Visiting The North Shore Via Beverly Regional Airport: Part 1

Press release from Beverly Regional Airport:

March 3, 2021

Exploring the History

With summer approaching and control of the pandemic in our sights, it’s time to think about planning a trip. If you’ve never thought about a trip to the North Shore via Beverly Regional Airport, well you should! Here are some reasons why and suggestions for things to do.

At Beverly Regional Airport, we love how conveniently we make it for our guests to visit and explore the Northshore area. Our location, is a perfect starting point for day, weekend, and week long trips.

Next, the ease and efficiency with which our guests are able to get and in and out of our General Aviation Airport never ceases to amaze them – which ultimately leaves them more time to take advantage of all the amazing opportunities to explore the North Shore.

The North Shore Geographically Defined

The North Shore is a loosely defined costal region known as the coastal area between Boston and New Hampshire. Think gorgeous rocky coastline with a beautiful balance of marshes, wetlands and beaches.

Coastal Communities and Towns of the North Shore

Here’s a list from North to South Order.

· Salisbury

· Newburyport

· Newbury

· Rowley

· Ipswich

· Essex

· Rockport

· Gloucester

· Manchester-by-the-Sea

· Beverly

· Danvers

· Peabody

· Salem

· Marblehead

· Swampscott

· Nahant

· Lynn

· Saugus

· Revere

· Winthrop

History and the North Shore

There is varied and rich history in the communities of the North Shore with plenty of historical sites and museums to check out before its beach weather. Educational for both children and adults, the North Shore is credited with a whole list of “firsts”.

Here are just a few fun facts that detail the historical pasts of some of the communities of the North Shore.

• Gloucester was America’s first fishing community
• Salem was the location of the infamous Witch Trials as well as one of the largest centers of shipping and sixth largest city in early America.
• Lynn was once the center of the American shoe
• Saugus is home to the first integrated ironworks in North America.
• Peabodyhad the largest concentration of leather tanneries in the world.
• Beverly and Marblehead often dispute over which town was the birthplace of the American Navy.
• Newburyport was well known for producing clipper ships and for a brief time in history was the richest city in the Union. It is also the birthplace of the United States Coast Guard. Newburyport maintains the largest collection of Federal period commercial and residential architecture in the nation.

Below is a suggested list of fun and historical places to visit. As always, please check with the individual websites of each of the places to see current information and operational hours.

• Peabody Essex Museum
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts
• Salem Witch Museum
• Downtown Salem
• Salem Seaport
• Saugus Iron Works
• Swampscott Fish House
• Newburyport Historic District
• Historic Gloucester and Rockport Seaports
• North Shore Navigators
• The North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, New England’s largest regional theater
• The Larcom Theatre in Beverly built in 1912 is the oldest, operating Vaudeville theatre in the region, also once home to Le Grand David.
• The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre in Beverly was home to Le Grand David, the world’s longest-running resident stage magic show
• Castle Hill in Ipswich

Please check back for our next blog post when we reveal the Top Beaches of the North Shore!

With summer around the corner and businesses safely preparing to reopen plan your trip today. At Beverly Regional Airport we are here to help you in any and every way! Contact us today.

This press release was produced by Beverly Regional Airport. The views expressed are the author's own.