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Boston, Massachusetts
Neponset River Reservation
A river running down to the harbour through marsh and wetland, with a riverwalk beside it, playgrounds along it, and the city standing up behind the whole thing.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
Read this bit out
The Neponset is not a river that got dropped into a city — the city grew around it. It still does what it always did: fills with the tide, empties again, floods its marshes twice a day. Herons still fish in it. And all of that happens with Boston standing right there in the background, which is the strange and good thing about this place.
One of your three free places, or the Explorer Pass. What that costs
Before you go
- Time there
- Plan on about an hour and a half at the park.
- Parking
- Free, with free parking on site. Dawn to dusk.
- Underfoot
- Flat riverside path most of the way, with playgrounds and spray decks along it. The Quincy Riverwalk runs two miles with views out over the estuary and back at the city.
- Stroller
- A stroller is fine here.
22 challenges written for this place
A game deals seven to fifteen of them, so no two visits are alike.
Every game includes this one
Get To The River
Find the Neponset and stand where you can watch it going past.
A few of the others
On The Riverwalk
Find the path that runs along the water and walk a stretch of it.
The City Behind Us
One photo of everybody with the Boston skyline somewhere behind you.
Down At The Water
One photo taken from as close to the water as a grown-up says is safe.
Their Turn
Hand the phone to the youngest. They take one picture of whatever they want.
A City And A Marsh
You can see wild marsh and a whole city at the same time from here. Find the spot where both fit in one look.
Twice Every Day
The sea comes up this river and goes back down twice a day. Work out how many times that is in a week.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Neponset River Reservation
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.