Nahant Beach Reservation
Nahant Beach Reservation | |
Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | |
Long Beach | |
Country | United States |
---|---|
State | Massachusetts |
County | Essex |
Town | Nahant |
Location | Nahant Road |
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
- coordinates | 42°26′50″N 70°56′12″W / 42.44722°N 70.93667°WCoordinates: 42°26′50″N 70°56′12″W / 42.44722°N 70.93667°W [1] |
Area | 67 acres (27 ha) [2] |
Established | Unspecified |
Management | Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Location in Massachusetts
| |
Website: Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation | |
Nahant Beach Reservation is a protected coastal reservation in the town of Nahant, Massachusetts. It includes 66.5 acres (26.9 ha) of beaches and recreational areas.[3] Nahant Road, called Nahant Beach Boulevard when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, offers access to 7,000-foot (2,100 m) Long Beach on the Atlantic Ocean side to the east. The reservation includes a boat ramp with access to Lynn Harbor and shares athletic fields with Lynn Shore Reservation in the area around Nahant Rotary, a traffic circle at the reservation's northern end.[4][5]
The reservation is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.
References
- 1 2 "Long Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "2012 Acreage Listing" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Protected and recreational open space datalayer". Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
- ↑ "Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation". MassParks. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Lynn Shore Map" (PDF). MassParks: Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
External links
- Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation Department of Conservation and Recreation
|
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, October 01, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.