Nahant Beach Reservation, Lynn

Name: Nahant Beach Reservation
Address: Lynn, United States

#5 among attractions in Lynn

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Nahant Beach Reservation is a protected coastal reservation covering 67 acres of beach and recreational areas in the town of Nahant, Massachusetts. Nahant Road, formerly known as Nahant Beach Boulevard when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, offers access to 7,000-foot-long 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. The reservation is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston. ()

Established: 1900 (124 years ago)Elevation: 0 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°26'50"N, 70°56'12"W

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Day trips

Nahant Beach Reservation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mary Baker Eddy House, Lynn Heritage State Park, Lynn Memorial Auditorium, Lynn Shore Drive.

1.2 miN
Museum, History museum, Italianate architecture
Mary Baker Eddy House, Lynn
30 min walk • The Mary Baker Eddy House is a historic house museum at 8 Broad Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Built in 1870–71, it was the home of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, from 1875 to 1882. The house is now owned by the church, which operates it as a historic site devoted to Eddy's life and early church history.
1.2 miN
Museum
Lynn Heritage State Park, Lynn
30 min walk • Lynn Heritage State Park was a history-themed state park in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts, and was part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston. It opened in 1986.
1.4 miNW
City hall, Theater, Concerts and shows
Lynn Memorial Auditorium, Lynn
37 min walk • The Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium is a large Art Deco building that defines the civic heart of Lynn, Massachusetts. The building serves three functions: first, it houses the city's principal offices, including the mayor's office, as well as the chambers of the city council.
1.1 miN
Street
Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn
29 min walk • Lynn Shore Drive is an historic oceanfront parkway in Lynn, Massachusetts. Composed of a two-lane road, parkland, a seaside pedestrian esplanade, and a seawall, Lynn Shore Drive runs for approximately one mile along Lynn's Atlantic Ocean coastline, following the upland boundary...
1.2 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Lynn
32 min walk • The Grand Army of the Republic Hall, also known as the General Frederick W. Lander Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, is an historic building located at 58 Andrew Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, in the United States.
1.5 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church, Lynn
38 min walk • St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church is parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in Lynn, Massachusetts founded in 1844. It is noted for its historic church at 74 South Common Street. Completed in 1881, the church is of a Romanesque Revival design by Ware & Van Brunt.
0.7 miS
Park
Nahant Beach Boulevard, Lynn
19 min walk • Nahant Beach Boulevard, also Nahant Causeway and Nahant Road is a historic road on the isthmus connecting Nahant, Massachusetts to the mainland at Lynn, Massachusetts.
1.5 miNW
Library
Lynn Public Library, Lynn
38 min walk • The Lynn Public Library building is a historic library at Five North Common Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Although library services were offered in Lynn as early 1815, it was not until a bequest in 1896 that the city began planning a permanent home for the growing collection.
1.1 miS
Beach
Nahant Life-Saving Station, Nahant
30 min walk • The Nahant Life-Saving Station is a historic coastal rescue station in Nahant, Massachusetts. The station, which consists of a residence and an equipment building, was established in 1900 by the United States Life-Saving Service before being taken over by the United States Coast Guard in 1915.
1 miN
National park
Lynn Shore Reservation
25 min walk • Lynn Shore Reservation is a protected coastal reservation in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. It includes 22 acres of beaches and recreational areas.
1.2 miNW
Museum
G.A.R. Hall and Museum, Lynn
32 min walk • The G.A.R. Hall and Museum is a historic museum at 58 Andrew Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. The four story Romanesque brick building was built in 1885 by contractor Frank G.

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Lynn (30 min walk)