North of Boston has historic landmarks, art, culture and miles of sandy beaches. Here you will find the Parker River National Refuge where you can go birding. Here you will find a seaside amusement park. There are trips to go Whale watching in Newburyport and Gloucester. You can take a shuttle bus to Crane Beach, the most popular beach in this region. Go antique shopping. Dine at a fabulous seafood restaurant. Visit a museum or historic landmark. There are grand old mansions in the area. Some built prior to the American Revolution.
North of Boston - Tourism Highlights
- Lexington - reenactment of the Battle of Lexington held the 3rd
Monday of April.
- the Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord.
- Rocky Neck Art Colony - Gloucester
- Whale Watching Cruises from Gloucester
- Sailing
- Cape Ann - 30 minutes north of Boston
- Rocky coastline and beaches
- Art Galleries
- Parker River National Wildlife refuge - Bird watching
- Salisbury beach - seaside amusement park
- Most popular beach - Crane Beach - Shuttle from Ipswich
North of Boston Tourist Attactions
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Amesbury
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Andover
- Addison Gallery of American ARt
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Danvers
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Gloucester
- Beaches
- Rocky Coastline
- Cape Ann Historical Museum
- Rocky Neck Art Colony
- House Museum - folk art
- Hammond Castle Museum - Medieval style castle
- Sail the harbor
- Schooner Thomas E. Lannon - fishing schooner
- Whale Watching cruises
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Haverhill
- Buttonwoods Museum - Native American artifacts, quilts, more
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Ipswich
- Castle Hill - National Historic Landmark - tours available
- Crane Beach
- North American Wolf Foundation
- Russell Orchards
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Marblehead
- Marblehead Historical Society- artifacts of area
- Old Town
- Fort Sewell - views
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Methuen
- Newburyport
- beaches
- Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
- Bird watching
- Audubon center
- museums
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Peabody
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Rowley
- Salisbury
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Salem
- Peabody Essex Museum - collection of paintings by Frank Benson,
Norman Rockwell, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer and more.
- New England Pirate Museum
- Salem Witch Museum
- Witch Dungeon Museum - reenactment of the infamous witch trial
of Salem
- The Witch House - 1692 home of Judge who sentenced the people
thought to have been witches.
- The House of Seven Gables
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Salem Trolley - narrated tours
- Stephen Phillips Memorial Trust House
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Saugus
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site - artifacts, tours
Greater Merrimack Region Cities and attractions
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Bedford
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Billerica
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Boxborough
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Burlington
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Chelmsford
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Concord
- Concord Museum - historical exhibits
- Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House - Little Women
- Minute Man National Historical Park
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Devens
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Lexington
- National Heritage Museum
- Battle of Lexington Reenactment - April
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Lowell
- American Textile History Museum
- Revolving Museum - art exhibits
- Lowell National historical Park and Boot Cotton Mills Museum
- Lowell Memorial Auditorium - landmark
- Merrimack Repertory Theatre
- New England Quilt Museum
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Sudbury
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Tewksbury
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Westford
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Woburn