Mary O’Malley State Park

September 1, 2019 Sunny

This is a small park in Chelsea, just north of Boston. It fronts the Mystic River, with views toward Charlestown as well as the Tobin Bridge.

Near the parking lot is a cool playground, but the main attraction is a walk along the waterfront.

The initial impression as you walk the river is mainly industrial, but the views improve somewhat as you walk south and east.

Continuing around you can just make out the Bunker Hill Monument to the south and parts of the Boston skyline (if you know what to look for). The boys paused to play on the rocky shore a bit.

While we visited there was a large “vehicle carrier” ship docked across from us, as seen here.

A large grassy area would generally be good for recreation or picnics, but unfortunately there’s a lot of Canada geese there (and then of course all the goose poop) so you would really need to pick carefully. But there are also some pavilions and park benches. Toward the end of the park are some decent bathrooms.

We stopped to check out an old pier facing the scenic Tobin Bridge :). On our way back we noticed a quite pretty sign for the park.

The views are industrial but it’s good for jogging, and has a lovely playground for kids.
The trail was small. The view was industrial.
Very industrial, but cool to see from the more natural side.
The playground was good and the beach was nice.
There was too much goose poop. I love the playground.