Dozens of beaches throughout the state have been closed on some of the hottest days of this summer.
Officials at the State Department of Environmental Management say high bacteria counts is the big issue.
Here is a list of the impacted beaches and waterways.
Town
Beach Name
Closure Reason
Amherst
Puffers Pond (AKA Factory Hollow Pond)
Bacterial Exceedance
Amherst
Stanley St. swimming hole at Cushman Bridge
Bacterial Exceedance
Ashby
Damon Pond Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Barnstable
Kennedy Memorial/Veterans Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
Beverly
Independence Park
Bacterial Exceedance
Boston
Malibu (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Boston
Savin Hill (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Boston
Tenean (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Chatham
Bucks Creek
Bacterial Exceedance
Concord
Walden Pond - Red Cross (DCR)
Other
Danvers
Sandy Beach (Danvers)
Bacterial Exceedance
Dartmouth
Moses Smith Creek
Bacterial Exceedance
Framingham
Waushakum Beach
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Framingham
Waushakum Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
Freetown
Freetown Town Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
Grafton
Silver Lake Beach
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Great Barrington
Lake Mansfield
Bacterial Exceedance
Greenfield
Greenfield Municipal Bathing Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
Harwich
Sand Pond
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Holland
Collette Drive Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
Lynn
Kings (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Lynn
Lynn Shore Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Marblehead
Grace Oliver
Bacterial Exceedance
Nahant
Nahant Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Nantucket
Sesachacha Pond
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Nantucket
Washing Pond
Bacterial Exceedance
Natick
Cochituate State Park Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
North Andover
Stevens Pond - Center
Bacterial Exceedance
Oxford
Carbuncle Pond
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Rutland
Whitehall Pond Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Salem
Camp Naumkeag
Other
Salem
Children's Island - Back
Bacterial Exceedance
Salem
Ocean Avenue
Bacterial Exceedance
Salem
Osgood
Bacterial Exceedance
Sherborn
Farm Pond
Bacterial Exceedance
Shutesbury
Lake Wyola (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Springfield
Bass Pond
Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom
Swampscott
Fisherman's
Bacterial Exceedance
Swampscott
Kings
Other
Swansea
Leeside
Bacterial Exceedance
Taunton
Watsons Pond (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Templeton
Beamans Pond - Campground (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Templeton
Beamans Pond - Day Use (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Townsend
Pearl Hill Pond Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Truro
Longnook
Other
West Stockbridge
Card Pond Beach
Bacterial Exceedance
West Tisbury
Long Cove (Fresh)
Bacterial Exceedance
West Tisbury
Seth's Pond
Bacterial Exceedance
Westminster
Crow Hill Pond Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Winchendon
Lake Dennison State Park (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
Worcester
Lake Quinsigamond-Lake Park Beach (DCR)
Bacterial Exceedance
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