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Belmont is located approximately 6.6 miles from downtown Boston
Belmont has a total area of 4.6 square miles
Population is approximately 25,000
Interesting Facts
- The Town of Belmont was formed in 1859 from the land of three of its bordering towns, Watertown,Waltham, and Arlington which was then known as West Cambridge.
- Belmont has been home to over a dozen Nobel Prize winners at one time or another.
- The renowned McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital and research center, and the Boston Massachusetts Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are both located here.
Utilities
Transportation
- Route 2 outlines Belmont’s northern boundary and divides the town from the neighboring town of Arlington.
- Several MBTA bus routes (line numbers 72/75, 73, 74, 75, 78, 84, and 554) serve Belmont.
- Two MBTA Commuter Rail stations—Waverley and Belmont Center—(a sixteen minute ride from Boston’s North Station).
- Alewife Station, on the Red Line, is nearby in Cambridge and provides connection to Boston and the entire metropolitan rapid transit system.
