Date visited: 9/28/2024

This is the main beach in the town of Winthrop. It runs along the east side of Winthrop Shore Road. It's a state beach, and dogs are allowed September 16th through March 31st. Free parking is available along Winthrop Shore Road. The beach isn't very sandy. There's a large section of rocks between the sidewalk and the actual beach. The unique feature is the "five siters", a series of off-shore wave breakers built in the 1930's. Unfortunately they have had negative effects on the beach, such as an increase in sediment build up and erosion. We were able to hike out to a couple of them, but they may be unreachable when the tides are higher. We mainly walked along the beach, connecting to Yirrell Beach, and returned via the sidewalk along side the road. On our way back, an 80 year old woman walking her Golden Retriever fell down and couldn't get up. Another passer-by called 911, while I held on to her dog that was briefly loose on the beach. The paramedics arrived quickly and got the woman loaded into the ambulance, while I waited for her relatives to arrive to pick up the dog. I hope she was okay!

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Date visited: 9/28/2024

This is a town beach along Shirley Street. It's tucked in a cove with light waves, and a lot of stones and pebbles. It's just south of Winthrop Beach and north of Point Shirely Beach, a beach we visited two years prior. We arrived via Winthrop Beach, and returned via Edward Rowe Snow Path, a sidewalk that leads to the intersection of Winthrop Shore Road, Beacon Street, and Faun Barr Avenue.

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Date visited: 9/2/2022

We arrived here from Deer Island. A very small section of the southern end of the beach crosses over to Deer Island, which is technically part of Boston. Dogs aren't allowed in summer months, but we were pretty far from the main beach that it wasn't a problem. It was in the upper 60's and breezy, so there weren't many people at the beach anyway. The dogs still loved it! The pictures below are from the Winthrop section of the beach.