Quincy Shore Reservation

Quincy Shore Reservation
Quincy Shore Reservation
	Location in Massachusetts Quincy Shore Reservation (the United States)
Location	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°16′50″N 71°01′02″W / 42.28056°N 71.01722°W / 42.28056; -71.01722
Area	87 acres (35 ha)
Elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Established	1899
Operator	Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Website	Quincy Shore Reservation

Quincy Shore Reservation is a public recreation area and protected shoreline on Quincy Bay, Boston Harbor, in Quincy, Massachusetts. Its primary attraction is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) beach, accessible along its entire length by Quincy Shore Drive. The largest beach on Boston Harbor, it is known locally as Wollaston Beach, named for the adjacent Wollaston neighborhood.

The reservation is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston and was established in 1889.^[3] Also included in the reservation are Moswetuset Hummock, site of the first encounter of Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish with the local native sachem, or leader, Chickatawbut in 1621 and cited as a source for the name of Massachusetts; and Caddy Park, a preserved salt marsh with nearby picnic facilities.^[4]

References

^ "2012 Acreage Listing" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
^ "Wollaston Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "About FWB". Friends of Wollaston Beach. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
^ "Quincy Shore Reservation". MassParks. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved August 22, 2013.

External links

Quincy Shore Reservation Department of Conservation and Recreation

[2012acreagelist-1] "2012 Acreage Listing" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Recreation. April 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

[gnis-2] "Wollaston Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[friends-3] "About FWB". Friends of Wollaston Beach. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

[dcr-4] "Quincy Shore Reservation". MassParks. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved August 22, 2013.

v t e Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
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Parkways and roads	Alewife Brook Arborway Blue Hills Blue Hills Reservation Charles River Reservation Day Boulevard Fellsway Fellsway East Fellsway West Fenway Fresh Pond Furnace Brook Hamond Pond Hull Shore Drive Jamaicaway Lynn Fells Lynnway Memorial Drive Morrissey Boulevard Mystic Valley Nahant Beach Boulevard Nantasket Avenue Park Drive Quincy Shore Drive Revere Beach Riverway Soldiers Field Road Stony Brook Storrow Drive Truman VFW West Roxbury Winthrop Winthrop Shore Drive
Department of Conservation and Recreation Greater Boston List of Massachusetts State Parks

Quincy Shore Reservation

Location in Massachusetts Show map of Massachusetts Quincy Shore Reservation (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°16′50″N 71°01′02″W / 42.28056°N 71.01722°W / 42.28056; -71.01722
Area	87 acres (35 ha)^[1]
Elevation	0 ft (0 m)^[2]
Established	1899
Operator	Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Website	Quincy Shore Reservation