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Revere Beach, Revere, MA

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Revere Beach

Ride the Blue Line from Boston to swim, stroll the boulevard and catch the summer sand sculpting festival on America's first public beach.

Revere Beach Boulevard, Revere, MA 02151 · Revere, MA

About Revere Beach

Revere Beach opened on July 12, 1896 as the first public beach in the United States, and today the state runs it as Revere Beach Reservation. The sand stretches over three miles along Revere Beach Boulevard, about five miles north of downtown Boston. The MBTA Blue Line stops right at the beach, which helps because street parking has a four-hour limit. Each summer the International Sand Sculpting Festival brings artists from around the world. Dogs are not allowed from April to mid-September.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Revere Beach, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Stay
    Family Favorite

    Embassy Suites by Hilton Boston at Logan Airport

    $50+

    An all-suite airport hotel in East Boston with a free hot breakfast, an indoor pool and an airport shuttle to Logan.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    3.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Stay

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Bell Rock Memorial Park

    Check prices

    Public park in Malden with colonial-era meeting house sites, a Civil War statue, and a World War II memorial.

    4.0 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums
    History Buff

    USS Constitution & USS Constitution Museum

    No admission fee

    Step aboard Old Ironsides, the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat, in the Charlestown Navy Yard.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    4.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Charlestown Navy Yard

    No admission fee

    Walk the old Navy shipyard where USS Constitution and the destroyer USS Cassin Young are docked beside an 1833 dry dock.

    4.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Local Gem

    Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park

    Under $25

    Ferry from Long Wharf to Civil War-era Fort Warren on Georges Island or Spectacle Island's beaches and skyline-view trails. Ferries run mid-May to October.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    4.5 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Family Favorite

    Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

    No admission fee

    Stroll 1.5 miles of gardens, fountains and public art built over the old elevated highway, and ride a carousel of New England animals.

    4.5 mi awayMore like this

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