Abundant water power meant that many mills, including one that manufactured some of the first vulcanized rubber products, were located here.

As a child Virginia loved to walk in the woods surrounding the Italianate mansion her grandfather had given her mother on Spot Pond in 1862.

[7] Boston Regional Medical Center was located within the Reservation along Woodland Road in Stoneham, until it closed in February 1999.

The reservation has over 100 miles (160 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding.

[4] Sheepfold Meadow is an open field of 10 acres (4.0 ha) located in Stoneham, Massachusetts as a part of the Middlesex Fells Reservation that is now used by dog walkers and picnickers.