Castle Island, Pleasure Bay, M Street Beach and Carson Beach

October 6, 2019 Windy

Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston that’s the site of a fort, and now has a playground and beach adjacent to it.

There’s a loop around the small “bay” (Pleasure Bay), but we took the shorter paved loop around the island instead, which is about 1 mile. The first section goes past a beach.

Although the beach was empty, we did see a few parasailers racing back and forth across the water, carried by the strong winds.

Farther around the island you can see many of the Boston Harbor Islands in the distance as well as Deer Island.

There are also several memorials on the far side of the island.

There are free tours of the interior of the fort on Saturday and Sunday (check the schedule before you come), but for our visit we followed the path around the outside.

Castle Island and the surrounding area is great fun on a hot summer day, when you can visit the playground, beach, have a picnic, or enjoy some fried seafood at Sullivan’s. But it’s also worth a visit in the off-season for the changing scenery and laid-back feel.

• Great views all around, with history and some good food (in the summer).
• Nice views. Good facilities. The kids loved it.
• I enjoyed the walk but overall it wasn’t amazing… close to the shore and the ports.
• It was windy but me like view. Very cool. and playground. Eppik.
• I liked the playground. But it’s not an island.

For more information: Castle Island official site.