Magazine Beach
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 5:50 pm7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
6.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6.5
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.6
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
6.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
7.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
7.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.4
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.5
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 8°C47°F
- Water
- —
- Wind
- 149 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2918 km/hmph
- Waves
- —
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- —
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 5:50 pm
Tide data is not available for this beach. Rip current and water quality data are not available either.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Magazine Beach
Magazine Beach is a beach on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is located 0.91 miles from the city of Cambridge and has a nearby bus stop 590 feet away. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby drinking water source and 10 free parking locations within 0.31 miles.
Magazine Beach is a riverside park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Charles River, across Memorial Drive from Cambridgeport. The other side of the river has Agganis Arena and other Boston University facilities.
Magazine Beach is Cambridge's second largest park, being about 15 acres (6.1 ha) stretching along the river from Pleasant Street to the BU Bridge. The park includes a free outdoor swimming pool (Veteran's Memorial Pool) as well as ball fields, exercise equipment, picnic areas, and other typical urban park features. The Paul Dudley White Bike Path runs through the park.
Source: Magazine Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms440 m0.3 mi away
- Drinking water80 m270 ft away
- Parking10 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 60 m200 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink76 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables90 m310 ft away
- Playground150 m490 ft away
- Rentals2 within 500 m0.3 miBlue Bikes - Lower Cambridgeport at Magazine St/Riverside Rd
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 180 m590 ft
- Nearest town
- 1.5 km0.9 miCambridge (city)
- Nearest airport
- 7 km4 miBoston Harbor Seaplane Base (Cape Air Seaplanes) (BNH)
Nearby places
- Blue Bikes - Lower Cambridgeport at Magazine St/Riverside RdRental400 m0.2 mi
- BluebikesRental500 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Malibu Beach6.0 km3.7 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
- Carson Beach, South Boston6.4 km4.0 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
- L Street Beach6.8 km4.2 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
- Harvey Beach7.1 km4.4 mi south-west away7.0 Great later
- Savin Hill Beach7.2 km4.5 mi south-east away5.8 Good later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.7 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.7 GoodBest 5 pm to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 6 km/h4 mph, rain 1%
- Thu8.3 GreatBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 2%