. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... ds withthe use of bathing suits at moderate prices. It is not uncom-mon for 100,000 persons to visit the beach on Sunday or aholiday. Revere Beach may be reached over a continuousline of parkways from Broadway, Somerville. Nantasket Beach is much like Revere, but owing to itsgreater distance from Boston the crowds are somewhat of the Nantasket line leave Rowes Wharf at frequentintervals, and the fare is fifty cents. It is also a pleasantautomobile ride through Dorchester, Quincy, Weymouth,and H
. Rand, McNally Boston guide to the city and environs, with maps and illustrations ... ds withthe use of bathing suits at moderate prices. It is not uncom-mon for 100,000 persons to visit the beach on Sunday or aholiday. Revere Beach may be reached over a continuousline of parkways from Broadway, Somerville. Nantasket Beach is much like Revere, but owing to itsgreater distance from Boston the crowds are somewhat of the Nantasket line leave Rowes Wharf at frequentintervals, and the fare is fifty cents. It is also a pleasantautomobile ride through Dorchester, Quincy, Weymouth,and Hingham. At Nantasket the amusement features arelargely confined to Paragon Park. As at Revere, a statebath house assures bathing facihties at reasonable prices. Other sectionsof the MetropolitanPark System are: Stony BrookReservation of 463acres in the WestRoxbury and H3^dcPark sections ofBoston. It hasdensely woodedhills and fine drivesaround MuddyPond. It is con-nected with Arnold r u o -j » , , 1 ,Tr . Echo Bridge—Newton Upper Falls Arboretum by West Hemlock Gorge Reservation. 52 RAND McNALLY BOSTON GUIDE Roxbury Parkway, and may be reached by Dedham cars fromForest Hills. Beaver Brook Reservation contains fifty-eight acres inBelmont and Waltham. Here are to be found the famousWaverly oaks. Waverly car from Harvard Sq. Harts Hill, thirty-three acres in Wakefield. Boston &Maine Railroad, or trolley from Sullivan Sq. Mystic Valley Boulevard furnishes a delightful drive alongthe Mystic River and through Medford and Winchester. Neponset River Reservation, through Dorchester, Milton,Hyde Park, Dedham, Westwood, and Canton. Kings Beach and Lynn Shore, along the shore of Lynnand Swampscott. Winthrop Shore, with a broad boulevard from which anexcellent view of the harbor may be secured. Quincy Shore, a reservation of thirty-eight acres alongQuincy Bay. Furnace Brook Parkway, a drive of a little more than fourmiles which connects Quincy Shore with the Blue Hills Reserva-tion. LIBR
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