SUMMERGUIDE the cemetery. Many famous people are buried here, including abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, suffragist Lucy Stone, poet E. E. Cummings, and playwright Eugene O’Neill. For a nice loop walk, use the map from the visitors guide to find your way to the center of the cemetery, where you’ll find lovely Lake Hibiscus. Circle the lake, and then wander along lanes and avenues on your way back to the main entrance. If you need a theme for your walk, have kids look for all the memorials and monuments that feature animals, a popular motif during Victorian times. The most famous one is the 1854 Barnard Monument, which features a life-size sculpture of a dog.
Remember: Forest Hills is still an active burial ground, so remind kids to be respectful of people who may be there to mourn loved ones. Keep your dog on a leash and clean up after it. Plan B: The Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary (Trip 14 in Outdoors with Kids Boston) is a short walk south and has exhibits inside as well as trails to explore. This excerpt is Trip 11 in Outdoors with Kids Boston by Boston mom and freelance writer Kim Foley MacKinnon. Outdoors with Kids Boston is published by AMC Books and can be purchased at amcstore. outdoors.org.
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Water/Snacks: None Map: USGS Boston South; foresthillscemetery.com/wp-content/ uploads/2011/06/ Forest_Hills_Map_2011_03.pdf Where to Eat Nearby: Jamaica Plain and nearby Roslindale Village have restaurants galore, ranging from gourmet to casual. Directions by Car: From Boston, take Storrow Drive to the Fenway/Park Drive exit. Follow signs to Riverway/Boylston Street and drive down Boylston Street through three lights, where Boylston Street flows into Brookline Avenue. Take Brookline Avenue to the Riverway and make a left. The Riverway becomes the Jamaicaway, then the Arborway. Stay on the Arborway/MA 203 East. Take a right at Forest Hills Avenue (the cemetery driveway), and look for parking along this roadway. GPS coordinates: 42° 17.891 N, 71° 6.466 W. Directions by Public Transit: Take the Orange Line to Forest Hills and exit through the Hyde Park Avenue door. Cross the avenue and take a left on Tower Street. Walk to the end and enter Forest Hills’ pedestrian gate. (To get to the main gate, follow the path to the left.)
Beyond the Playground 10 Trips for Toddlers Editor’s Note: Forest Hill Cemetery is stroller-friendly and a beautiful spot to take a baby throughout his or her childhood. As your baby grows into a toddler, Outdoors with Kids Boston suggestions the following destinations. • Castle Island, South Boston • Arnold Arboretum, Boston • Allandale Woods, West Roxbury • Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Pond • Millennium Park, West Roxbury • Boston Nature Center, Mattapan • Habitat Education Center, Belmont • Drumlin Farm, Littleton
• Great Brook Farm, Carlisle • Francis William Bird Park, Walpole
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