10 North Shore summer targets

By Tom Haines, Globe Correspondent

Haul up on the rocks

Maybe it's the bedrock granite 400 years old, or the clear-day view that runs from Crane Beach in Ipswich north to Mount Agamenticus in Maine. Then, too, there is the history of seafarers rounding the rocky point of Cape Ann. All of it conspires to make a perfect spot on the rocks after a hike through Halibut Point State Park to the ocean's edge. Nothing to do but sleep, timed with the tide of course.

Halibut Point State Park
Gott Avenue
Rockport
978-546-2997
www.mass.gov/dcr/parks
Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Maybe it's the bedrock granite 400 years old, or the clear-day view that runs from Crane Beach in Ipswich north to Mount Agamenticus in Maine. Then, too, there is the history of seafarers rounding the rocky point of Cape Ann. All of it conspires to make a perfect spot on the rocks after a hike through Halibut Point State Park to the ocean's edge. Nothing to do but sleep, timed with the tide of course. Halibut Point State Park Gott Avenue Rockport 978-546-2997 www.mass.gov/dcr/parks Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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