Starting Tuesday, September 7, there will not be lifeguards out watching the water for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
That means there will be no lifeguards at beaches, pools and spray decks managed by the agency. A full list of those locations can be found below:
Beaches
- Ashland: Ashland State Park
- Boston: Carson Beach
- Boston: Constitution Beach
- Dartmouth: Demarest Lloyd State Park
- Erving: Erving State Forest
- Fairhaven: Fort Phoenix State Reservation
- Mashpee: South Cape Beach State Park
- Milton: Houghton’s Pond
- Nahant: Nahant Beach Reservation
- Revere: Revere Beach State Reservation
- Salisbury: Salisbury Beach State Reservation
- Sandwich: Scusset Beach State Reservation
- Shutesbury: Lake Wyola State Park
- Westport: Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Pools
- Agawam: Gerald J. Mason Memorial Swimming Pool
- Attleboro: George I. Spatcher Memorial Swimming Pool
- Brighton: Artesani Wading Pool
- Brighton: Reilly Memorial Swimming Pool
- Brockton: Manning Swimming Pool
- Cambridge: Francis J. McCrehan Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Cambridge: Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool
- Chelsea: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool and Wading Pool
- Chicopee: Sara Jane Sherman Memorial Swimming Pool
- Clinton: Philip J. Weihn Memorial Swimming Pool
- Everett: Allied Veterans Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Fall River: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool and Spray Deck
- Fitchburg: Gustave Johnson Memorial Swimming Pool and Spray Deck
- Freetown: Freetown State Forest Spray Deck and Wading Pool
- Hyde Park: Olsen Swimming Pool
- Lawrence: Geissler Memorial Swimming Pool
- Lawrence: Lt. Colonel Edward J. Higgins Swimming Pool
- Leominster: Leominster State Swimming Pool
- Lowell: Raymond Lord Swimming Pool and Spray Deck
- Ludlow: John F. Thompson Memorial Swimming Pool
- Malden: Lt. Dennis C. Holland Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Mattapan: Ryan Wading Pool
- Melrose: Lawrence W. Lloyd Memorial Swimming Pool
- Milford: Sen. P. Eugene Casey Memorial Swimming Pool
- Roxbury: Melnea A. Cass Memorial Swimming Pool
- Somerville: Dilboy Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Somerville: Latta Brothers Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Southbridge: Andrew J. Petro Swimming Pool
- Springfield: John H. Thomas Memorial Swimming Pool and Spray Deck
- Stoneham: Hall Memorial Pool
- Topsfield: Bradley-Palmer Wading Pool
- Waltham: Connors Swimming Pool
- Watertown: Clarence W. Dealtry Memorial Swimming and Wading Pool
- Weymouth: Connell Memorial Swimming Pool
- Worcester: Dennis F. Shine Memorial Swimming Pool
- Worcester: Veterans Memorial Bennett Field Swimming Pool
Spray Decks
- Belmont: Beaver Brook Spray Deck
- Boston: Neponset Landing II Spray Deck
- Brighton: Artesani Playground Wading Pool and Spray Deck
- Hyde Park: John T. Moynihan Spray Deck
- Hyde Park: Olsen Spray Deck
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