West Beach, Beverly, Massachusetts

The beach is managed by a group local community volunteers elected by the organizations membership yearly.

People from beyond the bounds of Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing can submit a request for a subscribers pass and sticker allowing access to the beach.

West Beach's governing organization has been incorporated since April 21, 1852 [1] by the Massachusetts State House of Representatives.

Nineteenth-century author Nathaniel Hawthorne from the nearby city of Salem, Massachusetts visited West Beach as noted by his son.

[2] Artist Fitz Henry Lane painted a landscape of the beach in the mid-19th century that sold for $3.85 million at an art auction in 1997.