ENHA Visitor Centers
Gloucester Visitor Center
Stage Fort Park & Welcoming Center
- Location: Stage Fort Park, Gloucester
- Phone: 978-281-8865
- Time: July, August & September: 9am - 6pm, 7 days/week.
May, June and October: same hours, Thursday through Sunday only.
- Season: Open first Thursday before Memorial Day through weekend before Halloween
- Webpage: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/stage_fort_park.shtml
- Directions: The Gloucester Visitor Welcoming Center is at Stage Fort Park on Route 127 in Gloucester, just south of downtown Gloucester. Driving north from Beverly and Manchester-by-the-Sea on Rte. 127, Stage Fort Park will be on the right. There are two entrances, so if you drive past the first one, you can drive up around the bend to the second one.
From Rte. 128, take Exit 14 for Rte. 133 East to Gloucester. Follow Rte. 133 (and the brown ENHC signs) to its end and turn right onto Rte. 127 South. Stage Fort Park is immediately on your left.
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Haverhill Visitor Center / Buttonwoods Museum
- Location: 240 Water Street, Haverhill
- Phone: 978-374-4626
- Time: 10am - 5pm, Tuesday through Sunday
- Season: Memorial Day to Halloween
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/sites/haverhill_hist_society.shtml
- Directions: The Haverhill Visitor Center / Haverhill Historical Society / Buttonwoods Museum is on Water Street, which is Rtes. 97/113 in Haverhill. From I-95 you can take Exit 53 for Rte. 97 West or Exit 54 for Rte. 133 West. (Exit 54 is slightly more direct/faster.) Rte. 133 hooks into Rte. 97 in downtown Georgetown. Follow Rte. 97 over the Merrimack River and into Haverhill. Rt. 97 turns left shortly after crossing the Merrimack, and then it’s a straight shot to the visitor center which will be about 1.5 miles down on the right. From I-495, take exit 51 for Rte. 125 South into Haverhill where you can hook up with Rte. 97 East to the visitor center.
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Ipswich Visitor Center / Hall-Haskell House
Audio Walking Tour of Ipswich (pdf file)
- Location: 36 South Main Street, Ipswich
- Phone: 978-356-8540
- Time: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Saturday; 12pm - 5pm Sunday
- Season: Memorial Day to Columbus Day
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/sites/hall_haskell.shtml
- Directions: The Ipswich Visitor Center / Hall Haskell House is on Rte. 1A in Ipswich. From Rte. 128 North or South, take Exit 20 for Rte. 1A North and follow it through North Beverly, Hamilton and Wenham into Ipswich. The visitor center will be on the right. From I-95, take exit 54 for Rte. 133 East and follow Rte. 133 to Rte. 1A south. The visitor center is south of down town on the left.
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Lawrence Visitor Center / Lawrence Heritage State Park
- Location: 1 Jackson Street, Lawrence
- Phone: 978-794-1655
- Time: 9am - 4pm Daily
- Season: All Year. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/lawrence_heritage.shtml
- Directions: Take exit 45 (Marston Street). Take first left onto Canal Street. Go straight through lights then take second right onto Jackson Street. The Visitors Center will be on the right. A small parking lot is located in back of the Jackson Street Visitors Center on Mill Street. In addition there is a private parking garage on Appleton Street (one block west of the Visitors Center). The park is also accessible by bus and train from Boston. Call the park for train schedule.
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Lynn Visitor Center / Lynn Museum & Historical Society
- Location: 590 Washington Street, Lynn
- Phone: 781-581-6200
- Time: For tours: Monday through Saturday 1pm - 4pm; For research: Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm
- Season: All Year
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/sites/lynn_museum.shtml
- Directions: Lynn Heritage State Park is located just north of Boston. To reach the Visitors Center at the corner of Washington and Union Streets:
From the North: Rtes. 128/I-95 South to exit 44, Rte. 1 South. Take first exit to Rte 129 East. Follow Rte. 129 East to Downtown Lynn. After MBTA commuter rail trestle, Visitors Center will be on the opposite left corner.
From South and West: Rtes. 128/I-95 North to exit 44B. Follow Rte. 129 East to Downtown Lynn. After MBTA commuter rail trestle, Visitors Center will be on the opposite left corner.
From Salem: Route 1A South to Lynn. At North Shore Community College, take a sharp right onto Union Street, then right onto Washington Street. Parking and Visitors Center on left.
From Boston: Route 1A North to Lynnway. Turn left following Rt. 1A onto Market St., then right onto Broad St. At North Shore Community College bear left onto Union Street, next right on Washington Street. Parking and Visitors Center on left.
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Newburyport Visitor Center / Custom House
- Location: 25 Water Street,Newburyport
- Time: Thursday-Saturday 11-4 and Sunday 12-4
- Season: All Year
- Phone: 978-462-8681
- Website: www.themaritimesociety.org
- Directions: Downtown Newburyport. From I-95, take exit 57 for Rte. 113 East. Follow Rte. 113 2.5 miles to Green Street, turn left onto Green Street. Follow Green to the end and turn right onto Merrimac St. which becomes Water St.
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Newburyport Visitor Center / Newburyport Chamber of Commerce
- Location: 38R Merrimac Street, Newburyport
Visitor Booth - Waterfront Parking Lot
- Phone: 978-462-6680
- Time: Visitor Booth: Runs daily Memorial Day - Columbus Day; 10 AM to 4 PM Monday through Saturday; Sunday Noon to 4pm
Office: Open year round Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
- Season: All Year
- Website: www.newburyportchamber.org
- Directions: Downtown Newburyport. From I-95, take exit 57 for Rte. 113 East. Follow Rte. 113 2.5 miles to Green Street, turn left onto Green Street. Follow Green to the end and the entrance to the parking lot is diagonally across from the bottom of Green Street. The Visitor Booth is to the right, along Merrimac Street. The Office is straight ahead to the left.
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Peabody Visitor Center / George Peabody House Museum
- Location: 205 Washington Street, Peabody, Massachusetts
- Phone: 978-531-0355
- Time: 10am to 3pm Monday through Saturday; 12 - 3pm Sunday
- Season: All Year
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/george_peabody.shtml
- Directions: Rte. 128 to exit 28 for Centennial Drive, Peabody. Turn left onto Centennial Drive and then right onto Summit St. Follow to light and turn left onto Washington St.. Follow for 2.5 miles to George Peabody House Museum on left. 205 Washington St.
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Salem Visitor Center / National Park Service Regional Vistitor Center
- Location: 2 New Liberty Street, Salem
- Phone: 978-740-1650
- Time: 9am - 5pm; Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1.
- Season: All Year
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/national_park_serv.shtml
- Directions: The Salem Visitor Center is the NPS Regional Visitor Center for the Area. From Rte. 128, take exit 25A, Rte. 114 East to Salem. Follow Rte. 114 into Salem where it will become North Street, then Summer Street (pass the Witch House on the right), turn left onto Norman Street and then stay straight onto Derby Street. Follow Derby Street straight past Beverly Cooperative Bank (note: Rte. 114 will turn right at this corner toward Marblehead). At next intersection, turn left onto Hawthorne Boulevard. At light turn left onto Essex Street. Visitor Center is at end of Essex Street on right corner. There is a pay-parking garage across the street from the visitor center.
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Maria Miles Massachusetts Visitor Information Center / Salisbury
- Location: Exit 60 on Route 95 Southbound in Salisbury, MA
- Phone: 978-465-6333 or 978-465-6555
- Time: 8am - 8pm seven days a week; open until 10pm between Memorial Day and Columbus Day
- Season: All Year
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/mariamiles.shtml
- Directions: Going southbound on I-95, take Exit 60 (just before Massachusetts border). Going northbound on I-95, take Exit 1 in New Hampshire, turn left on Route 107, go under I-95 and take first right to go south on I-95, take Exit 60 from I-95.
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Saugus Visitor Center / Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- Location: 244 Central Street, Saugus
- Phone: 781-233-0050
- Time: April - October 9am to 5pm; November - March 9am to 4pm.
- Season: All Year; Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1.
- Website: EssexHeritage.org/visitorcenters/saugus_iron_works.shtml
- Directions: From Interstate 95 northbound or southbound take the Walnut Street exit, number 43. Drive east towards Lynn and follow the brown National Park Service signs for 3.5 miles to the Iron Works.
From Route 1 northbound take Main Street Saugus exit (east) and follow the National Park Service signs east through Saugus Center to the Iron Works.
From Route 1 southbound take the Walnut Street exit (East) and follow the National Park Service signs 1.5 miles to the Iron Works.
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