Eliot Boat Basin — Attraction in Eliot

For a large group picnic/cookout, this place is pretty good. There is a large grill for you to use with charcoal as well as many picnic tables inside the covered pavilion area. I have not personally used the boat launch, but it seems to be well maintained and convenient - there's been people here launching their boats every time I've been here. There's a lot of parking so that's a plus too.

My only negative is that the big grassy area with the pavilion unfortunately doesn't really look out...

We love this little tucked away little park. Known as Dead Duck park by the locals.

It's a great little park with a playground, fields, the beach, a dock to offload your boats. A small set of beautiful trails with old gravestones tucked away here and there. And dog friendly. My dogs go nuts as soon as we head in the direction of the park.

The beach is small but has little tucked away private spots. We go here several times a week.

My husband also loves...

Love the combination of trail, beach, play area and field. More than one occasion we've run into wasps in the playground structures. Beach is relatively clean, dog friendly, and a decent place to find shells if you don't feel like trekking to a bigger beach. Trail is sometimes tricky and overgrown but worth the walk if you have bug spray and check for ticks afterwards. All in all a good place but the wasps and overthrown trails led me to take...