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Salisbury Beach State Reservation is a state-owned, public recreation area on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. [4] It is one of the most heavily utilized state parks in the Commonwealth, with "an annual attendance rate of over one million visitors ...
Salisbury Beach State Reservation: Essex: 355 acres 144 ha: 1931: The park's main feature is its 3.8-mile (6.1 km)-long beach, one of the most popular in the Commonwealth. Sandisfield State Forest: Berkshire: 4,190 acres 1,700 ha: York Lake: Sandy Point State Reservation: Essex: 134 acres 54 ha: Savoy Mountain State Forest: Berkshire: 10,457 ...
The town is home to Salisbury Beach State Reservation, a park which includes the entire seacoast and a small portion inland, as well as the Ram Island and Carr Island State Wildlife Management Areas, the two islands lying in the middle of the Merrimack (along with Eagle Island, which is not protected). Much of the town is covered by marshes ...
Down East. Eastport - Shackford Head State Park - Cony Beach; Machiasport - Jasper Beach; Roque Bluffs - Roque Bluffs State Park; Mount Desert Island. Bar Harbor - Sand Beach in Acadia National Park
The Salisbury Beach Military Reservation was built on state land in 1941. Its mission was to protect the Merrimack River and Newburyport Harbor from possible air and naval attack. The site had four "Panama mounts" (circular concrete platforms) for four towed 155 mm guns. It never fired its guns in anger, though it did play an important part in ...
Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a public recreation area comprising more than 800 acres (320 ha) on the Atlantic Ocean in the southern portion of the town of Westport, Massachusetts. [3] The reservation is one of the state’s "most popular facilities ... welcom[ing] hundreds of thousands of visitors per year."
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The park includes 210 acres (85 ha) of rocky shoreline open field and wooded trails. [2] A parking lot is located at the northeast corner of the reservation. The reservation is accessed by Route 6, to Brandt Island Road to Brandt Beach Road. A parking lot is located at the northeast corner of the reservation and a trail leads circuitously south ...