Damon’s Point

Damon's Point offers a genuinely spectacular view of the North River estuary from a small town pier. The pier itself sits on the remains of an old railroad trestle, part of a bridge that carried the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad (and later the Old Colony Railroad) across the water from 1871 to 1940 -- look across the river and you can still trace the route the trains once ran through the marsh toward the old Marshfield Hills station. Wooden benches make it an easy, low-effort spot to sit and take in the scenery.