16 Kayaking Areas near Barre, MA
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Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
15.1 miles NA DCR-run state recreation area in Winchendon with a sandy beach on Lake Dennison, a wooded Army Corps lake. Summer parking is $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for others.
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Lake Wyola State Park
Shutesbury
17.7 miles WDCR's Carroll A. Holmes Recreation Area has a lifeguarded sand beach on the northwest shore of quiet Lake Wyola in Shutesbury, with a seasonal $8 (MA) or $30 (out-of-state) parking fee.
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Coes Pond Beach
Worcester
17.9 miles SEWorcester's lifeguarded city beach on Coes Reservoir, officially the John J. Binienda Memorial Beach, with a bathhouse, free summer kayak and paddleboard loans, and trails around the pond. No admission fee.
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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
26.3 miles NContoocook Beach is the Town of Jaffrey's sand beach on 344-acre Contoocook Lake, with a buoyed swim area, a bathhouse and concession stand, and Mount Monadnock filling the skyline across the water. Swimming is free for everyone, but the parking lot is re
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Hopkinton State Park Upper Beach
Ashland
32.2 miles EThe unguarded reservoir beach above the dam at Hopkinton State Park, separate from the guarded Main Beach below it, with 8 dollar resident parking and boat rentals on the water.
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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
33.2 miles NA free, Army Corps-run day-use park on a 165-acre flood-control lake in Peterborough, with a small sand swim beach (no lifeguards), picnic shelters, a car-top boat launch and wooded trails.
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Ashfield Lake
Ashfield
36.0 miles WTown beach at Belding Memorial Park on Ashfield Lake in Ashfield, Massachusetts, with a buoyed swim area, diving dock and summer lifeguards. Free and open to everyone, not just residents.
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Wayland Town Beach
Wayland
38.1 miles ELifeguarded town beach on the North Pond of Lake Cochituate in Wayland, with a roped swim area, boat rentals and a picnic grove. Day passes are $5 for residents and $10 for non-residents.
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Heart Pond Beach
Chelmsford
38.2 miles EFree, unguarded town beach on 91-acre Heart Pond in South Chelmsford, open dawn to dusk to residents and non-residents, right beside the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
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Memorial Beach at Dug Pond
Natick
39.3 miles ENatick's town swimming beach on Dug Pond, with lifeguards, a diving crib and a floating dock. Open to everyone in summer for a day pass sold at the gate, with higher rates for non-residents.
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Freeman Lake Beach
North Chelmsford
39.3 miles EFree town beach on Freeman Lake at Varney Playground in North Chelmsford, open dawn to dusk to everyone. No lifeguards, weekly E. coli testing in summer, and hand-launched small boats welcome.
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Surry Mountain Lake Beach
Surry
41.6 miles NA free Army Corps of Engineers beach on Surry Mountain Lake, six miles north of Keene, with a long sandy swim area, no lifeguards, and weekly water testing that sometimes brings summer bacteria advisories.
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Micozzi Beach
Billerica
43.5 miles EMicozzi Beach is Billerica's town swimming beach on Nutting Lake, with sand, summer lifeguards, a bathhouse and boat rentals. Swimming is allowed only when guards are on duty, and parking needs a small town pass.
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Crystal Lake Beach
Newton
46.7 miles ENewton's lifeguarded city beach on Crystal Lake, a 33-acre spring-fed great pond a short walk from the Newton Highlands Green Line stop. Day passes are sold at the bathhouse ($8 residents, $15 non-residents).
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Georgiaville Pond Beach
Smithfield
47.9 miles SESmithfield's town-run public beach on 92-acre Georgiaville Pond, open to non-residents with a $4 day pass and a $20 parking sticker. Check RIDOH and DEM water advisories before swimming.
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Shannon Beach
Winchester
48.9 miles EFree DCR swimming beach on Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester, with summer lifeguards, a new bathhouse and free but limited parking. Frequent bacteria closures, so check the state beach dashboard first.
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