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Dorchester Shores Reservation
Morrissey Blvd. / Conley Street
Dorchester, MA 02122 
Phone: 617-727-5290
Malibu Beach, Victory Road Park, and Tenean Beach provide coastal access along the mouth of the Neponset River. Malibu Beach offers protected swimming and bathhouse. Tenean Beach is a popular swimming beach with playground facilities, tennis and basketball courts. Savin Hill Beach has a tot lot, baseball fields, and protected swimming. These facilities are part of the greenway system from Castle Island in South Boston to the Neponset River. Open year-round, dawn to dusk.
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Houghton’s Pond Recreation Area
695 Hillside St.
Milton, MA 02186
Phone: 617-698-1802
Supervised swimming beach at this spring-fed kettle pond. Concession pavilion and Visitor’s Center open seasonally. Restrooms, telephones, and a first-aid station at the bathhouse on the beach. Lifeguards from late June through Labor Day. Handicapped ramp leads to the water.
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Nickerson Beach
120 Dorchester St.
Quincy, MA 02205
Phone: 617-376-1251
Free parking.
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Quincy Shores Reservation
Quincy Shore Drive
Quincy, MA 02205
Phone: 617-727-5290
Quincy Shore Drive links Wollaston Beach with Caddy Memorial Park and Moswetuset Hummock. The two-mile beach is popular for its jogging/bicycling trail and swimming. Open year round, dawn to dusk. Bathhouse open July to September.
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Revere Beach
Revere Beach Blvd.
Revere, MA 02151
Phone: 781-438-1388
Revere Beach offers miles of shoreline. Lifeguards are on duty from late June to early September. Boulevard has a bandstand for summer concerts, a bathhouse, and many shade shelters. Accessible by public transportation, which makes it a popular spot for people from metro Boston. Open year round, dawn to dusk.
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Swimming Holes
Swimming holes can be found in or near rock quarries, streams, gorges, and waterfalls. Most are pristine, uncrowded, and surrounded by beautiful woods and forests. For details, see the web site www.SwimmingHoles.info
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Wollaston Beach
Quincy Shore Drive
Quincy, MA 02205
Phone: 617-727-5114
Quincy’s largest beach offers 2.5 miles of clean sand, swimming, lifeguards, free parking, a bathhouse with public restrooms, restaurants and local activities such as a Volleyball Challenge. Also see entry for Quincy Shores Reservation. Restroom, lifeguard, free parking, food, handicap accessible.
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 Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-223-8666
Email: Boha_information@nps.gov
Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area offers a quiet place to relax, explore, camp, swim, fish or picnic. Tours to Boston Light ("The ultimate Lighthouse experience," according to the Boston Globe) operate Thursday-Sunday from June to October. Ranger narrated Discovery Cruises and Sunset Cruises are offered on a frequent basis in the summer. Ranger-led activities and special events are offered on many islands for a variety of audiences. Not only are these islands a source of natural beauty and wonder--they're also rich in history and legends, with tales of pirates, shipwrecks, wars, abandoned prisons, and even ghosts! It's all right in Boston Harbor and accessible by boat or public ferry from Long Wharf downtown or the South Shore... so near, and yet so far away!
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Carson Beach
South Boston, MA
Phone: 617-727-5114
Lifeguards are on duty at this beach and restrooms are available. Leashed dogs are welcome on the beach and in the water. Parking is free.
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Swimming Holes
Swimming holes can be found in or near rock quarries, streams, gorges, and waterfalls. Most are pristine, uncrowded, and surrounded by beautiful woods and forests. For details, see the web site www.SwimmingHoles.info
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Ballston Beach
Route 6 to South Pamet Road
Truro, MA 02666
Phone: 508-487-6983
Open: Third weekend of June to Labor Day
Ocean beach with heavy surf and occasional dangerous undertow. Parking during daytime hours is only for town residents and guests staying in Truro (sticker required). All others must bicycle in. Lifeguards on duty; no snack bar. In-town guests may purchase stickers at the town Beach Office on Shore Road. Cost: $30 per week; $150 for the season.
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Bass Hole or Gray’s Beach
Off Center Street
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Cape Cod Bay, operated by the town of Yarmouth, offers a picnic area with grills and a playground; lifeguards; restrooms. Free parking. Water is very calm; good for young children. Beach adjoins the Callery-Darling Conservation Area, which offers trails through wetlands, woods, and a boardwalk over a salt marsh.
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Bass River Beach
South Shore Drive
Yarmouth, MA 02664
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Nantucket Sound features a picnic area, a food concession, three volleyball courts, a fishing pier, and a boat ramp. Many local people call this beach Smuggler’s Beach. Beach is clean and sandy with comfortable water temperatures. Life guards; restrooms; beach wheelchair available. Daily parking fee is $12 on weekdays and $15 on weekends. Parking stickers by the week may be purchased at the beach parking booths for $50. Parking stickers for the season may be purchased at Yarmouth Town Hall or the chamber of commerce, both on Route 28, for $125.
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Bayview Beach
Bayview Street
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Beach is on Lewis Bay at the end of Bayview Street. Operated by the town of Yarmouth. Lifeguards; free parking.
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Breakwater Beach
Breakwater Road off Route 6A
Brewster, MA 02531
Phone: 508-896-3701
Open: June 15-Labor Day weekend
This beach, on Cape Cod Bay, is popular with families and children because of its mild water temperature, luscious sand, gentle dunes, and tidal flats. No life guards; portable toilets. Parking stickers are required from June 15 to Labor Day weekend, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Parking is free after 3 p.m. Parking sticker is required or a daily parking fee of $15 can be paid at the beach. Stickers are sold at the visitor center behind the Brewster Town Hall, 2198 Main Street. Cost is $40 per week and $125 for the season.
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Cahoon Hollow Beach
Cahoon Hollow Road near Ocean View Drive
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Phone: 508-349-0300
Open: Mid-June to Labor Day
The ocean beach is loved for its high dunes, beach grass, and silky sand. Life guards, restrooms, snack bar. There is a popular beachside bar nearby. Wellfleet town parking sticker required from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., third Saturday of June through Labor Day. To be eligible for a visitor’s beach sticker, applicants must show proof that they are staying in the Town of Wellfleet. Visitor sticker prices are $30 for three days; $60 for one week; $200 for the season.
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 Cape Cod National Seashore beaches
99 Marconi Site Road (headquarters)
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Parking lots are open daily, year-round, 6 a.m.-midnight. Life guards are at swimming beaches from late June through August.
Cape Cod National Seashore manages six ocean beaches in the towns of Eastham (Coast Guard and Nauset Light beaches), Wellfleet (Marconi Beach), Truro (Head of the Meadow Beach), and Provincetown (Race Point and Herring Cove beaches). All seashore beaches include showers, paved parking, rest rooms, changing rooms, drinking water, water quality testing, and lifeguards from late June through Labor Day. Two beaches, Coast Guard in Eastham and Herring Cove in Provincetown, are handicapped accessible and have wheelchairs capable of traveling over sand.
Beach entrance fees are collected from late June through early September when lifeguards are on duty, and on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through September. One-day fees are $15 for a vehicle; $3 for pedestrians and bicylists; $45 for a season pass. Passes can be purchased visitor centers starting Memorial Day, and at fee booths when they are open.
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Chapin Memorial Beach
Chapin Beach Road
Dennis, MA 02660
Phone: 508-760-6159
Open: Memorial Day-Labor Day
This beach on Cape Cod Bay is loved for its easy walking on the wide tidal flats at low tide. Four-wheel vehicles allowed; there is access to fishing at Bass Hole. No life guard; restrooms; four-wheel drive trail. Parking sticker required from Memorial Day to Labor. Daily fee is $15; weekly fee is $55. Stickers can be purchased at Dennis Town Hall, 485 Main Street.
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Chatham Lighthouse Beach
Shore Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Phone: 508-945-5100
Open: Year-round
This ocean beach is one of the most beautiful on Cape Cod. It was formed about a decade ago as a result of a break in the Great Barrier Beach. It is protected from heavy surf by Nauset Beach. Beautiful sand, dunes, and views, along with frequent sightings of colonies of seals (keep your distance from them). Close to the Chatham Light lighthouse and only a short distance from the center of Chatham, the beach can be reached by shuttle, on foot, or by bicycle. There is a small parking area, which fills up rapidly and has a 30-minute limit. Beachgoers can park on Main Street in the downtown and take a taxi or shuttle to the beach. Prepare for a half-mile walk across the sand. No restrooms, life guards, snack bar, or day use fees.
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Coast Guard Beach (Cape Cod National Seashore)
Doane Road near Ocean View Drive
Eastham, MA 02642
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Coast Guard Beach is a prime swimming beach during the summer season. Other features include the Great Beach, a sandy strand that offers opportunities to study coastal beach processes; Nauset Marsh, behind the former Coast Guard Station, where people can see shorebirds working the tidal flats and observe salt marsh grass systems; and Nauset Spit, which offers the opportunity to walk onto a barrier beach system and observe shorebirds and, during the winter, seals.
The parking lot at this beach is closed from mid-June to Labor Day, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little Creek parking area (across from the Doane Area). The parking lot at Coast Guard Beach is open the remainder of the year, but parking is limited. There are seasonal restrooms and a wheelchair accessible ramp to the beach.
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Cockle Cove
Off Cockle Cove Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Phone: 508-945-5158
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Nantucket Sound, operated by the town of Chatham, has calm surf and soft sand, making it a good choice for families. Restrooms; snack bar; life guards on duty 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the season. Beach access is free to those walking or on bikes; stickers required for parking. Non residents must purchase stickers at the on-site beach booth. Fees are daily, $15; weekly, $60; full season, $125.
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Colonial Acres Beach
Standish Way
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Beach is located on Lewis Bay at the end of Standish Way. It is operated by the town of Yarmouth. No life guards; free parking.
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Corn Hill Beach
Corn Hill Road (from Castle Road)
Truro, MA 02666
Phone: 508-487-6983
Open: Third weekend of June to Labor Day
Located on Cape Cod Bay, this beach has wonderful sand and swimming in the calmer bay waters; beautiful view of Provincetown; it’s fun to watch boats heading in and out of the harbor. Restrooms; no life guards; no snack bar. One-day parking fee is $10. Guests staying in Truro may purchase parking sticker at the Truro Beach Office, Shore Road. Cost is $30 per week; $150 for the season.
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Corporation Beach
Corporation Road
Dennis, MA 02638
Phone: 508-760-6159
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Located on Cape Cod Bay in the town of Dennis, this beach has warm water and calm sand, and large tidal flats at low tide. Lifeguards, a snack bar, play area, rest rooms, and handicap access. Parking sticker required. Fee is $15 a day; $55 a week; $130 for the season. Daily stickers can be purchased at the beach.
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Craigville Beach
Craigville Beach Road
Barnstable, MA 02630
Phone: 508-790-6345
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, located on Nantucket Sound, is one of the most popular on Cape Cod. Great for sunbathing and swimming, and a favorite hangout of teens and college-age people. Life guards; restrooms; wheelchair accessible. Parking permit is required. Fee is $15 a day; $50 a week; $200 for the season. Daily permit may be purchased at the beach; weekly and seasonal permits must be purchased at the Barnstable town recreation department.
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Dennis Pond Beach
Summer Street
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, on a pond in the Town of Yarmouth, has lifeguards only on the weekends. Free parking.
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Englewood Beach
Berry Avenue
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Beach is located on Lewis Bay at the end of Berry Avenue in the town of Yarmouth. No life guards; free parking.
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First Encounter Beach
Samoset Road
Eastham, MA 02642
Phone: 508-240-5976
Open: Third week of June to Labor Day
This beach, on Cape Cod Bay, is managed by the town of Eastham. Shallow water, ideal for children; large tidal flats at low tide; beautiful views of the bay. Restooms; no life guards. Said to be the location of the first meeting of Indians and Pilgrims, from which its name is derived. Parking sticker or one-day fee payment required. Fees are $15 a day; $50 per week; $135 for the season.
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Flax Pond
North Main Street
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This is the recreational are for the town of Yarmouth summer activities program. Restrooms; lifeguards on weekends only; free parking.
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Harbor Beach
Off Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: 508-487-7097
Open: Year-round
This beach, which runs parallel to Commercial Street, the main thoroughfare, is a few steps away from the heart of downtown. Park at the public lot at MacMillan Wharf.
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Hardings Beach
Barn Hill Road off Route 28
Chatham, MA 02633
Phone: 508-945-5158
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Nantucket Sound offers long stretches of sand, calm surf, and mild temperatures. Good for swimming, windsurfing, and families. Restrooms; snack bar; wheelchair accessible; life guards on duty 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the season. Beach access is free to those walking or on bikes; stickers required for parking. Non-residents of the town of Chatham must purchase stickers at the on-site beach booth. Fees are $15 a day; $60 a week; and $125 for the full season.
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Head of the Meadow (Cape Cod National Seashore)
Route 6 to Head of the Meadow Road
Truro, MA 02666
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Third weekend of June to Labor Day
This ocean beach is secluded, very beautiful, with good surf, interesting sandbars, and wonderful views. Good beach for families with smaller children. Life guards, restrooms; no snack bar. Beach managed by the town of Truro and the Cape Cod National Seashore. One-day parking fee is $10. Guests staying in Truro may purchase parking stickers at the Truro Beach Office, Shore Road. Cost is $30 per week; $150 for the season.
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Herring Cove (Cape Cod National Seashore)
End of Route 6
Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Mid-April to November
Part of the Province Lands. This portion of the Cape is accreting (building) as a result of long shore transport of sand from the glacial scarps to the south. The shoreline here drops off dramatically, allowing whales (and vessels) to come close inshore. Life guards; restrooms in season (not in winter); food; wheelchair accessible. Beach entrance fees are collected from late June through early September when lifeguards are on duty, and on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through September. One-day fees are $15 for a vehicle; $3 for pedestrians and bicylists; $45 for a season pass. Passes can be purchased visitor centers starting Memorial Day, and at fee booths when they are open.
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Kalmus Park
Ocean Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6345
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, in Hyannis Harbor on Nantucket Sound, is operated by the town of Barnstable. Very popular for windsurfing. Life guards, bathhouse, picnic area, snack bar, volleyball area, wheelchair access. Parking permit is required. Fee is $15 a day; $50 a week; $200 for the season. Daily permit may be purchased at the beach; weekly and seasonal permits must be purchased at the town recreation department.
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Little Sandy Pond Beach
Buck Island Road
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, on a freshwater pond, offers tennis courts, a basketball court, a softball field, and other playing fields. Restrooms; no lifeguards. Operated by the town of Yarmouth.
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Long Pond
Indian Memorial Drive
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on a pond has a playground and a wooded area. No life guards; free parking. Operated by the town of Yarmouth.
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Marconi Beach (Cape Cod National Seashore)
Off Route 6
South Wellfleet, MA 02663
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
The Marconi Station Site offers a superb viewing area across this portion of the Cape from ocean to bay. Here, the outer beach is famous for its steep sand cliff (or scarp) located behind it. Swimmers and beach walkers feel a sense of solitude here because the scarp and ocean provide an unbroken, pristine natural scene in all directions. The uplands above the beach slope gradually westward, and provide a graceful vista of both the bay and sea horizons of this portion of the Cape. From a site here, Guglielmo Marconi successfully completed the first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and England in 1903. Location: Six miles north of Salt Pond Visitor Center, off Route 6 in Wellfleet. Restrooms are available seasonally at the Marconi Station Site and Marconi Beach.
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Mayflower Beach
Dunes Road
Dennis, MA 02638
Phone: 508-760-6159
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
A favorite for families, this beach on Cape Cod Bay has a long boardwalk from the parking area across the dunes to the beach below, life guards, restrooms, concessions, handicap access. Parking sticker required. Fees are $15 a day; $55 a week; $130 for the season. Daily stickers can be purchased at the beach.
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Mayo Beach
Kendrick Avenue
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Phone: 508-349-9818
Open: Mid-June to Labor Day
A mellow beach on Cape Cod Bay. Warm, calm water is perfect for families with children; nearby playground; rocky breakwater; beautiful views of the harbor. No life guard; no restrooms; no snack bar, but services are available nearby.
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Menauhant Beach
Menauhant Road
East Falmouth, MA 02540
Phone: 508-548-8623
Open: Seasonally
Located on Vineyard Sound, this is the longest beach in Falmouth, and is divided into an east side and a west side by a tidal stream that connects Bourne’s Pond to Vineyard Sound. Life guards; bathhouse, mobile snack bar; porta-johns; handicap ramp; beach wheelchairs. Parking sticker required. A daily parking fee of $10 can be paid at the beach entrance.
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Monument Beach
Emmons Road, off Shore Road
Bourne, MA 02532
Phone: 508-759-0621
Open: June – September
Beach is on tiny Toby’s Island in Buzzard’s Bay. Life guards; snack bar; rest rooms. Parking sticker required; sticker may be purchased from the town for $30, with proof of a minimum of 30-day residency within the town. All others welcome to walk or bicycle to the beach.
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Nauset Beach
Beach Road
Orleans, MA 02653
Phone: 508-240-3775
Open: June 17 through Labor Day
This broad ocean beach has massive sand dunes, big ocean waves, and chilly water. It is operated by the town of Orleans; don’t confuse it with the nearby Nauset Light Beach of the Cape Cod National Seashore (parking fees and services differ). Off-road vehicles are allowed; permits must be obtained through the town of Orleans. Life guards; restrooms; food concession. Daily parking fee is $15 and may be purchased at the beach. Parking stickers by the week and for the season may be purchased at the Nauset Beach Administration Building. Cost for visitors staying in Orleans is $50 per week and $110 for the season. Visitors staying outside Orleans must pay $150 for a season sticker.
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Nauset Light Beach (Cape Cod National Seashore)
Ocean View Drive
Eastham, MA 02642
Phone: 508-349-3785
Open: Late June-early September
Nauset Light Beach consists of a broad, sandy beach that is contained by a steep glacial scarp behind it. During winter months, the beach profile is considerably lowered, sometimes exposing features such as the brick foundation of one of the earlier Three Sisters lighthouses. Location: One mile north of Coast Guard Beach on Ocean View Drive in Eastham. Restrooms open seasonally, lifeguard, paid parking, wheelchair accessible.
Beach entrance fees are collected from late June through early September when lifeguards are on duty and on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through September. One-day fees are $15 for a vehicle; $3 for pedestrians and bicylists; $45 for a season pass. Passes can be purchased at parking lot booths when they are open and at the National Seashore Visitor Centers. Salt Pond Visitor Center is a 50 Nauset road, Eastham, and Provincelands Visitor Center is at 111 Race Point Roat, Providence.
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Nickerson State Park
Route 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
Phone: 508-896-3491
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Travel to the upper campgrounds in Nickerson State Park, you may think that you have been transported to the Berkshire Hills or the piney woods of the Carolinas. Nowhere are the sand dunes and salt marshes usually associated with Cape Cod. Instead, you are surrounded by woods that slope down to the banks of eight crystal clear fresh water ponds, known as kettle ponds.
Nickerson's 1,900 acres offer 420 campsites, yurt camping, an amphitheater, eight miles of roads, hiking trails, an eight-mile bike path that connects to the 25-mile Cape Cod Rail Trail, and ponds stocked year-round with trout. Cape Cod Bay is within walking or bicycling distance. You can swim and canoe at Flax Pond; birdwatch or catch-and-release fish at Higgins Pond; or join the interpretive and recreational programs offered by park staff.
Park amenities include: beaches, camping, fishing, picnicking, restrooms, bike paths, nonmotorized boating, boat ramp, yurt camping, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding trails, mountain biking, showers, cross-country skiing, swimming, trailer and RV dumping, walking trails.
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Old Silver Beach
Off Route 28A and Quaker Road
North Falmouth, MA 02556
Phone: 508-548-8623
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Buzzard’s Bay has water is warm and pleasant for swimming. A creek divides the beach; one side is the public beach and the other side is reserved for town residents. Life guards; restrooms; bathhouse; food; handicap ramp to the beach; beach wheelchairs; parking sticker is required by the town of Falmouth, or a daily parking fee of $20 can be paid at the gate.
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Parker’s River Beach
South Shore Drive
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, on Nantucket Sound, has a large parking lot and a playground. Operated by the town of Yarmouth. Life guards; restrooms; beach wheelchair available. Daily parking fee is $12 on weekdays and $15 on weekends. Parking stickers by the week may be purchased at the beach parking booths for $50. Parking stickers for the season may be purchased at Yarmouth Town Hall or the chamber of commerce, both on Route 28, for $125.
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Red River Beach
Off Uncle Venie’s Road
Harwich, MA 02645
Phone: 508-430-7513
This larger beach on Nantucket Sound has warn water and moderately calm surf. Life guards; restrooms, food. Daily fee for parking is $15. Also, the town of Harwich sells weekly parking stickers for $55.
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Ridgevale Beach
Ridgevale Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Phone: 508-945-5158
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach on Nantucket Sound is located between and Hardings and Cockle Cove beaches. Restrooms; snack bar; life guards on duty 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the season. Beach access is free to those walking or on bikes; stickers required for parking. Non-residents of the town of Chatham may purchase stickers at the on-site beach booth. Fees are $15 a day; $60 a week; $125 for the season.
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Sandy Neck Beach
Sandy Neck Road
West Barnstable, MA 02632
Phone: 508-362-8300
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Part of a six-mile-long barrier beach on Cape Cod Bay, this area, managed by the town of Barnstable, is undeveloped and pristine. Exposed flats and sand bars at low tide delight children; untouched dunes; birdwatching; kayaking; hiking on nature trails. Off-road vehicles are allowed with a permit costing $140 a season. Life guards, restrooms, food concession, wheelchair access and beach wheelchair. Daily parking fee of $15 can be paid at the gatehouse.
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Scargo Lake
Scargo Hill Road
Dennis, MA 02670
Phone: 508-760-6159
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Freshwater swimming surrounded by woods. Life guards; restroom; snack bar; handicap accessible.
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Scusset Beach in Scusset Beach State Reservation
Scusset Beach Road
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-0859
Scusset Beach is located on Cape Cod Bay at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal. It is a popular swimming and camping area. The 98 site camping area is popular with trailer campers. For salt water anglers, the area offers a popular fish pier, a breakwater, and 1.5 miles of frontage along the canal. A picnic area and bicycling along the canal are also available. The reservation is also a popular spot for watching the variety of boats and ships passing through the canal.
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Sea Street/Keyes Beach
Sea Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6345
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Located in Hyannis Harbor on Nantucket Sound and close to Hyannis businesses and accommodations. Life guards; bathhouse; picnic area with grills; snack bar; volleyball; handicap access. Parking permit is required. Fee is $15 a day; $50 a week; $200 for the season. Daily permit may be purchased at the beach; weekly and seasonal permits must be purchased at the town of Barnstable recreation department.
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Seagull Beach
South Shore Drive
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, on Nantucket Sound, is the town of Yarmouth’s largest beach. Large parking area, dunes, snack bar; beach wheelchair; deck onto the beach. Daily parking fee is $12 on weekdays and $15 on weekends. Parking stickers by the week may be purchased at the beach parking booths for $50. Parking stickers for the season may be purchased at Yarmouth Town Hall or the chamber of commerce, both on Route 28, for $125.
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Seaview Beach
South Shore Drive
Yarmouth, MA 02675
Phone: 508-398-2231
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
This beach, on Nantucket Sound, has life guards and restrooms. Daily parking fee is $12 on weekdays and $15 on weekends. Parking stickers by the week may be purchased at the beach parking booths for $50. Parking stickers for the season may be purchased at Yarmouth Town Hall or the chamber of commerce, both on Route 28, for $125.
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Skaket Beach
Skaket Beach Road
Orleans, MA 02653
Phone: 508-240-3775
Open: June 17 through Labor Day
Popular beach on Cape Cod Bay offering the bay’s calm, warmer waters. Expansive tidal flats at low tide expose pools of sea creatures. Westward direction of the beach offers wonderful sunset views. Life guards, restrooms, food, wheelchair accessible. Daily parking fee is $15 and may be purchased at the beach. Parking stickers by the week and for the season may be purchased at the Nauset Beach Administration Building. Cost for visitors staying in the town of Orleans is $50 per week and $110 for the season. Visitors staying outside Orleans must pay $150 for a season sticker.
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South Cape Beach State Park
Great Oak Road
Mashpee, MA 02649
Phone: 508-457-0495
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
South Cape Beach, located between Waquoit Bay and Vineyard Sound, contains a wide variety of coastal environments, including barrier beach and dunes, salt marsh, scrub oak/pitch pine woodland and "kettle" ponds. A magnificent white sand beach stretches for over a mile. Newly constructed over-the-dune boardwalks, a small parking area and bathrooms make this a lovely place to spend a day at the shore. Interpretive programs are offered during the summer months.
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Surf Drive Beach
Surf Drive, off Main and Shore streets
Falmouth, MA 02540
Phone: 508-548-8623
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
On Vineyard sound and accessible from Shining Sea bike path. Restrooms, lifeguard, food, wheelchair accessible. Life guards; restrooms; bathhouse; food; handicap ramp to the beach; beach wheelchairs; parking sticker required or a daily parking fee of $20 can be paid at the gate.
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Swimming Holes
Swimming holes can be found in or near rock quarries, streams, gorges, and waterfalls. Most are pristine, uncrowded, and surrounded by beautiful woods and forests. For details, see the web site www.SwimmingHoles.info
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Town Neck Beach
Off Wood Avenue
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone: 508-888-4361
Open: Mid-June to Labor Day
This town-operated beach on Cape Cod Bay has a wonderful long boardwalk over marshes, a creek, and dunes to the beach. Great vistas of the bay and marine life. No lifeguards; no restrooms. Parking sticker required. Fee for parking is $10 a day.
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Veterans Park
Ocean Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Phone: 508-790-6345
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Located on Lewis Bay, the beach area has swings and picnic tables in a shaded pine grove. Great form families picnics. Life guards, restrooms, bathhouse, snack bar, volleyball, wheelchair accessible. Parking sticker is required or a daily parking fee of $10 can be paid at the beach.
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West Dennis Beach
Off Lighthouse Inn Road
West Dennis, MA 02670
Phone: 508-760-6159
Open: Memorial Day to Labor Day
Located on Nantucket Sound east of the Bass River, this beach is great for families and all manner of beach activities from body surfing to volleyball. The Bass River Lighthouse is located nearby. The eastern end of the beach is for town residents only; the west end is for the public. Life guards, restrooms, paid parking, snack bar, showers, wheelchair accessible. Parking sticker required. Fee is $15 a day; $55 a week; $130 for the season. Daily stickers can be purchased at the beach.
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Wiley Park
Great Pond Road
Eastham, MA 02642
Open: Third week of June to Labor Day
This beach, on Great Pond, is great for families with small children. Life guards; restrooms; playground; picnic area. Parking sticker or one-day fee payment required by the town of Eastham. Fees are $15 a day; $50 per week; $135 for the season.
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Bell Pond
Belmont Street
Worcester, MA
Fresh water beach with rest facilities and lifeguards on duty.
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Coes Pond Beach
200 Mill Street
Worcester, MA
Fresh water beach has rest facilities and lifeguards on duty.
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Gardner Heritage State Park
Lake Street
Gardner, MA
There is a fee for parking at this fresh water beach.
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Leominster State Forest
Route 31
Leominster, MA
Phone: 508-874-2303
This park features spots for canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. There also is a beach area. Late June, early July sees the mountain laurels bloom.
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Rutland State Park
Route 122A
Rutland, MA
Fresh water beach features free parking, rest facilities, and lifeguards on duty.
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Savin Hill Beach and Malibu Beach
Morrissey Blvd.
Dorchester 02125
Phone: 617-727-5290
Savin Hill Beach, has been restored to its original Olmsted brother’ design, has a tot lot, baseball fields and protected swimming. Malibu Beach offers protected swimming and a bathhouse. Part of the coastal access along the Neponset River. Restrooms, lifeguard, free parking.
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Shore Park Beach
Shore Drive
Worcester, MA
Rest facilities, food concession, and lifeguards on duty can be found at this beach.
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Street Point Recreation Area
Route 20
Sturbridge, MA
Fresh water beach with rest facilities and lifeguards on duty.
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Swimming Holes
Swimming holes can be found in or near rock quarries, streams, gorges, and waterfalls. Most are pristine, uncrowded, and surrounded by beautiful woods and forests. For details, see the web site www.SwimmingHoles.info
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Tenean Beach
Conley Street
Dorchester 02122
Phone: 617-727-5290
Located along the mouth of the Neponset River, Tenean Beach is a popular swimming beach with playground facilities, tennis and | |
