Constitution Beach Park

July 4, 2019 Sunny

We visited Constitution Beach on a very hot July day, arriving at 10 am to find a full parking lot with just a few spaces left. This beach is a man-made crescent of sand in East Boston that opened in 1952.

It has some good facilities such as a playground, clean changing rooms and restrooms, and a snack bar with good Italian ice.

The main beach sand is good but we visited at low tide so the kids were playing in an area that seemed fairly small and a bit muddy. But it was very safe and calm, with a clearly marked swimming area.

The fun part for kids is watching planes land and take off from Logan airport, which is just across the water (see the plane in picture above?)

It seems to me this is a great beach to sunbathe and hang out on, but mainly for families. For swimming, it’s probably best to hit the beach at high tide, when you’d have more sand to play on.

Definitely a beach for locals, but easy to get to and nice sand. On the other hand, it’s not facing the Atlantic, so you don’t get the ocean breeze and waves.
The water wasn’t clean, though watching planes taking off was something different.
The sand was low quality and the waves were nonexistent; I also cut my finger on the many rocks, which impaired my fine motor skills for days to come.
The tide was coming in but there was a playground and it was cool.
I like it because there’s a lot of wet sand, and you can play.