Francis Shore

Francis Shore is a nature reserve in Town of Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Francis Shore is situated nearby to the hamlet North Cohasset, as well as near Straits Pond.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cohasset station and Paragon Park Carousel.

Cohasset station

Railway station

Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.

Cohasset station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Cohasset, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway west of downtown Cohasset.

Paragon Park Carousel

Carousel

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.

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.

Paul Pratt Memorial Library

Library

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cohasset and Hingham.

Cohasset

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town, which split off from Hingham in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,381.

Hingham

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.

Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.

North Scituate

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Scituate is a census-designated place in the town of Scituate in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Scituate had a population of 5,414. It was formerly known as Gannet Corner.

Francis Shore

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2639° or 42° 15′ 50″ north

Longitude

-70.8249° or 70° 49′ 30″ west

Open location code

87JF757G+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29695358

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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