Corey Hill Outlook

This awesome little park is just a few blocks from my apartment. It’s unique in that it really is an outlook… its a very very steep climb to the top of the hill. In fact, the entire park itself is literally a hill… if I were 20 years younger I would be rolling down the hills for hours. There is an awesome playground on one side of the park, and the other side has the beautiful outlook with benches. If you live in the area, it’s a great find for some sledding in the snow, rolling down the hill in the summer, having a picnic at sunset, or running throguh it at sunrise, or laying on your back looking at the stars while in the middle of the city.

If you’re walking to get here, make sure you’re comfortable in what you’re wearing. There’s an incline up Summit Ave. I’ve worn sandals to get here and was fine. Good thing my sandals have some grip though.
Spaciousness like this is just what Boston needs. I’ve reviewed a few parks in the Boston area but none are quite like this. This place is definitely not a touristy spot, but a nice neighborhood park to relax in the space and quiet. A lot of runners come here to cool down. Couples and friends soak in the sun during the warmer days. My first time here, I came to read under a tree. I was having trouble studying at home and thought being outside would help me focus, and found this place on Unilocal.So happy to that I did! I imagine it would be beautiful in the winter, especially to play in the snow.
There’s plenty of open space and shade, a few benches, and a picnic table, and a small playground for kids across the street (but didn’t look too well-​maintained in my opinion). If in the summer or on just a nice day, I recommend bringing a blanket or towel to sit on.

I randomly found this hidden place near Coolidge Corner in Brookline when going for a run through the city and I must say it is a pretty challenging hill to climb (props to anyone who lives on the hill and walks it on a daily basis). It’s pretty much a 45 degree incline that goes pretty far up and when you reach the top, you get a beautiful view of Boston. Not only that, they have A LOT of field space so if you want to bring friends or significant others to this place then there’s enough space for all (note the field is also a bit hilly)! There’s also a playground and some picnic benches available if you want somewhere to sit and enjoy a meal.
I’ve come here to go running (it’s a good uphill training hill) and to see the sunrise with my girlfriend, which was beautiful; just make sure you check the time of the sunrise the night before.

View is mostly blocked by trees but this is a beautiful spot for a picnic or to read in the sun! There’s also a nice-​ish playground across the street.

+ stair workout=
+ great peak at Boston skyline during the winter months when tree’s don’t have their leaves
+ great place for everyone’s activities: dog, read, sports, sled, run
+playground
+ drinking fountain
+bench wall for sitting
— Back side steps get covered up easily by leaves and snow, can be slippery/​dangerous if you’re not careful!
This place is a hidden Brookline gem! I live right at the base of it on Beacon and going up the stairs from Summit Ave staircase is a WORK-​OUT with a capital «W!» I once dogsat a 8 week old dog with boundless energy and would take him up COrey Hill twice a day and the pup would sleep the rest of the day and not a single thing was chewed up — this park is MAGIC.
During the summer months, lots of people go up to read, picnic, hang with friends, it’s a great vibe. Novemeber Project, a workout group, meets here once a week at 6am to do some awesome workouts, and there’s sledding during the winter snow months! Basicallyt his park has everything you need all compacted into just a few square feet. It’s small, but they divide one side which has the playground and drinking fountain and a small grass field and the other side has the overlook of Boston with some benches to hangout at. It’s a great spot for a short workout or a place to chillax when you need to get away from the city for just a second!

Great place to run if you are training for a race, if you don’t want to be surrounded by hordes of excited runners than don’t run it on Fridays at 630AM. Great outlook at the top with a nice view of Boston, and cute houses on the way up! Overall, I love Corey Hill & outlook!

Beautiful walk (hike?) through Brookline to get to this nice little park. On one side of the street there’s a playground for kids and on the other side there’s more green grass and benches. Great for a picnic, watching the sun set, and resting or stretching during a run. seems like not many people know about this great spit because it’s never crowded.

Corey Hill has become a part of November Project and my legs butt and thighs are thankful for this pair every Friday morning.
I recently moved to the Summit Ave area and also joined a grassroots fitness group in Boston called November Project. Every Friday morning, rain, hail, shine, snow, or –20, we are out there running those hills like nothing has changed. Let me tell you, this hill is a workout. I could probably walk up and down it one time and call it a day. But November Project has me running up and down, sometimes both sides of this hill, several times on a Friday morning before most people are out of bed.
This place is special to me because it represents a butt kicking workout and everything that is Boston. We have to be extra quiet on Friday mornings and at this time we whisper good mornings and give whispering hugs because of a noise ordinance in Brookline, but that makes the experience weird and interesting like most other NP things.
I am proud to say I am one of the people that went out on that –20 degree day in January and helped shovel people’s driveways. I had two pairs of wool socks on that day and two sets of toe warmers on each foot, but hopefully I paid back some of the love to Summit ave that it gives to me every Friday.

Best spot ever! Never crowded, never sketchy people. Perfect for a stop-​by dinner location for lovely spring/​fall early evenings. You can see the whole Boston right underneath.

I love Corey Hill. It’s great for photos, or just sitting and looking out on the world. The view is fantastic. Watch out in the winter, as the Summit Path stairs can be a death trap if you don’t watch your step. But it’s totally worth it once you get up there. I’d go back here every day if I could.

Incredible views of the city and a pretty cool bit of mosaic installation work. This place is a very appealing sledding hazard that I am more than willing to risk my life on.
ALSO, you will get in the best shape of your life if you sprint up this ridiculous hill, and the vantage point when you make it to the top makes it worth the insane incline.
In a word, breathtaking. Come up here any time of year and you’ll be crossing your fingers to stay in Boston forever.

So having just moved in around the corner from this park I have started to visit it everyday with my dog. I love that they allow part of it to be used as a dog park in the mornings until 9AM. I just wish they would also allow use in the evenings as well. Almost all the people I have met here so far have been great and the majority of the dogs are very sociable as well.
For the non-​dog aspects the park is pretty awesome as well. The view of Boston & Cambridge is absolutely stunning. There are some picnic tables and benches so you can relax. Now after our first big snowstorm of the winter there are people sledding down the hill which its perfect for.
So this is a great place to get and enjoy the outdoors in Brookline.

As a Boston n00b two years ago, I decided to include Summit Ave in my running route not realizing that it is named Summit for a reason. After the biggest hill workout of my life, I was rewarded with finding this little park, and a very short reprieve until trying not to fly down the hill as I continued on my way.
I’ve come back since several times, alone, with family, with friends, and it’s always a delight to reach the cute park at the top after the climb. I always enjoy watching people playing catch on the grassy hill, generally they miss a few shots and wind up getting quite the workout while they retrieve their ball.
A good place for a picnic, or just to enjoy nice weather. I like to come here at the start of spring to luxuriate in being outside without freezing winds and snow.

Good lookout, even better place to train.
Heaps of people cycle and run up this hill for training.
In fact, the residents of the hill do it regularly. You might even see a resident who regularly bikes up this his, like everyday, with her groceries in the basket attached to the back of her bike. She’s like 60 and bikes with like 20 – 30 pounds of groceries on her bike – in every kind of weather! Rain, snow or shine…
so anyone who shies away at walking up the thing, just think of how woosy you are in comparison.

I recently rode my bike to this park. And by rode my bike, I mean rode to the bottom, and walked my bike up Summit. Unless you are some sort of bicycling master, save yourself from embarrassment and don’t even try to ride up Summit, you will probably fail (or puke).
Anyways, I love this park. It’s surround by beautiful houses and offers an excellent view of Cambridge. The view is even better in the winter, when there are no leaves on the trees. It’s a great place to sit and read a book, roll down the grass hill like a log, or have lunch with a friend.
For people with children, or for the children-​at-​heart, the other side of the street has a pretty radical looking playground.

We cheated. After a trip through the Waterfront, Quincy Hall, Nathaniel Hall, and Boston University, we drove up Summit to steal a glance of the receding sunset at the Corey Hill Outlook. Yet, after reading these reviews concerning the relative difficulty of scaling Summit Hill, I absolutely wanted to compare it to the infamous «Wall» in Birmingham, AL – a steep climb that massacred the state championship hopes of a number of Alabama high school cross country runners.
Regardless, I could at least attest to the gorgeous view of Boston that one finds at the top of the Corey Hill Outlook. While I had never had the occasion to view Boston from Peter’s Hill at Forest Hills (which I hear is even more impressive), the view from Corey Hill was quite extraordinary.
If you have any appreciation for beautiful urban skylines, you will absolutely love this view of Boston. I’m guessing it probably would be an awesome place to take your sweetheart as well. Just make sure you don’t ask her to scale that hill in high heels and you should be fine.

One of my favorite places evahhhhh. And I don’t even want to review it because I don’t want more people coming here. It’s like my little hide-​away and I don’t want to share it with anyone else. But I also feel bad for anyone who has never been here so I’ll talk about it. Because I want to share my happiness with everyone.
Basically Corey Hill Outlook is what I refer to as «The Top of Summit,» because, well, it is. When I first moved to Summit 3 long years ago, a cab driver told me it was the absolute best view of Boston. So I checked it out and ya know what? He was right! He said it was perfect for having romantic picnics, which I have done quite often since then… with myself.
Anyway, because I work from home, this is my little haven in the summer months. There are usually only a few others up here and it’s perfect for setting down a blanket and getting some reading or napping done. Or work. Right. Since there are usually so few people up here, you can even wear your bikini without feeling super awkward. I’ve only seen sketch balls hanging out in the area a couple times and I’m overly sensitive to sketchy-​looking people so I’m sure they were fine anyway.
If you live at the bottom of Summit (either end really) this is going to be a hike. Sometimes I feel like I’m not going to make it. But when I do, the reward is always well worth it. Where else can you really comfortably and not too publicly lie out in Boston? This little spot is heaven to me.

Incident at Corey Hill Park Injures Two
Brookline, Massachusetts – An incident at Corey Hill Park yesterday afternoon left two children injured. At approximately one p.m., the calm of this suburban neighborhood was shattered by screams as two children were observed rolling head over heels down the park’s steep hill. Jack B. Nimble, Jr., nine, and his sister Jill, seven, were returning from the Whole Foods on Washington Street when, according to one witness, Jack stumbled as he tried to leap over a low stone wall, and lost his footing. Jill attempted to help her brother regain his balance but being older and stronger, Jack pulled her down along with him. The witness, who declined to be identified, stated, «I was playing fetch with my dog, when I saw this boy jump over the wall and trip. The girl tried to help but went tumbling after.» The children were rushed to St. Elizabeth’s hospital where they were treated for their injuries, the most serious being Jack’s broken crown.
Mrs. Nimble, whose Jordan Road home borders the park, had this to say: «I sent them up the hill to the market to fetch some water. After twenty minutes, I started to worry and then I heard Jill cry, ‘Oh, Jack, No!’ and I ran out the door to see them tumbling down the hill. It was terrible! I don’t know how this could have happened but we’ll find out!»
Brookline police are investigating but foul play is not suspected. In the meantime, the authorities urge anyone having any information to contact them immediately.
Mr. and Mrs. Nimble, however, have retained counsel. «We haven’t made any decisions but we’re exploring our options,» said Mrs. Nimble. A similar incident last year prompted the Town to post a warning on the Summit Avenue side of the hill. (See accompanying photo.) Telephone calls to the Brookline Conservation Commission were not immediately returned.
It appears this would not be the first time a member of the Nimble family has been involved in a lawsuit with the Town. Court records indicate an undisclosed settlement in the case of Jack B. Nimble v. Town of Brookline, stemming from an incident where the senior Mr. Nimble was allegedly singed while attempting to jump over a candlestick.

I live on Summit Ave (the Brighton side, not the Brookline side — do I look like a yuppie?!) and routinely drag my ever-​growing, chain-​smoking, burger-​eating ass up the hill to the Outlook to walk my girlfriend’s ever-​expanding, cat shit-​eating, vegetarian dog. I try to rationalize that the dog needs the exercise more than I do, but in all likelihood, it’s the other way around. All the Brookline yups come out in droves between 5pm and 7pm to walk their dogs, so I take the opportunity to have Rocketman socialize with the rich bitches.
Great grassy little knoll for the dogs to run around and play (though watch out for the Brookline cops who actually enforce the leash laws).
I deduct one star because all the greasy little Brookline High kids sneak out of their houses at night to have sex and drink under the cover of darkness. Do it in the back seat of a car like everybody else!

Do you want to be a proper Rocky Balboa? Get fit, triumph against adversity and do it all outside of the confines of a modern Soviet gym? Well, Corey Hill is the place to head for in your jogging gear. Abandon your car for the afternoon and scale the 515 foot peak that towers over Coolidge Corner.
If your heart can take it the run straight up Summit Hill Ave is a momentous challenge and the reward as you gasp for breath is the Outlook Park with splendid views of Cambridge and The Charles. For the full Balboa effect, make sure to bench-​press several large logs once you’re at the top and scream Aiidriiiannnnnn!