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Barrier Free Fishing

Young angler in wheelchair The following facilities across the state were built by the Office of Boating and Fishing Access to provide accessible fishing for people with disabilities.

The barrier-free access areas are listed by MassWildlife District and by town. As more of these facilities are built, they will be added to this list.

Barrier Free (Handicapped) Fishing Facilities
District	Town	Waterbody	Location	Facility Type *
Western	Pittsfield	Onota Lake	Burbank Park	Fishing Pier
Western	Cheshire	Cheshire Lake	Farnham Road	Fishing Platform

Valley	Holland	Hamilton Reservoir	Leno Road	Fishing Pier
Valley	Ludlow	Springfield Reservoir	Route 21	Fishing Pier
Valley	Orange	Lake Rohunta	Eagleville Rd	Fishing Platform
Valley	Southwick	Congamond Lakes	Grove St	Fishing Pier
Valley	Ware	Ware River	Church St	Fishing Platform

Central	Sturbridge	Long Pond	Champeaux Rd	Fishing Platform

Northeast	Haverhill	Lake Pentucket	Stanley Drive	Fishing Platform
Northeast	North Reading	Ipswich River	Central Street	Shorefishing Area
Northeast	Townsend	Squannacook River	Old Meetinghouse Rd	Shorefishing Area
Northeast	Weymouth	Whitmans Pond	Middle Street	Fishing Platform
Northeast	Wilmington	Silver Lake	Grove Avenue	Fishing Pier

Southeast	Brewster	Schoolhouse Pond	Route 6A	Fishing Platform
Southeast	Plymouth	Long Pond	Clark Road	Shorefishing Area
Southeast	Wareham**	Wareham River	Route 6	Fishing Pier
Southeast	Yarmouth**	Bass River	South Street	Fishing Pier
Southeast	Yarmouth**	Parker River	Route 28	Fishing Pier

*Facility Types:

SHORE FISHING AREA--Minimally improved property providing shore fishing access on fresh or salt water.

FISHING PIER: Pier over the water providing fishing area for recreational anglers - barrier free.

FISHING PLATFORM: Platform built on a bank or shore but does not extend over the water.

**=Coastal (saltwater) Access managed by the Division of Marine Fisheries