We recently took a late afternoon hike at Centennial Park, 87-acres of Natural Resources Commission conservation land in the Wellesley Country Club/MassBay Community College end of town. The Oakland St. parking lot offers space for about a dozen cars at this spot popular with dogs and their human friends. NRC policy states pets “must be at all times under the immediate control of the owner or on a leash.” In Centennial Park, the dogs roam free, and “immediate control” seems up to interpretation.
AREA: Centennial Park, 135 Oakland St., Wellesley
RECENT HISTORY: Purchased from the Sisters of Charity of Mt. Saint Vincent by the Town in 1980 for Wellesley’s 1981 Centennial Celebration. Funding was provided by the Wellesley Conservation Council (now known as the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust) and the Friends of Centennial Park. The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission provides stewardship of the area.
HIGHLIGHT: View from the top of Maugus Hill, one of the highest points in Wellesley.
Here are a few pics:
Beautiful place, and while I’m not a dog owner, I say let them run free! There’s practically no other place in town to do so!