Fourth Cliff Military Reservation was a coastal defense site located in Scituate, Massachusetts

Scituate, Massachusetts

Scituate is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 18,133 at the 2010 census....

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History

The Fourth Cliff Military Reservation was built on private land. It consisted of an early radar, fire control towers, and artillery batteries and today, a combination of three two and single bedroom recreation lodging facilities.

The site today

It is a 56 acres (226,624.2 m²) seaside recreation area located in Humarock (Scituate) on Massachusetts' South Shore. Fourth Cliff is in a superb location, sitting high on a cliff at the end of a peninsula, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the scenic North River on the other. The site today consists of various buildings, a bunker, two fire control towers, a recreation hall, four three bedroom cottages, eleven two bedroom chalets, two townhouses, four efficiency units, eleven RV sites, a pavilion and spaces for tent camping. It is now operated by Hanscom Air Force Base as a military recreation area. The site is open only to service members their families, guest and Department of Defense civilians.
Hanscom Air Force Base http://www.hanscom.af.mil

External links

• http://www.hanscom.af.mil
• http://www.hanscomservices.com/
• http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/masouth.html#fourth