Located just 30 miles southwest of Boston, Mansfield, Massachusetts, is surrounded with natural preserves. Within the Mansfield city limits, there are numerous conservation areas, including the Maple Park Conservation Area and Great Woods Conservation Area, which both sport miles of hiking and biking trails. Mansfield is also within five miles of both Borderland State Park and F. Gilbert Hills State Forest. There are a few hotels in the Mansfield area for those who want to make this central location their home base for exploration.
Holiday Inn
The Holiday Inn in Mansfield offers all you would expect from a modern, convenience-oriented hotel, including an on-site fitness center with a cardio room and free weights, an indoor pool and sauna and two restaurants. Pikes Peak Mining serves traditional barbecue for dinner and the Clearwater Café serves up a breakfast buffet or breakfast entrees each morning. At both restaurants, kids eat free.
Located two miles from F. Gilbert Hills State Forest, the Holiday Inn is also located only a few miles from Gillette Stadium, where the New England Patriots play, and Patriot Place, a shopping and dining complex that houses a hall of Patriots memorabilia.
31 Hampshire Street
Mansfield, Massachusetts
(877) 267-7308
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Residence Inn Boston Foxborough
Located just one town away from Mansfield in Foxborough, the Residence Inn Boston Foxborough is an all-suite hotel with both one- and two-bedroom accommodations available. The hotel is smoke free, pet friendly and offers free Internet, a free hot breakfast buffet, an on-site snack and beverage shop, business center, fitness room, and basketball and tennis courts. There are no on-site restaurants, but there are numerous restaurants nearby, and rooms contain full kitchens.
Only nine miles from Lake Pearl, the Residence Inn is only about a mile from F. Gilbert Hills State Park's biking and jogging trails.
250 Foxborough Blvd.
Foxborough, Massachusetts
(508) 698-2800
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Comfort Inn
Roughly eight miles from Borderland State Park, the Comfort Inn in Foxborough is within walking distance of Cabot Business Park, an office park that houses offices for Toyota, Motorola and other major companies, making it ideal for business travelers to the area.
On-site amenities include an exercise room, business services, laundry services, free weekday newspapers and a free continental breakfast. Guests can also dine in the on-site 99 Restaurant, which serves up traditional American dishes of chicken, steak, seafood and pasta.
4 Fisher Street
Foxborough, Massachusetts
(508) 543-1000
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