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    Fall River Heritage State Park

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    Fall River Heritage State Park - A sign indicating Fall River Heritage State Park, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, is displayed outdoors.
    Bruce K.

    A peaceful walk along Battleship Cove and through Heritage State Park. It's beautiful in the early evening under the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge and with the ships nearby. The boardwalk is wheelchair-accessible and there's an open grass area that is apparently used for concerts and fairs and even a Shakespeare performance. It's a beautiful space! [Review 18636 overall - 1216 in Massachusetts - 2158 of 2022.]

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    JoHannah A.

    What a gorgeous carousel by the bay -- a salty, steeped-in-history way to pass an afternoon. Relax on the seated chariot or take your chances on a horse of your choosing -- and take a whirl around the past on this immaculately restored treasure from the 1920s. Staff was VERY friendly and offered to take a photo of our family - much appreciated. The cafe below was also excellent and we really enjoyed the garden salad as everything was quite fresh.

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    Come here to forget you are in Fall River. It's a beautiful Oceanside park that hasn't been ruined by the hood rats of the city

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    Right next to Battleship Cove, this park offers a nice waterfront walk and old style carrousel right next to it.

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    Veterans Memorial Park

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    The trails were a little too muddy and overgrown for me to fully explore them, but what I did do…read moreoffered some views and a quiet escape. Even had a couple deer dart in front of me on the trail.

    Veterans Memorial Park is a picturesque, hidden gem, surprisingly located... in the middle of…read moreBarrington (funny for such a seemingly secluded locale). You can access the park via a dirt road, just off of West Street, next to the YMCA. Park at the YMCA or drive down the dirt road a bit to park inside. It is an easy jump skip from the East Bay Bike Path as well for those using a bipedal method of transportation. The trails are not extensive, only about 2.5 miles in total if you traverse all of the loops, but the views of Brickyard Pond are worth it. The 84-acre body of water sits on 230 acres of land, named for its history as a site of the brick-making industry in the area up until the 1940's. Due to hazardous structures in the water, swimming is not allowed. Fishing is allowed only certain times of the year since the pond is home to some herring spawning grounds. There is a boat launch as well as several points of access to the water for kayaking. Two trails, the Red and Green, make their way along the shore of the pond and into the forested acreage of the park. Summersweet plants flower everywhere along the trails, filling the air with their pleasant aroma. For the most part I stayed on trail but there were a number of unmarked routes leading who-knows-where. I explored some of these but didn't stray too far. The trails were well-marked with their colored blazes and arrow signs but with so many trails breaking off from the main loops, it was easy to get turned around. Well-kept, there were several bridges and walkways built into the path to skip over lazy moving streams and marshy areas. From their maps, it appears that several more trails looping around the pond are in the works, connecting the park to the bike patch directly. It will be wonderful once development is complete. Near the boat launch is a peaceful clearing with tables and park benches. A great place for a picnic or to simply kick back and soak up the outdoors. A nice find in downtown Barrington. As a side note: there was a surprising amount of litter in the parking lot inside the grounds... the trails were clean but some of the areas with grills and benches were visited by litter bugs and party animals. Trash, broken glass... dropped it down to 4-stars for me despite my enjoyable experience in the rest of the park.

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