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National Historic Site: Boston: 1980 NPS acts in advisory role, and provides rangers. Boston Harbor Islands: National Recreation Area: Boston and other nearby communities 1996 Most properties are state or private; NPS acts in advisory and coordinating role. Boston: National Historical Park: Boston: 1974 Some properties owned and operated by NPS ...
The Boston National Historical Park is an association of sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution and other parts of history. It was designated a national park on October 1, 1974. Seven of the eight sites are connected by the Freedom Trail, a walking tour of downtown Boston. All eight properties are National Historic Landmarks.
The open spaces of Boston in 1892 and 1902 compared in an illustration from a biography of Charles Eliot. The improvement of areas of undeveloped land, detrimental development, and polluted land in and around Boston for a system of interconnected parks was first conceived and promoted by landscape architects Charles Eliot and Warren H. Manning, as well as Sylvester Baxter, a Boston newspaper ...
The Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area is managed by the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership, [27] a statutory body established as a federal operating committee by the park enabling legislation. The partnership consists of individual members who represent a range of federal, state, city, and nonprofit agencies, including:
American Beauty. The United States is home to 63 stunning national parks spread over 30 states. The oldest, Yellowstone National Park, was created by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Acushnet Cedar Swamp: June 1972 New Bedford. Bristol: state One of the state's largest, wildest and most impenetrable swamps, and an outstanding example of the diversity of conditions and species in the glaciated section of the oak-chestnut forest.
Blackstone Square encompasses 2.44 acres (0.99 ha) and Franklin Square spans 2.48 acres (1.00 ha). Both are maintained under Land and Water Conservation Fund of the National Park Service [1] The squares operate under Article 97 of the Massachusetts State Constitution, which states: ... The people shall have the right to clean air and water ...
National Natural Landmarks in Massachusetts (8 P) Pages in category "National Park Service areas in Massachusetts" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.