Wollaston Beach
Reservation
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Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy
617-727-5293
Open year round,
dawn to dusk. Bathhouse open July to September Wollaston Beach Reservation
offers a variety of recreational opportunities. Quincy Shore Drive
links Wollaston Beach with Caddy memorial Park and Moswetuset Hummock.
The 2.3 mile beach is popular for its jogging/bicycling trail and
swimming. Caddy Park on the southern end of the beach has over 15
acres of fields and marsh as well as a play area, lookout tower
and picnic tables. Moswetuset Hummock, on the beach's northern end,
is a National Historic Site. Once a summer campsite of Native Americans
during the 1600's, it is a mixture of woodland trails and open marshland.
The site which has a short loop trail, offers views of Quincy Bat
and 144-acre Squantum Marsh.
Directions
MBTA
Caddy Park – Red Line to Wollaston Station,
proceed to Hancock Street, turn right and walk one block to Beach
Street, turn left on beach and continue on Quincy Shore Drive.
Moswetuset
Hummock – Red Line to North Quincy Station, MBTA Bus #211 to
Squantum, exit at East Squantum Street and Quincy Shore Drive,
proceed to
the small wooded knoll 200 yards east. |