Drake Playground

Drake Playground: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Drake Playground

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Drake Playground — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.38263, -71.24240. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Drake Playground

• Christ Church Waltham · church · Middlesex · ~1 km · Must-see
• First Parish in Waltham · church · Middlesex · ~1 km · Must-see
• New Light Korean Church · church · Middlesex · ~1 km · Must-see
• Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · museum · Middlesex · ~2 km · Must-see
• Hardy Pond · lake · Middlesex · ~4 km · Must-see
• Norumbega Tower · attraction · Middlesex · ~5 km · Must-see
• Beaver Brook Reservation · sanctuary · Middlesex · ~5 km · Must-see
• First Unitarian Society in Newton · church · Middlesex · ~5 km · Must-see
• Coletti-Magni Park · park · Middlesex · ~5 km · Must-see
• Armenian Museum of America · museum · Middlesex · ~6 km · Must-see
• Edmund Fowle House · museum · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Case Estates · sanctuary · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Boston Massachusetts Temple · church · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Weston Reservoir · lake · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Bullough's Pond · lake · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Golden Ball Tavern Museum · museum · Middlesex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Follen Community Church · church · Middlesex · ~8 km · Must-see
• The Chapel of St. Anne · church · Middlesex · ~8 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Drake Playground

Other parks near Drake Playground

• Coletti-Magni Park · park · Middlesex · ~5 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Hill Reservation · park · Suffolk · ~11 km · Must-see
• Danehy Park · park · Middlesex · ~11 km · Must-see
• Charles River Reservation · park · Suffolk · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cambridge Common · park · Middlesex · ~12 km · Must-see
• Flagstaff Park · park · Middlesex · ~13 km · Must-see
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site · park · Norfolk · ~14 km · Must-see
• Linden Park · park · Norfolk · ~14 km · Must-see
• Larz Anderson Park · park · Norfolk · ~15 km · Must-see
• Sennott Park · park · Middlesex · ~15 km · Must-see

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