Olmsted Park

A lovely park with a walking trail and a pond. There were a lot of geese and ducks. A beautifully tranquil nature spot right in the heart of the city. You can find nearby granite stairs tucked away throughout the park. The trails are only for hiking, and dogs are welcome. Mountain biking is prohibited. It is about a 20-minute walk to Jamaica Pond, so you can see both sights in one day. I would not recommend walking at night because there are no lights.

Running and dog walking through Olmsted Park is a dream. It connects to the others parks that make up the emerald necklace and includes paved and unpaved trails. The best time to visit in the fall when the leaves start changing. Hardly a need to leave the city to enjoy the foliage when Olmsted is your backyard!

This is beautiful, relaxing and friendly. Such a lovely place to walk and breathe fresh air under the cool shade of the trees.

This is our favorite part of JP. The trails are beautiful, easy for anyone to do, but diverse enough to keep things interesting even after we've come here nearly every day for the last 5 months. Lots of dogs come here and the majority are friendly, but please be aware that some are not, so your recall with your dog(s) needs to be extremely well to be safe--otherwise, just leash them. It is our favorite spot any time of the year!

Wonderful nature hike around Wards Pond. You forget that you are in the city. There are near granite stairs tucked around the park that you can discover. Trails are for hiking only and dogs are welcome. Mountain biking is prohibited.

Lovely park featuring some nice nature walks, big fields to play on and calm bodies of water to look at. It’s relatively clean but there’s definitely some trash laying around here and there.

Lovely park. There are swans on the lake, and plenty of geese. Great place to take your kids or dog. Watch out for muddy pathways after rainy weather though!