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    Salem Common

    4.3 (22 reviews)

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    Nikki G.

    This is a great green space within Salem. My mom and I were there in mid-October. It was nice seeing people utilizing the space, playing with their dogs and kids. It was really enchanting with the trees and the leaves and benches. It would be a great space to walk around and then rest with a good book. I especially liked the set up that had backdrops for Halloween-inspired pictures where you could take selfies at. That was a really great touch and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for that! It was nice looking at the decorations as well. The houses around the Common are awesome. Also, the school from Hocus Pocus is located here. So be on the lookout for the site.

    Jeremy J.

    It's a fun little park in Salem Massachusetts that my family and I visited while we were in the area. We walked around saw the monuments enjoy the nature the scenery and the photo ops it's a nice place

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    Anthony G.

    Very unlike its much larger cousin, Boston Common, it has a basketball court, a gazebo, a small World War Two memorial and little else in this wide open space. Still it is a large space within the town of Salem, and one my family and I well used for two things: 1) it was a nice quiet area to relax and catch your breathe a bit. There are a lot of fun things to do in Salem. 2) It helped us cut through crowds a lot. Salem gets plenty of tourists. Many of them congregate and crowd the streets to and from the landmarks in the city. By crossing the common a few times, we were able to save time and frustration with people and get to our destinations more quickly. Not sure if this would work, though, during its super busy time in and around Halloween, but it worked for us when we were there in July. The Common, though, needs a bit more to be a better park for the town. Then again, I went to a park in Salem (which I will review) which is as small as a standard bedroom in a house.... so maybe parks in Salem need work generally speaking.

    Pretty place. Nice playground for the kids.
    Dave L.

    While Salem Common is nowhere near as big as its cousin, Boston Common, this is a nice park in the heart of a very hip town. For my California readers, Salem is kind of like Berkely, only a lot cleaner and flatter. It is funky and fun with people from all walks of life enjoying the city. The Common has a very nice playground for the kids. There were a lot of families there the day we came. For the parents, there are places to sit in the sun or shade. I am sure there are some great concerts and events in the Common every summer. I would love to see more parks like this in Orange County.

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    Damien S.

    While parks typically get added D-love for being as pristine as possible, the lack of decorative perimeter fencing, seasonal fauna (save a few leafy trees) or other terrain upgrades make this plot a basic swath of open land. Thanks, oh mighty gazebo, for trying to spice things up, but this Common is just too, well, common.

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    cool park to walk around in salem. def some lively vibes here. sometimes there's fairs and stuff or events here too.

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    It is a very nice park for the heart of Salem. It is clean, and they are redoing the fence around the perimeter.

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