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Hull Nantasket Beach is Located just 18 miles south of Boston, Hull offers year' round business
and recreation second to none! We invite you to come visit our beach all year 'round. Dine in one of
our many fine restaurants, shop at our unique boutiques and spas or enjoy a visit to our Lifesaving
Museum.
Originally our town was known as Nantasket before being changed to Hull. Established in 1644, Hull
was a fishing and trading town with a small population of hardworking hardy souls. As a peninsula,
Hull was a very strategic town during the time of the Revolutionary War because of its proximity to
Boston's very important and busy harbor. Fort Independence was built in 1776 to help defend the
harbor from British attack. In days of old, Hull had become a favorite place to 'summer' for many a
traveler. With its grand hotels, restaurants and frequent boats from Boston, Hull had become a world
destination. Paragon Park was a popular amusement park, with a roller coaster, which at one time was
one of the biggest in the world. The slow growth of the 1980's forced Paragon to be sold and
converted to condominiums, now known as Horizons.
Hull used to have a population influx from summer to winter of many thousands of people. With the
modernization of many homes and more year-round people, Hull now averages a population over
10,000 people.
Swimmers, joggers and walkers enjoy the beautiful Nantasket Beach, more than three miles of fine,
hard-packed sand, at all times of the day and night.
Nantasket beach is in sight of at least one lighthouse; Boston Light, Graves Light and Minot's Ledge
Light. The Harbour Express runs from Hull, Hingham and Quincy to Boston, a 5-mile by water trip into
Boston. Lighthouse cruises along the coast, excursions to Boston Light in Boston Harbor and tours of
Scituate Light at Cedar Point in Scituate are available.
Tee times at the local Golf course can be booked in advance at the South Shore Golf Course in
Hingham.
Restaurants are numerous along the ocean front area.
The Hull Lifesaving Museum is furnished as if a 19th-century lifesaving crew had just run for its boats.
Museum exhibits include the surfboat "Nantasket"; a specially designed lifeboat that served in the
Great Storm of 1888. Ship-to-shore radios and numerous documentary photographs are also
exhibited.
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