{"id":5414,"date":"2018-01-21T23:42:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T04:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:04:11","slug":"cascade-melrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/01\/21\/cascade-melrose\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get To An Incredible Frozen Waterfall Via The Orange Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent snows and rains and frosts have transformed the Cascade falls in Melrose into a dazzling ice palace. The 40-foot-tall formation is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston\u2014and an easy 10- to 15-minute walk north from the end of the MBTA\u2019s Orange Line at Oak Grove in Malden.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween the slopes of the \u2018Twin Sentinels\u2019 is the beautiful Cascade, or series of cascades, in which Shilly Shally Brook falls from the precipitous ledges above, over masses of picturesque rocks fringed with pine trees, and clusters of flowers and ferns, and from the hillside as we ascend vistas open through the woods, often of extreme beauty,\u201d Edwin M. Bacon wrote in his 1898 guide book \u201cWalks and Rides in the Country Round About Boston.\u201d<\/a> \u201cThe cascades are seen to the best advantage in the springtime or late autumn, when the hill streams are full, and the waters dash and bound down the rocky way; but they are not without many if gentler charms in the drier midsummer season.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in deep winter.<\/p>\n

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The Cascade in the Middlesex Fells, Melrose, Jan. 21, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How To Get There:<\/strong>
\nExit on the west side of Oak Grove MBTA station and walk north along Washington Street. Somewhere in there you cross into Melrose. As you pass some old brick factory buildings on the right, the road splits, becoming Pleasant Street if you continue straight. Head leftish, staying on Washington Street. Take your first left, onto Goodyear Avenue and hike up the hill.<\/p>\n