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Including in Mission Hill, Back Bay, Chelsea, and Mattapan
It’s one of the more reliable ways to cool off the kiddies once the summer starts: A spray park and/or wading pool.
Some are easier to get to than others, though. This septet are near T stops. Just check beforehand—use the websites—to make sure the water’s on for the season.
Read MoreThis Chelsea park on the Charles River is near the Eastern Avenue stop along the Silver Line.
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Harvard’s Science Center has a misty spray deck just outside of it. It’s a short jaunt from the Harvard Red Line stop.
Pro tip: There’s a playground in Cambridge Common nearby that has water features.
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The fountains are part of the eminently stroller-friendly park. They’re also right near the Aquarium stop of the Blue Line.
Perhaps both the most famous and the most popular spray park-slash-wading pool in the Boston area, the Frog Pond is part of Boston Common.
It’s just off the Red Line’s Park Street stop.
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The venerable ring of fountains here is near two stops of the Green Line’s E branch: Symphony and Prudential.
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This spray deck behind Boston Police headquarters is near the Orange Line’s Ruggles and Roxbury Crossing stops.
The spray park-slash-kiddie pool within this playground is near the Cappen Street and Valley Road stops of the Mattapan Trolley.
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This Chelsea park on the Charles River is near the Eastern Avenue stop along the Silver Line.
Harvard’s Science Center has a misty spray deck just outside of it. It’s a short jaunt from the Harvard Red Line stop.
Pro tip: There’s a playground in Cambridge Common nearby that has water features.
The fountains are part of the eminently stroller-friendly park. They’re also right near the Aquarium stop of the Blue Line.
Perhaps both the most famous and the most popular spray park-slash-wading pool in the Boston area, the Frog Pond is part of Boston Common.
It’s just off the Red Line’s Park Street stop.
The venerable ring of fountains here is near two stops of the Green Line’s E branch: Symphony and Prudential.
This spray deck behind Boston Police headquarters is near the Orange Line’s Ruggles and Roxbury Crossing stops.
The spray park-slash-kiddie pool within this playground is near the Cappen Street and Valley Road stops of the Mattapan Trolley.