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D.W. Field Park, Brockton, MA

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D.W. Field Park

A large municipal park in Brockton and Avon with a chain of lakes, ponds, and a looping scenic road.

Brockton, MA

About D.W. Field Park

D.W. Field Park is a 650-acre municipal park in northern Brockton and southern Avon, run by the Brockton parks department. Its landscape is shaped by a string of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, most of them man-made and linked to Beaver Brook, with woods and open fields between them. A roadway circles the water and offers a scenic route of about six miles for walking, biking, or driving. The park also holds an eighteen-hole golf course. The Friends of the Park association organizes events such as fishing days, runs, movie nights, and astronomy evenings, and the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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