Boston Common Frog Pond — Local services in Boston

It was free event sponsored by the Friends of the Public Garden. The event was feature free skate rentals (while supplies last) and free cookies, and free hot chocolate!

The FREE skating sessions was began at 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm 4:00 pm, and 6:00 pm. Space was limited to 125 skaters per 90-minute session. Free tickets were available beginning 30 minutes before each session.

My friends and I showed up at the event at 1:30pm and were pretty much at the top of line and waited less than 10 minutes to get our 3 free tickets for 4o’clock session meanwhile people were lining up for 2o’clock session. By the time my friends and I were leaving to grab something to eat and warm up the line became pretty huge.

When I return back for my session at 4pm the tickets were sold out for rest of the day. So it was good decision first stopped by to pick up the tickets in advance.

Everything was nice and smooth and well organized including picking up the rental skates. The skates were nice and sharp. So with getting rent skates and putting them on my feet I was able to happily ice skating by 4:11, including storage my stuff in locker and going to restroom. I finished my ice skating at 5:15pm and after enjoyed cookies and hot chocolate time with my friends while some people were still ice skating.

They finished the session sharply at 5:30pm so everyone has enough time to return their skates and enjoy the hot chocolate/cookie time before next session...

Visited Frog Pond over July 4th weekend, always a great time to travel to Boston! I will remind even out of state travelers, this is the weekend a lot of people go to the beaches or mountains so Boston is quieter than normal. The city re-opened Frog pond after a couple years hiatus due to Covid so it was very exciting!! We went on a Sunday and the pond opened at 11, but it’s located in the heart of Boston Common so there is much to do if you arrive early like we did. Carousel was running at 10 am and for 4.00 your little one or big one can ride for a few minutes,I always go on with my son. Also near frog pond is tadpole playground always open and all sorts of climbing structures to keep kids busy until the countdown for the pond opening. The pond has bathrooms at it and a place to buy snacks,there are lifeguards even if it’s primarily a wading pond but enough to cool off and play in. We walked around the commons saw lots of vendors and had a great day al around! Being the family and have a picnic!! I will be...

A great place to rest your feet 🦶 🦶 by either taking off 📴 your shoes 👟 and soak or just walk around in the warm water 💦. Toddlers can play ▶️ in the sprinklers or roll around in the water. There was an employee scooping out leaves with a pool net. I found a small stone 🪨 and a tiny stick that I mistook for a cigarette 🚬 butt. I threw both of them away and I was rewarded with finding an abandoned tiny toy Babe 🐖 piglet. If the owner is looking for it, I will send it to you. There is a carousel 🎠 and the famous frog statues are at opposite ends of the pond, not named Amy. The only reason I found for the name was that during the Revolutionary War, men would try to find 🐸 frogs to eat. I don't think 🤔 Kermit would show up saying "Hi-Ho, Kermit the Frog here from Sesame Street News!" The Frog Pond is a great 👍 addition to Boston Common. I relaxed while I walked in the water...