Nahant Beach Reservation

Coordinates: 42°26′52″N 70°56′20″W / 42.44778°N 70.93889°W / 42.44778; -70.93889

Nahant Beach Reservation
Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Nahant Beach Reservation
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
Region	Essex County
Municipality	Nahant
Location	Nahant Road [1]
- coordinates	42°26′52″N 70°56′20″W / 42.44778°N 70.93889°W / 42.44778; -70.93889
Area	66.514 acres (27 ha) [2]
Location of Nahant Beach Reservation
Website: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/lynnshores.htm

Nahant Beach Reservation is a protected coastal reservation in Nahant, Massachusetts. It includes 66.5 acres (26.9 ha) of beaches and recreational areas.^[2][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 its northern end.^[1]

The reservation is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "DCR’s Lynn Shore and Nahant Beach Reservations map". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/maps/LynnShoreMap.pdf. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Protected and recreational open space datalayer, Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - http://www.mass.gov/mgis/dd-over.htm
3. ^ "Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/lynnshores.htm. Retrieved 13 December 2009.