page_title: Saugus, Massachusetts
section_title: Geography and transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Saugus, Massachusetts / Geography and transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Saugus, Massachusetts USA town center rotary.
context_page_description: Saugus is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,628 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.8 square miles (30.6 km²), of which 10.8 square miles (28.0 km²) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²), or 8.53%, is water. The town lies just inland from Massachusetts Bay, divided from the ocean by the Point of Pines neighborhood of Revere.  The southern end of town is dominated by Rumney Marsh, which lies along the Pines River, a tributary of the Saugus River.  The Saugus River flows through town, and is fed by several brooks.  There are several ponds within town, including parts of Birch Pond, Hawkes Pond and Walden Pond.  Part of the Lynn Woods Reservation, and most of the Breakheart Reservation and Rumney Marsh Reservation lie within town.
  Saugus is divided into several neighborhood villages, including Saugus Center, East Saugus, North Saugus, Pleasant Hills, Lynnhurst, Oaklandvale, Hammersmith Village, Golden Hills, Blacksmith Village, Bristow and Cliftondale.  Of these, the majority of the town's population resides in Lynnhurst, Pleasant Hills, Cliftondale, East Saugus and Saugus Center; Oaklandvale and North Saugus are much less densely populated.  The town lies at the southern end of Essex County (though it is not the southernmost town in the county; Nahant extends just south of the town).  The town is bordered by Lynnfield to the north, Lynn to the east, Revere (in Suffolk County) to the south, and Melrose and Wakefield to the west, in Middlesex County.  The town also shares a common point with the city of Malden, where it also meets Melrose and Revere.  Saugus lies 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Salem, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boston, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Cape Ann and 20 miles (32 km) south of the New Hampshire state line.
  U.S. Route 1 passes through town along a divided highway, with five exit ramps throughout town.  This stretch of Route 1, though not a full controlled access highway (it is lined with a major shopping district, including the Square One Mall), is a major commuter route out of Boston, heading towards the interchange of Interstate 95 and Massachusetts Route 128 in Lynnfield. Route 1 through Saugus was once known for its abundance of kitschy roadside commercial architecture, including the 68-foot neon cactus of the Hilltop Steakhouse, though since the 2000s some of these landmarks have been demolished or fallen into disrepair. The route is also shared by a 3/4-mile long concurrency with Route 129, which passes through North Saugus before joining Route 1 to head northward into Lynnfield.  Route 99 terminates at Route 1 as well, in the southern end of town.  Route 107 passes through the town as the Salem Turnpike through the Rumney Marsh, crossing the Saugus River into Lynn over the Fox Hill Bridge.
  The Newburyport/Rockport Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail passes through the southeast corner of town, between two stations in Lynn (at the GE plant and at Central Square) and one in nearby Chelsea.  The Blue Line of the MBTA's subway line terminates in Revere; there has been talk of extending the subway into Lynn. Saugus is also served by several MBTA bus, linking the town with nearby train lines.  The nearest airport is Boston's Logan International Airport.
caption: Saugus Center rotary
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