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Scenic Roads in Natick

Natick is a beautiful town, but what if you don’t want to go looking for the most picturesque streets all on your own? Worry not, because the town government has determined which streets are “scenic.” Sometimes, you even get a special sign if you’re a scenic road!

Here’s Natick’s official list: Winter and Frost streets in the northeast corner of town; Bacon (from Wellesley town line to Walnut Street) and Walnut Streets north of the town center; and many streets in the more rural southern part of town: Cottage Street, Dover Road, Everett Street, Farwell Street, Glen Street, Glenwood Street, Pegan Lane, Pleasant Street (South Natick), Rockland Street, South Street, Union Street and Woodland Street.

Being a scenic road isn’t just a compliment from the town; it also offers some legal protections. The Massachusetts Scenic Road Act provides legal protection for trees and stone walls along scenic roads. A town’s planning board, conservation commission or historical commission have the ability to designate roads as “scenic.” Once this is accomplished, any requests to cut down trees or move stone walls for the sake of construction requires permission from the town planning board.

Enough with the legal details, and on to the scenic roads. (Warning: Not all parts of these roads are so scenic…wondering if these designations were made before all the overhead wires went up.)

Scenic Roads map

 


Bacon Street


Cottage Street

Cottage Street

Cottage Street

Cottage Street


Dover Road

Dover Road Scenic Road natick

Dover Road Scenic Road natick

Dover Road Scenic Road natick

Dover Road Scenic Road natick

Dover Road Scenic Road natick

Dover Road Scenic Road natick


Everett Street


Farwell Street

Farwell Street


Frost Street

Frost Street Scenic Roads Natick

Frost Street Scenic Roads Natick

Frost Street Scenic Roads Natick

Frost Street Scenic Roads Natick

Frost Street Scenic Roads Natick


Glen Street

Glen Street Scenic Roads Natick

Glen Street Scenic Roads Natick

Glen Street Scenic Roads Natick

Glen Street Scenic Roads Natick

Glen Street Scenic Roads Natick


Glenwood Street

Glenwood Street Scenic Road

Glenwood Street Scenic Road

Glenwood Street Scenic Road

Glenwood Street Scenic Road

Glenwood Street Scenic Road


Pegan Lane

(Coming!)

 

Pleasant Street


Rockland Street

Rockland Street

Rockland Street

Rockland Street


South Street

South Street

South Street

South Street

South Street


Union Street

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick

Union Street Scenic Roads Natick


Walnut Street

Walnut Street Scenic Road Natick

Walnut Street Scenic Road Natick

Walnut Street Scenic Road Natick

Walnut Street Scenic Road Natick

Walnut Street Scenic Road Natick


Winter Street

Winter Street Scenic Road Natick

Winter Street Scenic Road Natick

Winter Street Scenic Road Natick


Woodland Street

Woodland Street Scenic roads natick

Woodland Street Scenic roads natick

Woodland Street Scenic roads natick

Woodland Street Scenic roads natick


 


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