Peters Hill

Best view in town

By adamg - 1/8/24 - 9:23 am

Snowmen at the top of Peters Hill in the Arboretum with downtown Boston and the Back Bay behind them

Mark Smith had company when he got to the top of Peters Hill in the Arboretum this morning.

If today were a Magic 8 Ball, the answer you'd get is 'Reply hazy, try again'

By adamg - 8/18/23 - 9:04 am

The view of the fog from the top of Peters Hill

Chris Ferry gazed long into the abyss at the top of Peters Hill on the Roslindale side of the Arnold Arboretum this morning, rather than looking out over downtown Boston.

Down the hill, on the other side of Bussey Street, the fog began to envelope the trees: Read more.

Those blue skies were nice while they lasted

By adamg - 7/14/23 - 12:20 pm

Downtown Boston as seen from Peters Hill in the Arboretum

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Tim West went up to the top of Peters Hill in the Arboretum around 7:30 this morning.

Anotha scorcha

By adamg - 6/8/21 - 9:03 am

Orange sunrise over Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum and downtown Boston

Paul Friedmann watched the dawn of another hot day from the top of Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum.

The National Weather Service forecasts Wednesday will be as bad as today, then a cool front comes in and lowers both the temperature and the humidity for Thursday.

An Arboretum hill was alive with the sound of music

By adamg - 5/26/20 - 9:59 pm

Kelley O'Shea caught an impromptu concert at the top of Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum today by West Roxbury's Noah on violin and JP's Julian on bass: Read more.

Among the flowering crabapple trees

By adamg - 5/11/19 - 10:17 am

Flowering crabapple trees at the Arnold Arboretum

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Today's a good day for enjoying the crabapple trees on Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum, Mark Smith reports.

Sun rises over a snowy town

By adamg - 3/14/18 - 9:09 am

"Really nice morning to shovel," Garry Waldeck says in Charlestown.

Mark Smith enjoyed the morning glow on Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum: Read more.

Little stone owl at the top of the Arboretum

By adamg - 6/30/17 - 10:38 am

We spotted this little stone bird sitting on one of the granite blocks at the top of Peters Hill yesterday. Naturally, we then turned it over: Read more.

Where natural, manmade skylines meet

By adamg - 5/3/17 - 2:43 pm

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Meghan Rauber took in the view of downtown and the Back Bay - and lots of trees - from the top of Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum yesterday.

Arboretum unleashes high-powered weed fighter: Goats

By adamg - 9/8/16 - 12:52 pm

Goats being led to pasture in the Arnold Arboretum

Caitlinn Driscoll Cannon watched yesterday as a goat herder walk a flock of four to their first day of work on the Peters Hill side of the Arboretum, where they'll munch away the thick underbrush near the train tracks and Arborough Road, then be moved to a new area for more tasty weeds.

Getting used to their new home: Read more.

Have you herd about the deer that wandered through people's yards in Roslindale today?

By adamg - 5/22/16 - 10:40 pm

Mark Smith didn't have to hoof it very far to see this deer this morning: It was in his backyard on South Street along the Peters Hill side of the Arboretum.

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