Chandler Hovey Park — Attraction in Marblehead

Very beautiful views in a quiet neighborhood. Can get busy during sunny and warm weather. Parking is good but slightly narrow and limited spaces. There have been times where they weren't any parking spaces available. Parking lot does not get salted well during the winter, sometimes it is iced over. Very pet and kid friendly. There are restrooms on-site which stay clean for the most part. Plenty of benches to sit and enjoy the views. It can be accessed by wheelchair, land is flat for the most part but not paved except for the...

Chandler Hovey park is a nice venue (with a toilet block) at the end of the island called Marblehead neck on the opposite side of the bay from Marblehead itself. Marblehead Lighthouse is in the park. The lighthouse looks more like an oil derrick than my conception of a lighthouse, but it is in a very pleasant park named after Chandler Hovey who donated the land to the town.

The park and or the lighthouse had drawn lots of people simply to sit and stare out at the sea. So we joined them for a...

Anyone who enjoys peaceful morning time and a sunrise, this is a perfect place! There are benches with a shade to just sit and relax. There's a small parking lot as well, but usually at sunrise time, the gate is closed. You can still park your car on the road carefully without blocking anyone's driveway since it's a residential area. On one side you can see the sunrise and from the other side of the park, you have a view of small boats! You can see an old lighthouse...