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13 reviews for Lynch Park
13 reviews in English
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Review from Julaine N.
Frederick, MD
9/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
What a beautiful park along the water! Great views and they have a beautiful garden that just screams wedding. I was only here for a short trip, but I'm glad we stopped at Lynch Park to enjoy the scenery.
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Review from Kerri N.
Beverly, MA
8/1/2011 1 photo
I love Lynch Park. It is a great place to take your kids and its a great place to go and just clear your head.
Its also a beautiful spot for taking photos and always is one of my go to spots for when i am doing them. -
Review from Josie M.
Ayer, MA
6/24/2006 4 photos
63 Summers ago yesterday, Beverly's beloved Lynch Park was born. Previously it existed as a Revolutionary War fortress, a leased home to President Taft, and was bequeathed to Beverly Hospital before David S. Lynch bought the land on June 23, 1943 specifically to provide Beverly residents with beautiful public parkland.
This gorgeous 16-acre oceanfront park has plenty of open spaces for sports such as volleyball, badminton, and children's soccer; there are picnic tables and a concession area where you can buy hotdogs, pizza, beverages, and ice cream. Two beaches provide endless enjoyment - be sure to check the tide schedule. On Sunday summer evenings from 6 - 8 you can stop by to hear a free concert played in the bandshell; different kinds of music are featured: classical, semi-classical, folk, blues, swing, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and more! The sunken rose garden dates to 1910 and is a dramatic backdrop where weddings still take place.
Access is free to Beverly residents, yet another wonderful perk of living in the city of Beverly. The stickers are available in the summers only, and only at the park. There is a small fee for non-residents. The park is open 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, dogs are allowed in Lynch Park from 6:00 - 7:45AM. Restrooms are available from 9:00 AM until dusk.
Don't forget to check out the summer movie schedule at Lynch Park! Bring a blanket and spread out under the stars, feel the breeze from the ocean, and watch movies this summer such as "The Fugitive", "The Incredibles", "A Hard Day's Night", and, appropriately enough, "On the Waterfront". The schedule of offerings is here:
http://www.bevrec.com/...
One of the best places for me to be on a sunny summer afternoon is on a hill in Lynch Park underneath the shade trees. I couldn't say enough about this lovely place; well done, Beverly! -
Review from Julie A.
Arlington, MA
4/17/2007
As a child I used to look out my bedroom window across the bay at this park every night before I'd go to sleep, how could I not review it?! well, the concession stand I remember being pretty cool, the rose garden is still amazing to this day sledding used to kick ass, and it just is a nice place that brings back lots of fond childhood memories.
Great park area, nice place to picnic, but I'm still not sold on the two beach areas they have.
Huey Lewis played there once, and it was back when people cared.Listed in: best and worst beaches in…
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Review from Brian L.
Beverly, MA
6/19/2008
Beautiful park... especially the gardens.... and the ocean view... on the non-Power Plant side.
The history here is with regard to the original owners... they had this great house at one time here. Their main house was in NYC and overlooked the Falconer Statue in Central Park (http://www.centralpark...). They loved it so much that they had a replica cast for here.
After the gentleman died, his widow leased the house to President Taft in the summers during his Presidency. Well for one summer at least... she hated the crowds, the security and the press... so she had the house floated over to Marblehead and built the rose garden. Taft moved over to the house on Paramatta for summers. Taft arrived via boat or train at the nearby Montserrat train station (Don't go and look for anything there... the old station is gone and the Commuter rail stop is now a garbage and graffiti strewn eye-sore.)
Bring a jacket as the wind here can make it chilly... some of the Moms on the playground can do the same but they can be forgiven.
Lots of summer concerts by local bands of every type. Summer movies too.
Park is in the process of being reconfigured and revamped.
Beaches are a bit sea-weed covered, littered with washed up trash and rocky. High tide all but eliminates the ocean side beach. -
Review from Less H.
Beverly, MA
Updated - 4/7/2010
I headed back to Lynch park thinking maybe in the early spring it would be better than when I was last there. I was wrong.
The beach is rocky. The view is just eh okay and it was packed full of overbearing parents yelling at their kids. Question: Why take your kids to the beach if you want them to stay out of the sand and the water? You take kids to the beach they are going to get sandy and possibly wet. Don't take them otherwise. One mother spent the entire hour I was on the beach yelling at her young son. "Johnny stay out of the water. Johnny don't do that, Johnny don't do this, Johnny Johnny Johnny." By the end of the hour I was hoping johnny would slip off one of the many rocks on the beach and into the water.
The rest of these reviews read like a high school history project. I don't care about the history when I'm listening to a kid get hen pecked by his mother. What I care about is if I can lay in the sun in peace, can I paint a watercolor in peace? I don't want to HAVE to wear my iPod to enjoy the day part of the reason to go to the beach is to listen to the wave and wind.
Dane Street beach is less crowded has better sand and the view is just as nice. I wish the city would spend some of it's money on repair of the bathroom and shower facility. It's the most underrated of Beverly's many beaches.
In short if you are going to go to Lynch Park wear your iPod and wear sneakers. It's loud and rocky. Better yet just go to Dane Street or don't I'll enjoy it's relative quiet.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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3/10/2010
Lynch park is pretty when it's not packed with parents with their screaming kids in tow. All summer… Read more »
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Review from Joe S.
Beverly, MA
12/28/2007
A great place to bring kids and hang out for the day. Nice big open field, plenty of benches, two beaches, a playground, a concession stand and a beautiful rose garden make up this beautiful facility. I've always loved to ride my bike down there and hang out with friends.
Why only four stars? It's very simple, the beaches are just not that good and kind of dirty. I know I'm comparing apples and oranges here, but Stage Fort Park in Gloucester has everything Lynch has and more. Their beach is beautiful and clean. Yes, I know Gloucester is known for their beaches and stuff, but Lynch Park just doesn't cut in in that department.
Other than that, it's the best place to be in Beverly during the Summer and Fall (at least after all the kids at their camps leave, another complaint of mine...) -
Review from John M.
Beverly, MA
11/28/2007
Great park! Right on the water and plenty of benches to sit and enjoy the view. Well kept grounds for family/friend picnics and BBQs. During the summer Beverly residents get in free but there is a fee to park in the parking lot for non-residents. There is not much for on street parking around the park if you do not have a resident sticker. In the off-season the parking lot is free for everyone. During the summer season there is a snack bar with Dick and June's Ice Cream. Enjoy!
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Review from Rod S.
Middleton, MA
5/19/2007
Well kept, open, peaceful one of the North Shores best natural places.
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Review from Fortuna F.
Beverly, MA
1/21/2009
Great park!
Sometimes they charge parking fees in summer but off season it's all free.
Wife and I regret not getting married in the rose garden but maybe for some anniversary!
Great playground for kids and beautiful views all around. They rent kayaks, have a small amphitheater, and have a volleyball net. Bring your camera as there is great light all around. There is a public restroom here. -
Review from Tiffany S.
Sacramento, CA
9/4/2009
My favorite park in the world!!! Great little ice cream/snack shack! Rose Garden is always beautiful! Cool playground! AND HELLO RIGHT ON the beach!
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Review from Lucien D.
New York, NY
7/18/2009
Nice little park in the area. I would go in the off season since it's not worth paying the parking fees (during the summer you can park several blocks away and walk there) . The garden is nice and it's right along a nice scenic view of the ocean. If you go during low tide you can check out the small tide pools in the rocks.
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Review from Michael S.
Beverly, MA
10/28/2008
I have been going here since I was a kid, whether it was to play in the rose garden, or run around on the big play ground on the point, or to see a concert at the shell. We never really used it as a beach place, as you can read from the other reviews the beaches can be dirty and crowded. There are far better places to go and swim if you want to. I will not knock it down for that though as I am not much of a beach person and there is no better place to go sit on a hot summer evening and eat dinner than at Lynch Park with its breeze.
