Stage Fort Park

It contains two beaches, a large playground, picnic benches, two baseball fields, a basketball court, a dog park and plenty of room for any weekend activities.

[1][2] A seasonal restaurant in the park, The Cupboard of Gloucester, selling a wide variety of food and ice cream including fried clams and sandwiches.

The most prominent geological feature is a large rock, some sixty feet high and two hundred wide.

It was the most likely original site of Roger Conant's "Great House", which was moved to Salem circa 1628.

The area was first fortified in 1635 with the Stage Fort and garrisoned intermittently from then until the Spanish–American War.