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Swimming, Sand and Sunbathing Beach Wheelchairs are made of PVC pipe and feature an umbrella, fishing rod holder, a movable arm for transfer, and large balloon tires for travel across sand to the water. No fee to use – bring someone to push the chair. Reservations are sometimes required and always recommended.
Available at:
Artesani Park - for use at spray deck
Beartown State Forest
Beaver Brook Reservation - for use at spray deck
Blue Hills Reservation/Houghtons Pond
Breakheart Reservation
Carroll Holmes Recreation Area
Carson Beach
Castle Island
Cochituate State Park
Constitution Beach
D.A.R. State Forest
Demarest Lloyd State Park
Dunn State Park
Halibut Point
Harold Parker State Forest
Hopkinton State Park
Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Malibu Beach
Massasoit State Park
Maudslay State Park - for trail use
Myles Standish State Forest
Nahant Beach Reservation
Nantasket Beach Reservation
Nickerson State Park
Pleasure Bay
Revere Beach Reservation
Salisbury Beach State Reservation
Sandy Beach
Scusset Beach State Reservation
South Cape Beach State Park
Spectacle Island
Stony Brook Reservation- for use at spray deck
Walden Pond State Reservation
Wollaston Beach
Constructed wheelchair accessible site features include:
Ashland State Park: Concrete
platform with seating at water's edge. Steps and ramp, both
with handrails, lead into water.
Bradley Palmer State Park:
Gradual slope allows easy entry for wheel chair users at the
wading pool.
Dunn State Park: Concrete
ramp with steps and handrails allows wheelchair users to cross
beach, transfer, and sit-step down into the water. New entryway
soon to be constructed.
Erving State Forest: Ramp
with handrails enables visitors who use wheelchairs to cross
the beach and enter the lake. New entryway soon to be constructed.
Lake Wyola State Park: Boardwalk to bench at water’s
edge with mat leading into water.
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