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Building and view of Charles River
Magazine Beach Nature Center, Cambridge

Wildlife Sanctuaries & Properties

Magazine Beach Park Nature Center

  • Cambridge

Plan Your Visit

Located along the Charles River in Cambridge, Magazine Beach Park has long been a haven for city residents seeking the outdoors close to home. Thanks to a partnership between Mass Audubon and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Mass Audubon will bring our Nature in the City program to this urban greenspace.

Directions to Magazine Beach
Hours
Nature Center (Open April 25-November 1)
  • Sunday-Monday
  • 11:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Friday-Saturday
  • 12:00-8:00 pm
Park
  • Daily
  • Dawn to Dusk

Property Regulations

Facilities

  • Parking
    Parking
  • Nature Center/Museum, Universally Accessible
    Nature Center/Museum, Universally Accessible

Explore Magazine Beach Nature Center

  • Magazine beach building with people out front and a bicycle next to a bench
    Magazine Beach Nature Center, Cambridge
  • A man in a floral shirt and maroon pants plats the trumpet on a stone walkway. A crowd of people watch and two people are dancing.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge
  • Two food trucks, one white and one orange, parked in the grass with lines of people waiting to order.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge
  • A group of kayakers in green or orange kayaks on a river. In the distance is a bridge and the Boston skyline.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge
  • A man in a blue shirt and grey hat stands behind a table with two white buckets, and a small red microscope. A group of six people crowd around the table to examine the contents in the bucket.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge
  • Toddler in a grey dinosaur sweatshirt being help by a woman in a red polka-dot shirt looking into a clear box filled with leaves and a turtle. A woman in a blue shirt stands behind the box talking to another observer.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge
  • A man smiling with a Mass Audubon vest siting at a table with binoculars, microscopes, Mass Audubon promotional packets and paper.
    Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, Cambridge

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Thank You to Our Partners

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