Pope John Paul II Park
- Park
- Regional draw
- Dorchester, Boston
A riverside park created on a former landfill in Dorchester.
Pope John Paul II Park was completed in 2001 on a former landfill site along the Neponset River. Massachusetts DCR documents it within the wider Neponset River reservation and greenway landscape.
The river passes through several municipalities and Boston neighborhoods before reaching Boston Harbor. The park provides a named outdoor destination on Dorchester’s river side, separate from its inland residential and commercial centers. Its history illustrates the conversion of a former landfill into public recreation space.
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