Select Boston Pools and Beaches Will Stay Open Late This Weekend
Revere Beach photo by Bill Ilott via Flickr/Creative Commons
Governor Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that many state-run pools, beaches, and spray decks will operate on extended hours this weekend to provide refuge from the waging heat wave.
Fifty-eight bodies of water around the city will stay open, with lifeguards, until 7:30 p.m. each night from Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2. The initiative is intended to give people a way to safely beat the heat, and avoid conditions like heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
The full list of facilities with extended hours includes:
Beaches
Robinson Beach – Agawam
South Boston Beaches – Boston
Chicopee State Park Beach – Chicopee
Walden Pond Beaches – Concord
Wallum Lake – Douglas
Dunn Pond Beach – Gardner
Hopkinton State Park Beaches – Hopkinton
Nantasket Beach – Hull
Crow Hill Pond Beach – Leominster
Houghton’s Pond – Milton
Nahant Beach – Nahant
Cochituate State Park Beach – Natick
College Pond – Plymouth
Revere Beach – Revere
Whitehall Pond – Rutland
Salisbury Beach Reservation Beaches – Salisbury
John A. Pierce Lake – Saugus
Lake Wyola Beach – Shutesbury
Kingsley Beach – Westfield
Horseneck Beach – Westport
Shannon Beach – Winchester
Regatta Point Beach – Worcester
Lake Park – WorcesterPools and Spray Decks
Gerald J. Mason Pool – Agawam
Beaver Brook Spray Deck – Belmont
Alfond Spray Deck – Boston
Mission Hill Spray Deck – Boston
Reilly Memorial Pool – Brighton
Artesani Wading Pool & Spray Deck – Brighton
North Point Spray Deck – Cambridge
McCrehan Memorial Pool – Cambridge
Veterans Memorial Pool – Cambridge
Vietnam Veterans Pool – Chelsea
Sherman Memorial Pool – Chicopee
Philip Weihn Pool – Clinton
Neponset Spray Deck – Dorchester
Allied Veterans Memorial Pool – Everett
Veteran’s Memorial Pool – Fall River
Johnson Memorial Pool – Fitchburg
Freetown Wading Pool & Spray Deck – Freetown
Olsen Spray Deck – Hyde Park
Moynihan Spray Deck – Hyde Park
Olsen Swimming Pool – Hyde Park
Johnson Spray Deck –Jamaica Plain
Higgins Pool – Lawrence
Lord Memorial Pool – Lowell
Holland Memorial Pool – Malden
Ryan Wading Pool – Mattapan
Lloyd Memorial Pool – Melrose
Cass Memorial Pool – Roxbury
Latta Brothers Memorial Pool – Somerville
Thomas Memorial Swimming Pool – Springfield
Bradley Palmer Wading Pool – Topsfield
Connors Memorial Pool – Waltham
Dealtry Memorial Pool – Watertown
Shine Memorial Pool – Worcester
Though their hours may be longest this weekend, you can always cool off at a number of public pools, both free and for a fee, around the city. Or, if swimming’s not your style, Boston Sports Clubs is offering free gym access to anybody in Boston whenever the temperature hits or tops 90 degrees this summer.
