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Gooseberry Neck
Date visited: 9/24/2022
This is a really wonderful spot, and a great place to take the pups! Gooseberry Neck (also known as Gooseberry Island, despite it not being an island) is near Horseneck Beach State Reservation. It has it's own free parking area, and allows dogs, year round. There is a trail that loops the southern end of the peninsula near the remnants of the towers. The two towers were World War II lookout posts back in the day. There are side trails along the way that bring you right out to the rocky shoreline. If I'm going to drive over 2 hours to see a spot, I usually wait for when the weather is good and I picked a great day to go here. We had plenty of great photo opportunities! There is a small beachy area near the parking lot where Mandy was able to cool off in the water, despite it not being that warm out. Since the dogs leashes are connected, there was one point where Lexi was pulling Mandy out of the ocean, as it was a bit too cold for Lexi!
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Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Date visited: 3/6/2023
It was still early in the afternoon, so we stopped here briefly after our adventure at Demarest Lloyd State Park. We didn't stay very long, as we had already walked over four miles at Demarest, and the clouds were starting to come in cooling every thing off. That didn't stop the pups from wading in the water. Like the other Massachusetts State Beaches, dogs are allowed on the beach between September 16 and March 31st.
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