Paine Estate

Paine Estate

100 Robert Treat Paine Drive Waltham, Massachusetts 02452

Official Website
Paine Estate map
Storer Conservation Land brochure

About this Location

Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate is a National Historic Landmark with over 100 acres of public open space. This country place of social reformer Robert Treat Paine and his family is an American masterwork designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, whose work continues to inspire culturally and environmentally sensitive design. The once-private estate of generous social justice advocates whose ancestors helped establish the democratic foundations of this country is now appropriately owned by the people of Waltham.

Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate; the Storer Conservation Lands; and the Chester Brook Woods are owned and operated by the City of Waltham, Massachusetts. The wide and well-groomed trails cover 134.5 acres.

The trails pass through woodlands that contain a variety of forest flora including white pines, red oak, maple, beeches, and mature hemlocks, vernal pools, and other wetland areas. In the woods, meadows, and estate grounds, there are wildflowers in season, a variety of native shrubs and plants, and estate plantings such as mountain laurel, azalea, rhododendrons, and wisteria. The Western Greenway Trail traverses the property.

There is no fee to use the trails. There is a fee to tour the historic house museum.

Notable Trails

The AllTrails website has a description and map of a hike at Paine Estate.

Features

  • Restrooms on site

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

Content from Official Website and Storer Conservation Land Brochure

Last updated January 7, 2024