2015 Map of Boston South

About this map

Beacon Hill and the dense urban core of the city anchor this topographic study, where the historic shoreline meets modern infrastructure at the height of the mid-2010s. The landscape is a corridor of higher education and civic heritage, spanning from Harvard Univ and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology along the Charles River to the storied grounds of the Boston National Historical Park. Geologists and historians can trace the transition from the colonial-era burials at Granary Burying Ground and Copps Hill Burying Ground to the industrial waterfronts of the Reserved Channel and Old Harbor. Neighborhoods like Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain are meticulously detailed, showing the intricate street grids that replaced earlier agrarian layouts. To the south, the Neponset River winds through Mattapan and Lower Mills, marking the boundary toward the heights of Quincy.