For generations, swimmers packed Mendon Ponds Park for a summertime dip while sunbathers soaked in the rays in the park’s beach area. The park had a staff of lifeguards, a bathhouse for changing and a ...

Mansfield Texas Parks & Recreation opens a new swimming area at Mans Best Field Dog Park, complete with amenities like a ...

A draft management plan for Buffalo River State Park, which is in a public review stage, suggests converting the sand-bottom swimming pond into a nature play area. A ramp leading into a seasonal ...

Can’t bear the thought of fighting traffic to the coast? Or do you prefer to cool off at a freshwater swimming hole? Whatever the case may be, the South Shore has a number of options for getting your ...

The dog days of summer are finally behind us, but I’m still burned by the memory of this year’s heat. Summers in Massachusetts are becoming hotter and muggier, to the extent where even the ...