Lifestyle

Located just minutes from major highway interchanges, Hastings Village enables convenient travel to any of New England’s favorite destinations. Routes 128 and 95 is the major conduit north to the mountains of Vermont, the beaches in New Hampshire and the rocky coast of Maine, and south to Cape Cod, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Five minutes north on Route 95, and the highway intersects the Massachusetts Turnpike, the major conduit east to Boston and Logan Airport and west to Connecticut, the Berkshires, and Upstate New York.

For those preferring the convenience of public transportation, The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA, has public parking at convenient stations within minutes of Hastings Village: Riverside MBTA Station, Woodland MBTA Station, and Wellesley Hills MBTA Commuter Rail Station.

The list below offers just a sample of the rich diversity of activities that await just a day’s trip from Hastings Village. See a map of the Greater Boston Area.

No Effort Required

• "Music America", hosted by Ron Della Chiesa on WGBH radio
• "Only a Game," hosted by Bill Littlefield on WBUR radio
• "The Jazz Oasis" and "The Playground" on WERS radio

Steps beyond the Door

• fishing, skating and hiking at Longfellow Pond and Rosemary Brook in the neighboring Town Forest
• hiking along the Charles River Path which passes close by
• fishing, hiking, canoeing and kayaking along the Charles River from Norumbega Park, Newton — Charles River Canoe and Kayak Rentals

Nearby

• summer music festivals and open air concerts in Copely Square
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Boston Pops and performances at the Arthur Fiedler Hatch Shell on the Esplande beside the Charles River Basin
• harbor cruises
• Swan Boat rides in the Boston Public Gardens
• walk Boston's Historic Freedom Trail
• take a Duck Tour
• whale watches start pier-side on Boston Harbor
• world-famous Museum of Fine Art
• Harvard University, MIT, Lesley College, Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, Massachusetts College of Art
• Museum of Science
• JFK Library
• Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum
• Boston Children's Museum
• The Boston Aquarium
• Community Boating, Inc. for sailing and lessons by co-members
• Olmstead's grand park design, including Boston Common and Public Gardens, the Emerald Necklace with it's Esplanade, Fens, Arboretum and Franklin Park and Zoo
• shopping at Filene's Basement or exclusive shops on Newbury Street, the Atrium Mall, Chestnut Hill Mall, Wrentham Village Outlets
• Fenway Park and World Champion Boston Red Sox baseball
• BankNorth Garden, hosting the Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics as well as concerts and events
• easy access to elegant dining in the Boston's Back Bay, Beacon Hill and the North End
• art galleries housed on Newbury Street and in South Boston and Fort Point Channel
• ten minutes to Natick's "Miracle Mile" which offers upscale shopping malls, automobile dealers and a variety of retail centers
• Great Woods/Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA

Within Easy Access

• Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Ipswich, MA
• Crane's Beach in Ipswich, MA
• Singing Beach in Manchester, MA
• Hammond Castle
• Dunkin' Donuts Center (formerly Providence Civic Center and Auditorium), Providence, RI
• Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod
• beautiful beaches of Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vinyard and Nantucket
• skiing, hiking,camping, and mountain climbing in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
• easy reach of Western Massachusetts with Tanglewood and the Berkshire's Jacob's Pillow
• Foxwoods Casino

How to Get There

• minibus run by the Wellesley Council on Aging
• public transportation: MBTA commuter rail, trolleys or busses (Wellesley Hills, Woodland, Riverside)
• ferry service to Provincetown, Nantucket and Martha's Vinyard
• airports: Logan, Providence, Norwood
• driving: I95 north and south and I90 east and west

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