A Place to Cool Off

Update: DCR says declared the heat wave is officially over! Mag. Beach pool will close at 6:45pm tonight, Thursday. It’s open 11:15am-6:45pm, daily.

Because of the high heat, DCR will keep the Magazine Beach Pool open for an extra hour tonight: Tuesday, July 17. It will close at 7:45pm! And the spraydeck will be open until 9pm! The park is an amazing place to retreat to on hot summer days. With its river breeze and old shade trees, it’s 10 degrees cooler. And we’ve just set out many more red Adirondack chairs…

Thanks to the Charles River Conservancy and 2seventy bio, who did a big cleanup of the park today, painting out graffiti, pulling out invasives, and picking up trash. Tomorrow, Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.) will be at the park, as well. This will make all the difference.

Over the past week, Magazine Beach Partners has organized two history walks of the park: one for Walk Boston and another one, with Grace McCabe of DCR and historian Nina Cohen, about the Powder Magazine. It’s hot, but not too hot for history!

So many great programs are happening at Mass Audubon’s Nature Center. Coming soon: Nature Detectives, Riverside Naturalists, Bird Walks, Sound Bowl Vibe Meditations and Summer Paddling. Go here or here for more info.