003, the Breakheart Reservation Parkways (officially registered as Breakheart Reservation Parkways-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston) were added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Parkways consist of Forest Street, Pine Tops Road, Elm Road, and Hemlock Road. The parkways are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which also controls Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose and Saugus. In December 2002, the Massachusetts Historical Commission voted to nominate both the Lynn Fells Parkway and the Breakheart Reservation Parkways to the Keeper of the National Register, but only the Breakheart Reservation Parkways were added to the Register that year.[2] (The Lynn Fells Parkway was separately added to the national register in 2003.) The system was designed by Charles Eliot.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://town.saugus.ma.us/HC/News/

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