LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

MASSACHUSETTS - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Acushnet Park – New Bedford, Mass – MAP (1916 - 1954) [Hurricane & fire contributed to park's demise]
• Atlantic Hill Park – Nantasket Beach, Mass  (Nothing Known)
• Bass Point / Nahant Beach – Nahant, Mass – MAP
• Beacon Park - Webster & Lake Chargogggaggnauch...., MA - (1899 - ?)
• Berkshire Pleasure Park - Pittsfield, Mass - (1902 - 1923)
• Charles River Park – Dedham, MA  (Nothing Known)
• Chutes at Boston - Boston, MA - (1896 - ? )(Nothing Known)
• Highland Park – Avon / Brockton, Mass – (1892 - 1909?) MAP
• Hoag Lake Park  / Silverlake Park – Milford, MA - (1900 - 1922) [Trolley service declines & fire destroyed theater and carousel]
• Hoosac Valley Park - North Adams, MA - (1892 - 1923) (Nothing Known)
• Ingersoll Park - Haverhill, MA - (Nothing known)
• Island Park – Island Park, MA  -  (Nothing Known)
  
• Joyland Park – Springfield, MA  (Nothing Known)
• Lake Chauncey Park - Westboro Lake, MA - (1901 - 1949) [Park burned]
  
• Lakeside Park – Lakeville, MA  (Nothing Known)
  
• Lakeview Park – Lowell,/ Draccut MA - (1895 - late 1950s?) MAP
  
• Lexington Park - Lexington, MA (1901 - 1920's)
  
• Lincoln Park – No. Dartmouth, MA – (1894 - 1987) [Financial problems with declining attendance]
  
• Lincoln Park – Lake Quinsgamond /Worcester, MA (1890s - 1907?) {Couldn't compete with nearby White City]
• Mayflower Grove Park - Plymouth, MA - (1901 - 1945)
  
• Merrimack Park – Lawrence / Methuen, MA  (1921 - 1938) [Park closed after Merrimack River flooded park with 18 ft water]
  
• Mountain Park – Holyoke, MA – (1894 - 1987)  MAP [Public wanted more thrilling rides - owners couldn't afford it-train accident sealed park's fate]
  
• Nantasket Beach – Mass – (1901-1908) MAP [Couldn't compete with larger Paragon Park]
• Nipmuc Park - Mendon, MA - (1901 - 1980's?)
• Norumbega Park (Auburndale  [Near Boston] ) (1897 - 1963 ) [Declining attendance - autos allowed families to travel to larger parks]
  
• Oak Island Grove – Revere Beach, Mass – (1883 - ? ) [Nothing Known]
  
• Paragon Park – Nantasket, MA – (1905 – 1985) MAP [Run down park attracted a rougher crowd & kept families away - sold to a developer]
  
• Pinehurst Park / Woodland Beach – Worchester / Auburn, MA - (1906 - 1912) [Nothing known]
• Pirate's Fun Park - Salisbury Beach, MA - (1979 - 2004) - [Last remaining amusement zone at resort replaced by condos]
  
• Pleasure Island – Wakesfield, MA – (1959-1969) [Unseasonably cold summer in 1969 bankrupt park]
  
• Point of Pines Amusement Park - Revere Beach, MA - (1907) [Never opened - ran out of money when park nearly finished]
• Point of Pines Resort - Revere Beach, MA - (1881 - 1913)
• Revere Beach – Revere, MA – (1902 - 1969) [Declining attendance slowly closed most of rides & beach deteriorated
  
• Riverside Park (aka Six Flags New England) – Agawan, Mass – (1914 - Present) MAP
• Salem Willows Park - Salem, MA -
  
• Salisbury Beach – Salisbury, MA – (1889 - 2004) MAP [Resort town lost its popularity & condo development replaced what remained]
  
• Sandy Beach Park – Fall River, MA  (1892 - 1938) [Fire in 1930 damaged park & 1938 Hurricane destroyed park]
• Silver Lake Beach - Franklyn, MA - (Nothing known)
  
• Westwood Park – Dedham, MA  - (Nothing Known)
  
• Whalom Park – Fitchburg, Mass – (1893 - 2000) [Couldn't compete with nearby larger amusement parks]
  
• White City – Lake Quinsignamond - Worchester / Shrewsbury, MA – MAP -(1905 - 1960) MAP [Bankrupt for taxes owed to the city]
  
• Wonderland – Revere Beach – (1906 - 1911) MAP [Financial difficulties due to a cold summer and competition with nearby Revere Beach]
  
• Woodland Park – Worchester / Lawrence, MA - (1909 - 1923? or 1932?) [Owner wanted city to maintain park - but city wanted an industrial area]