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Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a state-owned, public recreation area comprising more than on the Atlantic Ocean in the southern portion of the town of Westport, Massachusetts, United States. It is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and is one of the state’s "most popular facilities ... welcom() hundreds of thousands of visitors per year."〔 ==Description== The reservation occupies a peninsula that juts out from Westport's mainland with Rhode Island Sound to the southwest and Buzzards Bay to the southeast. The reservation features of barrier beach, marshland, and a protected estuary habitat. Most of the marshland is concentrated at the northern portion of the peninsula bordering Horseneck Channel and The Let. The barrier island known as Gooseberry Neck (or Gooseberry Island) is connected by a causeway to the main Horseneck Peninsula and is the southernmost extension of Horseneck Beach State Reservation. It partially divides Rhode Island Sound from Buzzards Bay. Horseneck Beach was acquired by the state in 1956, with Goose Neck being added to the state's recreational holdings in 1957.〔 The Westport Historical Society notes that the name for the beach is likely taken "from the Algonquin word ''hassanegk'', meaning 'cellar dwelling' or 'a house made of stone.'"〔 ==Activities and amenities== The state reservation offers fishing, windsurfing, motorized and non-motorized boating with boat ramp, trails for biking and walking, showers, hunting, and bird watching.〔 *Beach: The beach is located along the southern portion of the peninsula, bordering Rhode Island Sound and Buzzards Bay. Restroom facilities, management office, food bar, designated on-duty lifeguard towers, and paved walkways are found alongside the beach. Swimming is limited to designated beaches. *Camping: A 100-site campground is located behind the dunes at Gooseberry Neck, at the eastern end of the reservation. Camping season runs mid-May to mid-October. Campground office hours are 8am–10pm. Facilities include a dump station.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horseneck Beach State Reservation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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