LocationsSaugus
3 parks · 65 challenges · Massachusetts
Outdoor things to do with kids in Saugus
All of it in Saugus.
A seventeenth-century ironworks, a forest with two lakes in it, and six hundred acres of salt marsh.
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Where to go, and what to expect
Breakheart Reservation
Saugus, Massachusetts · 22 challenges
Two lakes inside a big forest, with rocky hills above them you can climb for views that reach Boston one way and New Hampshire the other.
About 2 hours
Underfoot. A large trail system through forest, with climbs to rocky vistas. Supervised swimming at Pearce Lake in summer.
Parking. Free, with free parking at 177 Forest Street in Saugus. There is a second entrance at 100 Hemlock Road in Wakefield, closer to Pearce Lake Beach. Sunrise to sunset.
Rumney Marsh Reservation
Saugus, Massachusetts · 22 challenges
Six hundred acres of salt marsh in the Saugus and Pines River inlet — flat, open, full of birds, and important enough to be named an Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
About an hour and a half
Underfoot. Flat and open salt marsh along the river inlet. Good for birdwatching, fishing and boating.
Parking. Free, with parking at 111 Ballard Street and 114 Bristow Street, both in Saugus. Dawn to dusk.
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Saugus, Massachusetts · 21 challenges
A whole seventeenth-century ironworks rebuilt on the river — waterwheels, a blast furnace, a forge, and bellows eighteen feet long that blew the air into it.
About an hour and a halfBathrooms in season
Underfoot. Twelve acres with a half-mile nature trail. The grounds and trail are open around the clock; the museum, the industrial buildings and the waterwheel demonstrations run Wednesday to Sunday in season.
Parking. The site is at 244 Central Street. Free.
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