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  • Franklin Park, a partially wooded 527-acre (2.13 km2) parkland in the Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts...
  • With its acres of woods and scenic views, Franklin Park has long been considered Boston’s “country park.”
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  • As the largest park in Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” of interconnected parks, Franklin Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, a renowned landscape...
  • Urban Boston Conservation Projects. Boston Area City Nature Challenge. Franklin Park Biodiversity Project. Turtles at the Arnold Arboretum. Dark Sky Initiative.
  • One of the largest parks in Boston, Franklin Park is part of the Emerald Necklace, and it spans three different Boston neighborhoods.
  • Franklin Park has a rich history dating back to 1870 when it opened as the first park in Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” park system.
  • Franklin Park was the last park added to the Emerald Necklace chain of parks and is named in honor of Boston-born Benjamin Franklin.
  • While Boston evolves, so does Franklin Park, with a public golf course being added in 1896, to Olmsted’s dismay, and a zoo in 1912.