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Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field which provides general aviation and charter service..
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About Hanscom AFB
Set in the northern part of Massachusetts, Hanscom AFB is a small unincorporated community.
Hanscom AFB holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.89 square miles.
📰 Hanscom AFB News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Hanscom AFB Unique
- The only place in America named Hanscom AFB — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Waltham (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Hanscom AFB
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House · Museum
- Gropius House · Museum
- Thoreau Farm - Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau · Attraction
- Bloody Angle · Attraction
- Bronson Alcott School of Philosophy · Museum
- Budd Rail Diesel Car · Museum
- Codman Estate · Museum
- Codman House Museum · Museum
- Emerson's Cliff · Attraction
- Little Women House · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hanscom AFB
- Minute Man National Historical Park reviews ★
- Nature Linc Farrington · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Adams Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Anthony Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Aquifer Lot · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Baker Bridge North · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Baker Bridge South · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Baker Conservation Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Banta-Davis Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Beaver Pond Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bedford Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bedford Garden Club · Garden reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Hanscom AFB
- Bedford High
- Hanscom Middle
- Hanscom Primary
- John Glenn Middle
- Lincoln School
- Lt Eleazer Davis
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.