Stony Brook Valley Boston

by Jessica Mink, December 31, 2020

Stony Brook Valley is the watershed of Boston's Stony Brook, the longest tributary of the Charles River entirely within the city of Boston. It starts in Stony Brook Reservation, a state park run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in Hyde Park and West Roxbury, which contains 475 acres of scenic landscapes and a variety of recreational facilities. Here is a map of the park.

At the edge of the park, next to Enneking Parkway in Hyde Park, the stream goes into an underground conduit and doesn't surface again until it reaches the Back Bay Fens. The valley it created is still very visible, especially from high points such as the granite cliffs of Crane Ledge and Beechmont Path.

We're working together with the City of Boston and the DCR to build awareness of Stony Brook and the valley surrounding it and to preserve open space which gives a sense of the valley.