Here’s a very incomplete list of things to do on the beaches of Massachusetts: play in the waves at Coast Guard Beach, consistently ranked the #1 family beach in America; build a sandcastle at Revere Beach, or watch the pros build them during the annual Sand Sculpting Festival; visit Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond; ride the waves at Long Beach; sunbathe at the gorgeous Crane Beach; bark at the seals at Chatham Light Beach; go clamming at the aptly named Clammers Beach; experience Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard for yourself; catch the best sunset in New England at Madaket Beach. With almost 1,500 miles of coastline in Massachusetts plus countless picturesque ponds and lakes, there’s no shortage of places to see.
Breakheart Reservation
Saugus
Crane Beach on the Crane Estate
Ipswich
Good Harbor Beach
Gloucester
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Newburyport
Plum Island Beach/Parker River Wildlife Refuge
Newburyport
Salisbury Beach Partnership
Salisbury
Salisbury Beach State Reservation*
Salisbury
Sandy Point State Reservation
Newbury
Singing Beach
Manchester-by-the-sea
Walden Pond State Reservation
Concord
Wingaersheek Beach
Gloucester
EZ Pedaler of Newburyport
Newburyport
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Half Moon Beach
Gloucester
Lake Gardner
Amesbury
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Long Beach
Gloucester/rockport
Lynch Park Beach
Beverly
Nahant Beach
Nahant
Pearce Lake
Saugus
- A
Breakheart Reservation
177 Forest Street
Saugus
7812314044 - B
Crane Beach on the Crane Estate
Argilla Rd.
Ipswich
978.356.4354 - C
Good Harbor Beach
Thatcher Rd. (rt. 127 A)
Gloucester
978-283-1601 - D
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
1 Plum Island Turnpike
Newburyport
978-462-9998 - E
Plum Island Beach/Parker River Wildlife Refuge
#4 36th Street
Newburyport
978-465-5753 - F
Salisbury Beach Partnership
1 Oceanfront North
Salisbury
(978) 462-6543 - G
Salisbury Beach State Reservation*
Beach Rd.
Off Rt. 1a
Salisbury
877-422-6762 - H
Sandy Point State Reservation
Plum Island State Park
Newbury
978-369-3350 - I
Singing Beach
Off Rt. 127
Manchester-by-the-sea
978-283-1601 - J
Walden Pond State Reservation
915 Walden St.
Concord
978-369-3254 - K
Wingaersheek Beach
298 Atlantic St.
Gloucester
978-283-1601 - L
EZ Pedaler of Newburyport
40r Merrimac St
Newburyport
978-358-7123 - M
Half Moon Beach
Stage Fort Park
Gloucester
978-281-9790 - N
Lake Gardner
High Street
Amesbury
no phone - O
Long Beach
Rt. 127a
Gloucester/rockport
978-283-1601 - P
Lynch Park Beach
Ober St., Rt. 127 To Ober Street
Beverly
978-921-6067 - Q
Nahant Beach
Nahant Causeway
Nahant - R
Pearce Lake
177 Forest St.
Saugus
781-233-0834
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