Burlington is a leafy suburb on a picturesque town square 12 miles northwest of downtown Boston.
It was a small community until after World War II when the completion of Route 128 increased the population tenfold.
Still standing in the town square today, the meeting house helped John Hancock and Samuel Adams escape British forces on the eve of the Battle of Lexington, which started the American Revolutionary War.
One of his things that draws people from across the metropolitan area is the upscale Burlington Mall, which is also home to the comedy Paul His Brat.
Mall Cop (2009) was filmed.
Burlington Ice Palace
This full-service Burlington ice skating facility is operated by the city in partnership with FMC Ice Sports.
Burlington Ice Palace opened in 1998 and offers a wide range of basic skating, figure skating and hockey programs.
The rink is home to several teams, organizations and camps including the Winchester Figure Skating Club, Burlington Hockey & Skating Association, South Middlesex Coyotes and Stinky Sox Hockey.
There are several public skating and pick-up hockey sessions each week, and facilities include a snack bar, skate rentals, skate grinding, free Wi-Fi, and party rooms.
AMC Burlington 10
Across the Middlesex Turnpike from Burlington Mall is the 10-screen multiplex, which opened in 1994.
All screens have been updated over the years and feature AMC signature recliners so you can sit back and watch movies in comfort.
AMC has also upgraded its concession stand to serve flatbread pizza and mac & cheese snacks. As always, there’s a discount on the matinee show (30% at the time of this writing) and a Tuesday special with tickets for just $5.
Kings Dining & Entertainment Burlington
The Kings Dining & Entertainment chain has multiple locations, primarily in Massachusetts, but also has branches in Florida and Illinois.
Bowling alleys, arcades, billiards, karaoke, etc. are basically family-oriented, but they are leisure facilities for adults.
The menu includes snacks to share, pizza, wings, tacos, sandwiches, salads, burgers, and fries, while the drink menu features a wide range of cocktails as well as craft beers from local breweries. .
On weekdays, bowling, arcades, and billiards are all-you-can-eat for under $20 at the time of writing.
Lexington
Burlington is a stone’s throw from historic Lexington, where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired on April 19, 1775.
As part of Minute Man National Park, the site of the Battle of Lexington is preserved in the town square, where you can still see bullet holes in the doors made from British musket bullets at Buckman Tavern can do.
Visit colonial houses scattered throughout the city. Many of them have compelling stories.
One of his was the Hancock Clark House, where Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Dorothy Quincy stayed the night before the battle before Paul Revere arrived on Midnight Ride to defend himself against the oncoming enemy in present-day Burlington. safely transported to British to warn regulars.
His 10-mile (10-mile) rail route from Bedford to Cambridge’s Alewife station, the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway allows you to follow the Libyan route.
Burlington Public Library
Burlington residents are proud of their excellent public library located off the Town Common next to the police station.
Dating back to the 1850s, this was a modest establishment that was moved from building to building, but Burlington’s rapid growth in the 1950s and his ’60s necessitated a new purpose building.
The library he opened in 1968 and was renovated and expanded in the mid-1990s. Over the past two decades, the library has added computers, Wi-Fi, and a wealth of downloadable books, music, and videos to complement its physical collection.
It is also a community center with a few programs, from art appreciation to fairy tales and handicrafts.
Mill Pond Conservation Area
Less than a mile east of Town Common is Mill Pond Reservoir, in the center of a 140-acre protected area managed by the Burlington Conservation Commission.
Mill Pond is the largest single area managed by the organization, with a loop of approximately 2 miles past wetlands and spring ponds, through evergreen forest and around water.
The banks of the reservoirs provide excellent opportunities for spotting waterfowl during the summer and autumn migrations. Bumpheads, ring-necked ducks and blue-winged karakkjacks have already been sighted here.
The Burlington Players
This multi-award winning community theater company presents at the Park Playhouse in Burlington’s Overlook Park.
The Burlington Players are an all-volunteer group that provides a training system for new members looking to improve their performance and production skills.
In a typical season he has four productions, with recent highlights including The Bridges of Madison County, Women in Danger, Sweeney Her Todd, What Her Mother Taught Me, Farnsworth and the invention of
The Eastern Massachusetts Community Theaters Association (EMCT) has repeatedly recognized the group for its acting, directing, props, costume design and lighting. Burlington Players also runs a Children’s Theater Workshop program for students in grades 1 through her 7th.
Meeting House of the Second Parish in Woburn (United Church of Christ, Congregational)
One of the oldest surviving religious buildings in Massachusetts is located in Burlington in the southwest corner of Simmons Park. When this church was built in his 1732, the area that would later become Burlington was still part of Woburn.
The Minutemen are known to have gathered here in his 1775, and the parishioner priesthood to strategically withdraw Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Dorothy Quincy from Lexington on the night of April 19, 1775. person supported.
After renovations in 1846 and his 1888, the building is an interesting mix of Colonial, Greek and Colonial Revival styles.
Burlington Sculpture Park
Across Town Common on the east side is a newly launched art project as part of a long-term plan to reshape Burlington’s identity and extend its reputation beyond the mall.
The Sculpture Park Commission worked with the New England Sculptor Association to decorate this space with fascinating artwork.
When I compiled this list, there were 11 sculptures featuring artists from the Massachusetts and New England areas.
A standout piece was Joseph Ferguson’s Seraph, which featured blue glass panes designed to transform the ground after fresh snow on a sunny day.
The long-term plan is to have each piece installed for his two years, and there is ample green space around the Burlington Center for more sculptures.
Burlington Landlocked Forest
A great and often overlooked asset for Burlington is 250 acres of hardwood, hemlock and pine forest accessible from the parking lot on Turning Mill Road in Lexington.
The property takes its name from its location, which forms a long green corridor between Routes 62, 3, and 128 in Burlington and nature reserves to the west and south of Bedford and Lexington.
With 13 miles of trails maintained by volunteer organizations, the forest offers a secluded winter retreat for hiking, running, mountain biking, dog walking, and low-impact snow activities.
Keep an eye out for herds of deer, foxes and coyotes, as well as an abundance of bird life, from songbirds to wild turkeys, owls and various woodpeckers.
Burlington Historical Museum
In the southeast corner of Simmons Park is the historic Center School (1855). This is his one-room schoolhouse with Italian elements in the Greek Revival style.
Since the turn of the 20th century, the building has served as a library and, in 1970, became a temporary police headquarters.
Since then, it has become a museum for the Burlington Historical Society, displaying collections of Native American artefacts, 19th-century farm tools, and period costumes.
The Society was founded by him in 1964 to maintain the West School, his one-room schoolhouse built in 1794 and still standing at the corner of Francis Wyman Road and Bedford Street.
Burlington Mall
For many people in the Boston area, the name “Burlington” is immediately associated with this large gated shopping mall that opened in 1968.
And with changing consumer habits, the Burlington Mall is doing extremely well, with nearly 170 stores and services fully booked.
The retailer’s selection is at the high end of the market, with outlets from Apple, L’Occitane, Michael Kors, Nordstrom, Pottery Barn and Urban Outfitters.
Irish fast-fashion brand Primark and British cosmetics company The Body Shop are also rare. Dining options include his court of excellent food, with branches at Shake Shack, The Cheesecake Factory, Local Star, and Regina Pizzeria.
Mary Cummings Park
In the south of Burlington and spreading into Woburn is a large former farm and estate that was bequeathed the City of Boston by the philanthropist Mary P.C. Cummings (1839-1927).
The park opened in 1930 and is managed by the Trustees of Reservations, and is an idyllic place for low-impact recreation, with a mix of forest, wetlands, vernal pools and open fields.
You can hike the trails and cross a long section of boardwalk over the wetlands. In spring and summer the fields are flecked with wildflowers, and there’s an inspiring display of black-eyed susans in summer.
Town Common-Simonds Park
The quintessentially New England-style Burlington center is dominated by lawns lined with historic homes and public buildings such as City Hall, Police and Fire Stations.
The meeting place of Burlington before it was incorporated as a city, Town Common has a special connection to the early days of the American Revolutionary War. This is explained below.
All this in a beautiful setting for weekly outdoor concerts on the Bandstand on Tuesdays in June, July and August.
Simmons Park, just west of Town Common, is great for active recreation, with extensive facilities for baseball, softball, tennis, basketball, ice skating, street hockey, and a summer children’s pool.
