Arlington Reservoir Beach Pass

Day passes cost 5 and can be purchased at the arlington recreation office or at the beach.

Arlington reservoir beach pass. For information about the reservoir swimming beach view the reservoir beach page on the town of arlington website. Purchase passes at the arlington recreation. The 5 00 admission fee applies to all humans over the age of one but dogs don t have to pay. 8 reviews of arlington reservoir beach extremely family friendly watering hole.

Arlington s second largest body of water the arlington reservoir is a little different from the others. Summer passes are also available and swimming lessons are provided for a fee. The firm of weston sampson has been hired as the consultants on the project. Free parking is available year round at the beach parking lot with a couple of other lots around the reservoir if that lot is full.

Menu reservations. Arlington reservoir beach 88 299 lowell st arlington ma 02474. Arlington used the reservoir for drinking water until it joined massachusetts water resources. The master plan project for the arlington reservoir funded by the cpa is underway and it s going to be an exciting process.

Get directions reviews and information for arlington reservoir beach in arlington ma. Located on lowell street in arlington heights the reservoir beach includes a filtered chlorinated swimming area bathhouse concession stand and playground. The res is a man made reservoir and was built as part of arlington s water supply system in the late 19th century but that use was soon discontinued when arlington joined the metropolitan system. Reservoir beach on lowell street in arlington heights is closing for the season on friday.

The res is fed by munroe brook which enters from lexington in the northwest and it feeds mill brook which runs through arlington heights parallel to the minuteman bikeway. The thompson north union spray park will open july 1 as a supervised facility for water play. Beach and grass picnic areas have a decent amount of shade thanks to large trees watch out for birds doing their thang waist deep watering hole with aeration fountain at the corner of a buoyed lifeguarded swimming area snack bar and. Arlington reservoir master plan project.

At this time we do not have plans to open the arlington reservoir for swimming and beach activities for summer 2020. Parking lot is relatively small and fills up quickly. Eventually it will be open as an open space for outdoor passive recreation. Residents pay slightly less and an annual discounted pass is available.

According to the arlington reservoir committee website arlington created it in 1871 by damming munroe brook. On saturdays and sundays parties may be scheduled in the following 2 hour time slots time slot includes set up and clean up. It was made by people instead of dug out by glaciers.