Country Park
Olmsted's goal as a park developer was to create natural oases for harried urban residents. Central to this theme, in Franklin Park, was the Country Park--a broad, winding meadow that hid the surrounding urban landscape.
Olmsted created a reservoir to irrigate the valley of the Country Park. The reservoir is located underground at the Overlook within the Wilderness. Water from nearby Jamaica Pond was pumped into the reservoir.
In the last century, the Country Park was turned into an 18-hole golf course, though many park users still walk The Loop, which circles around the outskirts of the golf course.