Alewife Brook Reservation

December 22, 2019 Sunny

This is a small state park that consists mainly of wetlands and encompasses a portion of the Alewife Brook as it flows north toward the Mystic River. It’s basically right next to the Alewife T station but we started the small walk from the western lot that’s accessible from Route 2 by the office parks.

Although the park is very urban, you are immediately immersed in the wetlands, and the colors are very pretty even in mid-winter.

The park also has a bunch of cute little wooden signs and some inscribed boulders.

After reaching the Alewife station you can continue along the ‘U’ shaped path heading westward. This section is more interesting, with a jogging path and a boardwalk system that explores the wetland area.

After about a half mile, we reached the end of the boardwalk loop and paused to watch some ducks before retracing our steps.

You can see the extent of the park and the interesting color contrasts in the pictures below. But also just how urban this park is, lined with office parks and condos.

A surprisingly wild corner in a busy section of Cambridge that is worth a quick stroll.

• It’s great for an urban park, with wetlands, boardwalks, and inscribed boulders. Also connects with a bike path.
• This is an urban oasis. Looks like a lot of workers nearby enjoy it tremendously.
• It was pretty fun until Miles started throwing ice at the ducks and they thought it was food. That was when it became EPIC.
• Sliding on the ice on the street was fun, and there were ducks to see in the pond.
• Me like duck. Me like ice also to slide on.

For more information: Alewife Brook Reservation official site