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Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Fort Phoenix
One of the smallest state parks in Massachusetts and one of the most crammed: the stone remains of a Revolutionary War fort, a beach below it, and a hurricane barrier you can walk out along into the Atlantic.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
Read this bit out
This fort was built to guard the harbour, and the cannon on it pointed out at the water because that is where trouble came from. Look the other way and you will see a long low wall running right across the mouth of the harbour. That is a hurricane barrier, and it was built for the same reason the fort was — something dangerous comes in off that ocean, and people keep building things to stop it.
One of your three free places, or the Explorer Pass. What that costs
Before you go
- Time there
- Plan on about an hour and a half at the park.
- Parking
- Free, with free parking in the lot on Green Street. Sunrise to sunset.
- Underfoot
- A small park with the fort remains on a rise, a beach below that is universally accessible, and the hurricane barrier to walk out along.
- Stroller
- A stroller works on some of it.
22 challenges written for this place
A game deals seven to fifteen of them, so no two visits are alike.
Every game includes this one
Get Inside The Fort
Find the stone remains of the fort and stand in the middle of them.
A few of the others
Out Along The Barrier
Walk out along the hurricane barrier until you can see properly out to sea.
On The Walls
One photo of everybody at the fort with the harbour behind you.
Facing The Atlantic
One photo of everybody looking out at the open ocean.
Their Turn
Hand the phone to the youngest. They take one picture of whatever they want.
Which Way Were They Watching?
Work out which direction the fort was built to defend, and why that direction.
Two Kinds Of Defence
The fort was built to stop people. The barrier was built to stop water. Find both and work out which one is still working.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Fort Phoenix
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.