Massachusetts Gazetteer
Beaver Brook is a physical feature (stream) in Middlesex County. The primary coordinates for Beaver Brook places it within the MA 02453 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Beaver Brook |
| Category: | Massachusetts physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads at 422552N0711347W, flows S to the Charles River 2.8 mi NW of Newton C.H.; City of Waltham and Towns of Belmont and Lexington. |
| History: | "Named by Governor Winthrop in 1632 ""because the beavers had shorn down divers great trees and made divers dams across the brook."" (MGB 1932)." |
| County: | Middlesex County |
| Latitude: | 42.3723186 |
| Longitude: | -71.2286667 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Beaver Brook: Beaver Brook.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Beaver Brook does not include property ownership information.
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Waltham, MA
(< 0.1 mile) Watertown, MA (2.4 miles E) Newton, MA (2.7 miles SSE) Belmont, MA (3.1 miles ENE) Arlington, MA (4.7 miles NE) |
Lexington, MA
(5.1 miles N) Brookline, MA (6.1 miles ESE) Wellesley, MA (6.1 miles SSW) Needham, MA (6.1 miles S) Cambridge, MA (6.3 miles E) |
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Beaver Brook Station, MA
(< 0.1 mile) Riverview, MA (< 0.1 mile) North Village, MA (1.4 miles ESE) Piety Corner, MA (1.4 miles NNW) Waltham Highlands, MA (1.4 miles NW) |
Bemis, MA
(1.4 miles E) Nonantum, MA (1.4 miles ESE) West Newton, MA (1.4 miles S) Clematis Brook Station, MA (1.4 miles NE) Cedar Hill Camp, MA (1.4 miles NNE) |
