Singing Beach in Manchester is easily accessible by Commuter Rail! Parking is also fairly easy.
Walden Pond is easy by bike or car from Somerville--but on hot weekend days the parking lot fills up in about 3 minutes and sometimes they will also turn cyclists away at that point (the park has capacity requirements to keep the ecosystem healthy). Usually easy to get into late in the afternoon.
Wingaersheek Beach, also in Manchester, is one of my favorites within a 30-minute drive. Nahant and the beaches in that immediate area are also great if you have a car and want to do an excursion on a weekday afternoon (rather full on weekends).
Horseneck Beach is probably the "nicest" beach within an hour, but it's about an hour, as are the beaches around Newport (a little more than an hour). Both are nice day trips.
Nantasket beach in Hull is also relatively nice, but can be a pain to get to from Somerville.
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Date: 2014-05-29 02:46 pm (UTC)Walden Pond is easy by bike or car from Somerville--but on hot weekend days the parking lot fills up in about 3 minutes and sometimes they will also turn cyclists away at that point (the park has capacity requirements to keep the ecosystem healthy). Usually easy to get into late in the afternoon.
Wingaersheek Beach, also in Manchester, is one of my favorites within a 30-minute drive. Nahant and the beaches in that immediate area are also great if you have a car and want to do an excursion on a weekday afternoon (rather full on weekends).
Horseneck Beach is probably the "nicest" beach within an hour, but it's about an hour, as are the beaches around Newport (a little more than an hour). Both are nice day trips.
Nantasket beach in Hull is also relatively nice, but can be a pain to get to from Somerville.