Visit & Enjoy
A 5-acre sanctuary adjacent to Amory Playground, including a natural pond, wetlands, upland area, formal garden, short trail with wetland overlooks, handicapped accessible trail, gazebo and benches.
-
Hall’s Pond Community Day
Horticultural activities will include planting of new grasses in Nan’s Meadow and preparation for an expanded fern garden in Amory Woods.
continue reading → -
Fall Community Day: Sunday October 6, 11-2.
Each spring and fall the Friends organize work parties to remove the trash, and invasive plants and restore the sanctuary with new plantings. The 2024 Fall Community Day will be Sunday October 6, 11-2.
continue reading → -
Hall’s Pond I-Spy for Spring 2024
As you walk around the sanctuary, can you see us?
continue reading → -
Bird Walk Observations
Birds year round at Hall’s Pond include many regulars. Herring Gulls overhead. Starlings, Pigeons and Mourning Doves on the ball-field. Bright-red Cardinals wheet-wheeting in the trees, House Sparrows chirping in the bushes. The local Red-tailed Hawk being pestered by crows and jays.
continue reading → -
Maps & Directions
Nature Sanctuaries – Hall’s Pond Sanctuary & Amory Woods
continue reading →
Amory St. and Freeman St.
Brookline, MA 02446 -
Spring Bird Walks at Hall’s Pond
Three consecutive Mondays -April 29, May 6, and May 13, 7:00 to 8:30 AM Friends of Hall’s Pond will conduct guided bird walks timed for spring migration, on an easy half-mile loop, led by Neil Gore. Whether it’s sunny, cloudy, or light rain!
continue reading → -
Things to See
The sanctuary is used for habitat for plants and animals, environmental education and passive exploration.
continue reading → -
Conservation Area Rules and Regulations
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8c, as amended, the following rules and regulations governing the use of all the Town of Brookline Conservation Areas under the management of the Conservation Commission of the Town of Brookline have been adopted to insure appropriate use of the areas for the enjoyment and general welfare of the public while protecting the areas in their natural states to serve as wildlife refuges.
continue reading → -
Amory Park Field Closures
Even if the fields are closed, you can still walk on the path through Amory Park and then walk the trails in the sanctuary. It’s rare that the sanctuary itself will be closed.
continue reading →