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Massachusetts Coast Guide to Boston and the North Shore

From Salisbury to Hingham, the Massachusetts Coast Guide to Boston and the North Shore can help you get to nearly 400 public access sites, ranging from expansive beaches with parking and concession stands to more out-of-the-way areas with scenic vistas. Developed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), Coast Guide includes 22 maps, descriptions of access spots, photos of a variety of sites, transportation information, and more.

photo of kids on Wingaersheek Beach

The Coast Guide website includes the following information:



For additional information about Massachusetts public access sites, including sites located outside of the area covered by Coast Guide, check out the Online Locator of Coastal Public Access Sites.

Photographs All photos by Arden Miller, CZM except "Frisbee Anyone?" (Alex Strystky, CZM), "Vacationing on Plum Island" (Rebecca Perlo); "Arts at the Point" (courtesy of U-Mass, Boston); HarborWalk views (CZM archives); "View from Marina Bay" (Don Weiner); and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Katie Lund, CZM).
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The Online Locator
of Coastal Public
Access Sites allows
you to make personalized maps to beaches, rocky shores, boat ramps, and other shoreline sites open to the public all along the coast of the Commonwealth.

Check out Boston Harborwalk Audio Tours, compliments
of the city of Boston. The Fort Point Channel
Tour starts at the Intercontinental Hotel and gives an insider's view, complete with a filming location for
The Departed. The Downtown Tour starts at Christopher Columbus Park and covers shipwrecks to lobster rolls.
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