Paragon Park
Paragon Park was an amusement park located on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts. It opened in 1905 and closed in 1984.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Paragon Park Carousel and Langlee Island.
Paragon Park Carousel
Carousel
The Paragon Park Carousel is a historic carousel at 1 Wharf Avenue in Hull, Massachusetts. Built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, it is one of the state's only surviving four-wide carousels, and is the only surviving element of the Paragon Park amusement park.
Langlee Island
Park
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Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of 4 acres, and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of 40 feet above sea level. Langlee Island is situated 1½ miles west of Paragon Park.
Sarah Island
Park
Sarah Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of just under 5 acres, and is composed large outcroppings and ledges of Roxbury puddingstone together with glacial till which rises to a height of 30 feet above sea level. Sarah Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Paragon Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hingham and Cohasset.
Hingham
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Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Cohasset
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Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,381.
Hull
Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.
Paragon Park
- Type: Park
- Description: former amusement park located on Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts, United States
- Category: amusement park
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Paragon Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Paragon Park”
- Chinese: “百丽宫公园”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پاراجون پارك”
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