This is a hidden gem buried in the middle of Newton, MA. A must-see for those looking for sites off the beaten path. There is no great parking next to the bridge, so plan on parking up the street a ways off. There is a path running along the bottom side of teh bridge which leads to a small platform directly beneath the largest arch. The Echo effect is incredible and unexpected. A few steps to either side and the echo effect seems to disappear. This is a great lesson in acoustics and physics for youth. Unfortunately the local gutter youth take great pride in making the area with spray paint.

If youve got some time to kill, its worth a drive to come check out this echoing bridge. Its a beautiful bridge as well.

Fun place for kids. You go across the bridge the down the stairs all the way down the bridge where there’s an amazing echo echo echo...

What a hidden gem, this place was great to walk around and has some great views

This is a very calming place to go to just think and enjoy your surroundings.

Beautiful place for an easy walk

Used to come here as a kid to throw out a line or two with my father and listen to our echos. A nice hidden little gem right in our back yard.

Nice little retreat place in the neighborhood.

It really echoes! So much fun.

Quiet place to hike and get away from it all.

Blew my mind! Definitely did not expect so much reverb!

Gorgeous gorge.

Super cool find. Lives up to its name. It like anywhere I have ever been.

Lovely little park - no playground, but many hiking trails and a little island (its actually a peninsula) accessable by a little wooden bridge, that kids love to run around on. And there is a spot under the bridge where you can, in fact, hear an echo.

What a cool place, loved it!

Love this place, been going here all my life.

What a fun hidden gem!

Beautiful!

Scenic view from above and below. Also has some nice history to it and a pretty reservation beside it (Hemlock Gorge)

Very nice view and great place for a walk. Lots of little cliffs and nice scenery

Nice place to visit and weekend hike

Beautiful. Water is full of fishes. Cool and calming.

Nice view from the top. Great echo under it.

Under the bridge is incredible

There will be Echo!

Great fishing spot

Good stuff

Super cool spot to see

I been to that bridge back in the mid 1980s its beautiful place to hang out their you go under the big arch and you yell out and it really echo giving the name to that bridge those good old days

Hemlock Gorge which surrounds Echo Bridge is a small but beautiful reservation set apart for the public by the MDC. Dense hemlock groves and rugged rock formations mark the banks of the river, mostly on the Needham side and a steep climb from the water level brings the stroller to the west end of the bridge. From there diverging pathways lead down across rustic bridges over a small stream past caves in the ledges called Devils Den. These are formed in the Roxbury pudding-stone formations so called as they are believed to be made up of small stones and lava spewed out of an ancient volcano in that area.

Echo Bridge is a historic masonry bridge spanning the Charles River between Needham to Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, and Ellis Street in Newton. The bridge carries the Sudbury Aqueduct and foot traffic, and is located in the Hemlock Gorge Reservation. At the time of its construction in 1875–1877 it was the second longest masonry arch in the country. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was named an American Water Landmark in 1981.

Kids love trying out different echoes.

Great place been going here since I was little

Calming

One of my favorite places to go when the weather is right. If you go under the bridge it really echos

Ive never heard an echo like this, it sounds almost computer generated!

Beautiful place.

This edifice does a great job of connecting two roads.

Worst company ever...They are abusive and rude; and resort to sexual threats and innuendos when confronted..

Awesome!

Echoes!

Lovely

Beautiful

This bridges is like an arch bridge, but carries the trail.

History of Newton right here.