MA Beaches, Spray Parks Opening For 2024 Summer Season: DCR

MASSACHUSETTS — Just in time for the heat and the holiday weekend, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation will open beaches and spray decks this week.

DCR's 81 freshwater and saltwater beaches will open starting Friday, and most will remain open until Labor Day weekend at the beginning of September. Find a list of all freshwater beaches here, and ocean beaches here.

On Wednesday, DCR opened some of the state-operated spray decks. The facilities will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through the summer. Here are the locations:

• Stony Brook Spray Deck, Lamartine/Boylston Streets, Jamaica Plain
• Neponset Landing II Spray Deck, Hill Top Street, Boston
• Mission Hill Spray Deck, Schroeder Plaza, Boston
• Johnson Playground Spray Deck, Lamartine & Green Streets, Jamaica Plain
• Alfond Memorial Spray Deck, Boston
• Artesani Playground Spray Deck, Soldiers Field Road, Brighton
• North Point Park Spray Deck, Education Circle, Cambridge
• Beaver Brook Spray Deck, Trapelo Road, Belmont
• Olsen Spray Deck, Turtle Pond Parkway, Hyde Park
• McCrehan Memorial, Rindge Avenue, Cambridge
• John TY. Moynihan Spray Deck ,Truman Parkway, Hyde Park
• Magazine Beach, Hamilton Street, Cambridge

The remaining DCR spray decks and DCR pools will likely open after Memorial Day. The pools typically open toward the end of June.