Location: Lowell

Massachusetts (MA), United States

Country: United States

State: Massachusetts

County: Middlesex

Settled: 1653

Incorporated: 1826

A city: 1836

Government

• Type: Manager-City council

• Mayor: Edward J. Kennedy

• City Manager: Kevin J. Murphy

Area

• Total: 14.5 sq mi (37.7 km)

• Land: 13.8 sq mi (35.7 km)

• Water: 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km)

Elevation: 102 ft (31 m)

Population (2010)

• Total: 106,519

• Estimate (2016): 110,558

• Density: 7,300/sq mi (2,800/km)

• Demonym: Lowellian

Time zone: Eastern (UTC-5)

• Summer (DST): Eastern (UTC-4)

ZIP code: 01850, 01851, 01852, 01853, 01854

Area code(s): 978 / 351

FIPS code: 25-37000

GNIS feature ID: 0611832

Website: City of Lowell, Massachusetts

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The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Lowell, Massachusetts (MA)

January 20, 2022 Kandra Bartel

Lowell is a city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in Middlesex County, Lowell (along with Cambridge) was a county seat until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1999. With an estimated population of 109,945 in 2014, it is the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts, and the second-largest in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area called Greater Lowell, as well as New England's Merrimack Valley region.
Restaurants in Lowell

1. Working People Exhibit

40 French St, Lowell, MA 01852-1113 +1 978-970-5000

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5.0 based on 2 reviews

This 1840s boarding house was home to the women who worked in the local mills.

2. Lowell Cemetery

77 Knapp Ave, Lowell, MA 01852-4240 +1 978-454-5191

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5.0 based on 32 reviews

A Victorian garden cemetery, founded in 1841. On the National Register of Historic Places.

3. Whistler House Museum of Art

243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA 01852-1874 +1 978-452-7641 [email protected] http://www.whistlerhouse.org/

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4.5 based on 32 reviews

4. LeLacheur Park

450 Aiken St, Lowell, MA 01854-3602 +1 978-459-1702 http://lowell.spinners.milb.com/index.jsp

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4.5 based on 113 reviews

Reviewed By janinef589

This is a great place to take the kids to see a game! Boston is so unaffordable these days for families and this park is a great alternative. Leave extra time for traffic and parking on game nights. They usually have lots of promos and giveaways.

5. St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

37 Lee St, Lowell, MA 01852-1103 +1 978-458-6346 http://www.stjosephshrine.org/

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4.5 based on 16 reviews

6. John E. Sheehy Memorial Park

499 Pawtucket St Situated along the Merrimack River, just above the Pawtucket Falls, Lowell, MA 01854-3028 +1 978-970-4171 http://www.lowellma.gov

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4.5 based on 4 reviews

7. Edson Cemetery

Lowell, MA

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4.0 based on 12 reviews

Jack Kerouac's grave draws many of the author's beatnik followers to Edson.

8. Jack Kerouac Birthplace

9 Lupine Rd, Lowell, MA 01850-1109 +1 978-970-5000 https://www.nps.gov/lowe/index.htm

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9. Kerouac Park

Lowell, MA http://www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/past-festiv

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3.5 based on 24 reviews

A park dedicated to the novelist Jack Kerouac gives visitors a glimpse into his childhood and beginnings as a writer.

10. Pollard Memorial Library

401 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA 01852-5999 +1 978-970-4120 http://www.pollardml.org/

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4.5 based on 18 reviews

Location: Lowell

Top Things to do in Lowell

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The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Lowell, Massachusetts (MA)

1. Working People Exhibit

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2. Lowell Cemetery

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3. Whistler House Museum of Art

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4. LeLacheur Park

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Reviewed By janinef589

5. St. Joseph the Worker Shrine

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6. John E. Sheehy Memorial Park

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7. Edson Cemetery

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8. Jack Kerouac Birthplace

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9. Kerouac Park

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10. Pollard Memorial Library

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