Melrose offers to its residents and visitors a wide array of both active and passive recreational activities. While Melrose is primarily a residential community with over 56% of its land developed for residential purposes, it remains more than a "greenbelt" separating it from other communities. This greenbelt accounts for 26% of the total city land and includes the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Facility, as well as areas surrounding Swains Pond, Ell Pond, and Towners Pond.

Please use this web site as your personal guide to the many parks and trails throughout the city.

- Robert J. Dolan, Mayor