Wells Beach

What makes West Boylston unique?

In my opinion West Boylston is a very unique town because it is very small, but it is still in the middle of all the action. Many small towns don’t seem like a fun place to hang out, however, in West Boylston there are many different places to go and many different things to do. There are tons of places to eat, many things to do for fun, places to visit, landmark places, and much more. Plus, it is a town next to an exciting city and close by to many other fun places.

Writing and pictures done by Kevin Barnaby.

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If there's one place us Americans love to go to, it's the beach. I chose to do my virtual tour on Wells Beach, Maine because it's not in the area of our town. So how is it that Wells Beach, located all the way up in Maine and over an hour away from West Boylston, is related to our town?
One
thing that many residents of West Boylston love to do is go on vacations. There are tons of popular vacation spots within a relatively short drive of West Boylston. Most of these spots are along the beaches of Maine and Massachusetts. Since I was going up to Wells Beach for an overnight stay, I figured what's a better place to do my virtual tour on than this?
Scroll down to see the slide show - make sure you look at all, the best pictures are at the bottom after you get to the beach!

On the road to Maine

This is a picture of a sign leading up to the New Hampshire and Maine state border on the bridge.

Here comes the Bridge

This picture shows a view of the road leading up to the bridge

Now we're on it

Here is a photograph of the sign representing the New Hampshire and Maine state border.

Don't Look Down!

This picture shows the view off of the side of the bridge.

It's great to be here!

This photograph is of a sign, which is at a rest stop on the side of the highway soon after crossing the bridge, welcoming visitors to Maine.

We're getting closer

This is a shot of the highway from a side street in Maine on our way to Wells Beach.

That's Awesome

This picture isn't of Wells Beach but, with the awesome view showing the ocean in the car mirror, I couldn't resist putting it on the website.

We made it!

This is a photograph of the road, which has marsh on both sides of it, heading for the beach.

To the right...

This photograph shows the view of the marsh from the right side if you were traveling in from the street shown in the previous picture.

This is a picture of where the marsh ends. These houses run along a road that follows the beach

We Made it to Wells!

This is a sign of one of the many hotels along Wells Beach in Maine. It is welcoming people to Wells Beach and is a very neat arrangement with the dolphins squirting water into the small pond.

For the kids

This picture shows an ice cream shop and the playground. These are both located just after the marsh ends when traveling on the road previously shown.

Shopping!

This is a store on the corner of the street that runs along the beach and the street that comes into the area over the marsh. There are many other store fronts right around this store.

This is it!

Here is a great shot of the street running along the beach. This street is an absolute mob scene during the summer because of all of the visitors. I loved the old buggie heading down the street, too, because it added a lot to the picture.

Hotels

This picture shows one of the many hotels that are located in Wells Beach, Maine.

What a view

This photograph shows a happy couple enjoying the view of the beach and the ocean. It's a great place to just come, sit down, and forget about everything for while.

Off to the Beach

This is a picture of the stair heading down to the beach from the area where people can look out onto the water.

Lifeguards

This picture shows two lifeguards walking the beach.

It just keeps going and going and going...

This photograph reveals a great view of the beach. It shows all of the many houses along the beach and how the houses keep going in the distance. It also shows the shore of the beach, which also keeps going into the distance with all of the houses. You can see that the cold temperatures of the water at this time of year doesn't stop some people from having a good time out on the beach.

Kites!

Flying kites is one of the many fun things that people do on Wells Beach.

More Hotels

This is a picture of some of the hotel rooms that overlook the beach. For people who have rooms in this hotel, it is a great place to just lounge and watch the ocean.

Another great ocean shot!

This picture is one of my favorites because it shows water splashing up from a wave hitting some rocks.

That's Different...

This picture shows a boat traveling off of Wells Beach. The picture didn't come out so good, but when I made the contrast higher, the picture looked much more exciting.

spooky

This is a picture of a boat on the the water. I liked this picture because it has a very eerie look to it, which is why i didn't bother to increase the brightness or contrast.

More Boats

Here is another picture of a boat, but this time it's floating on the marsh during high tide.

Enough with the marsh!

This picture shows more boating in the marsh during high tide. canoeing is one thing that many people enjoying doing in the marsh at Wells Beach.

More Marsh

Here is a great picture of the marsh. With the house in the front and the other buildings in the background.

The water

Here is a picture of the ocean off of the beach.

Just another view

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page last updated June 7, 2007.