List of beaches in New England
This is a list of beaches in New England sorted by state then town. Beaches are not exclusively all on seashores but may also be located on lakes, rivers or other bodies of water.
Connecticut
Connecticut's southern shore with 618 miles (995 km) of tidal coastline offers many beaches on the Long Island Sound and inland:[1][2]
- Bridgeport
- Brookfield
- Brookfield Town Beach (not on shoreline)
- Lillinonah Woods Beach (not on shoreline)
- Clinton
- Clinton Town Beach
- Colchester
- Day Pond State Park[3] (not on shoreline)
- Coventry
- Lisicke Beach
- Patriots Park
- East Lyme
- Rocky Neck State Park[4]
- McCook's Beach
- Hole in the Wall Beach
- Ellington
- Sandy Beach on Crystal Lake
- Fairfield
- Jennings Beach
- Lake Mohegan
- Penfield Beach and Rickards Beach
- Sasco Beach
- Southport Beach
- South Pine Creek Beach
- Griswold
- Hopeville Pond State Park[5] (not on shoreline)
- Guilford
- Lake Quonnipaug
- Jacob's Beach
- Groton
- Bluff Point Beach
- Eastern Point Beach
- Madison
- Milford
- Gulf Beach
- Silver Sands State Park[7]
- New Fairfield
- New Fairfield Town Park (not on shoreline)
- Squantz Pond State Park (not on shoreline)
- New Haven
- New London
- Ocean Beach Park
- Niantic
- Crescent Beach
- Norwalk
- Calf Pasture Beach and Shady Beach
- Old Lyme
- Sound View Beach
- Old Saybrook
- Harvey's Beach
- Stratford
- Long Beach
- Short Beach
- West Haven
- West Haven Beaches (Bradley Point, Morse Beach, Oak Street Beach, Sandy Point)
- Westport
- Sherwood Island State Park[8]
- Compo Beach
- Burying Hill Beach
- Old Mill Beach
Maine
Maine's coast offers sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean between 3,478 miles (5,597 km) of tidal shoreline:[1]
- Biddeford
- Georgetown
- Lincolnville
- Lincolnville Beach
- Old Orchard Beach
- Scarborough
- Wells
- Wells Beach
- York
- Long Sands Beach
- Short Sands Beach
- York Harbor Beach
Massachusetts
Salt-water beaches in Massachusetts are entirely in the eastern part of the state, concentrated in particular in Cape Cod and islands along its 1,519 miles (2,445 km) of coastline:[1]
- Barnstable
- Bone Hill
- Bridge Street
- Cordwood
- Covells Beach
- Craigville Beach
- Crockers Neck
- Cross Street
- Dowses Beach
- East Beach
- Estey Avenue Beach
- Fifth Ave
- Fifth Ave (boat launch)
- Indian Trail
- Kalmus Ocean
- Kalmus Yacht
- Kennedy Memorial
- Keyes Beach
- Little River
- Loops Beach
- Millway
- Oregon Beach
- Oyster Place Road
- Prince Cove
- Ropes Beach
- Sandy Neck
- Scudder Lane
- Veterans Beach
- Wianno Avenue
- Beverly
- Brackenbury
- Dane Street
- Dane Street Bathhouse
- Dane Street Jetty
- Dane Street Outfall
- Goat Hill
- Independence
- Lynch Park
- Mingo
- Ober Park
- Rice Beach
- Rice Outfall
- Sandy Point
- West Beach
- Woodbury
- Boston
- Carson Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- City Point Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- City Point Beach at Farragut
- Constitution Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
- Harbor Islands Reservation
- M Street Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- M Street Beach at M Street
- Malibu Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Pleasure Bay, Old Harbor Reservation
- Savin Hill Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Savin Hill at Bayside
- Tenean Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Tenean Beach at Middle Site
- Bourne
- Barlows Landing
- Cataumet Harbor
- Electric Avenue
- Gray Gables
- Patiusset Beach
- Sagamore Beach
- Scenic Park
- Braintree
- Smith Beach
- Brewster
- Breakwater
- Cliff Pond Beach, Nickerson State Park
- Crosby
- Ellis
- Flax Pond Beach, Nickerson State Park
- Linnell Landing Beach
- Little Cliff Pond, Nickerson State Park
- Paines Creek
- Point of Rocks
- Robbins Hill
- Saints
- Carver
- Barretts Pond, Myles Standish State Forest
- Chatham
- Andrew Hardings Lane Beach
- Bucks Creek
- Cockle Cove Beach
- Cockle Cove Creek at Parking Lot
- Cockle Cove Creek at Ridgevale Bridge
- Forest Street Beach
- Hardings Beach East
- Hardings Beach West
- Jacknife Harbor Beach
- Lighthouse Beach
- Oyster Pond Beach
- Pleasant Street Beach
- Ridgevale Beach
- Scatteree Town Landing
- Chilmark
- Chilmark Pond Preserve
- Great Rock Bight
- Lucy Vincent Beach
- Lucy Vincent Beach - Chilmark Pond
- Lucy Vincent Beach - Ocean
- Menemsha Beach
- Menemsha Pond
- Squibnocket Beach
- Cohasset
- Black Rock Beach
- Little Harbor
- Sailing Club
- Sandy Beach
- Sandy Cove
- Yacht Club
- Concord
- Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation
- Danvers
- Sandy Beach East
- Sandy Beach West
- Dartmouth
- Anthonys
- Apponagansett Town Beach
- Barneys Joy
- Bayview
- Demarest Lloyd Beach, Demarest Lloyd State Park
- Hidden Bay
- Jones Town Beach
- Moses Creek
- Nonquitt
- Oak Hill Shores
- Round Hill
- Salters Point East
- Salters Point South
- Dennis
- Bayview
- Chapin Memorial Beach
- Cold Storage
- Corporation
- Crowes Pasture Beach
- Follins Pond
- Glendon Road
- Haigis
- Harborview
- Howes Street
- Inman
- Mayflower
- Raycroft
- Sea Street
- Sea Street (Dennisport)
- Sea Street (East Dennis)
- South Village
- Sullivan
- Trotting Park
- West Dennis
- West Dennis (Residential)
- West Dennis (W. of Snack Bar)
- West Dennis (West)
- Duxbury
- Duxbury Beach
- Hardin Hill
- Howlands Landing
- Landing Road
- Residents Beach
- Shipyard Lane
- West End
- Eastham
- Boat Meadow
- Campground
- Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Coast Guard Beach 1
- Coast Guard Beach 2
- Cole Road
- Cooks Brook
- Dyer Prince
- First Encounter
- First Encounter (Beach)
- First Encounter (Spit River)
- Kingsbury
- Nauset Light Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Nauset Light Beach 1
- Nauset Light Beach 2
- Nauset Light Beach 3
- South Sunken Meadow
- Thumpertown
- Town Cove
- Edgartown
- Bend-in-the-Road Beach
- Chappy Point Beach
- East Beach
- East Beach (Chappy)
- Edgartown Great Pond
- Felix Neck
- Fuller Street
- Joseph Sylvia Big Bridge
- Joseph Sylvia Sound
- Norton Point Beach
- Norton Point Beach - east Katama Bay
- Norton Point Beach - east ocean
- Norton Point Beach - west bay (boat launch)
- Norton Point Beach - west ocean
- South Beach State Park
- South Beach State Park - Middle
- South Beach State Park - Right Fork West
- Wasque Swim Beach
- Essex
- Clammers Beach
- Front Beach
- Fairhaven
- Fort Phoenix, Fort Phoenix State Reservation
- Knollmere
- Manhattan Avenue
- Raymond Street
- West Island
- West Island - Causeway
- West Island - Towns Beach
- Weeden Rd
- Falmouth
- Bristol Beach
- Chappaquoit Beach
- Falmouth Heights Beach
- Megansett Beach
- Menauhant Beach
- Old Silver Beach
- Surf Drive Beach
- Woodneck Beach
- Freetown
- Assonet:
- Assonet Bay Shores Association Beach (private)
- Porter Pastures Beach
- East Freetown:
- Town Beach
- Assonet:
- Gloucester
- Coffins Beach
- Cressy's Beach
- Good Harbor Beach
- Half Moon Beach
- Magnolia Beach
- Niles Beach
- Pavilion Beach
- Plum Cove Beach
- Wingaersheek Beach
- Hull
- Nantasket Beach, Nantasket Reservation
- Ipswich
- Clark Beach
- Crane Beach
- Pavilion Beach
- Plum Island
- Steep Hill Beach
- Lynn
- Kings Beach, Lynn Shores Reservation
- Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Mashpee
- South Cape Beach, South Cape Beach State Park
- Milton
- Nahant
- Nahant Beach, Lynn Shores Reservation
- Nantucket
- Brant Point
- Children's Beach
- Cisco Beach
- Dionis Beach
- Francis Street
- Jetties Beach
- Madaket Beach
- Siasconset Beach
- Surfside Beach
- Natick
- Cochituate Lake Beach, Cochituate State Park
- Newbury/Newburyport
- North Andover
- Berry Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
- Frye Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
- Orleans
- Plymouth
- Charge Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
- College Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
- Curlew Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
- Fearings Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
- Provincetown
- Herring Cove, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Race Point, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Quincy
- Revere
- Revere Beach, Revere Beach Reservation
- Rockport
- Cape Hedge Beach
- Front Beach/Back Beach
- Long Beach
- Rowley
- Salisbury
- Salisbury Beach, Salisbury Beach State Reservation
- Sandwich
- Scusset Beach, Scusset Beach State Reservation
- Saugus
- Pearce Lake, Breakheart Reservation
- Peckham Pond, Breakheart Reservation
- Scituate
- Swampscott
- Eismans Beach
- Fishermans Beach
- Kings Beach
- Phillips Beach
- Taunton
- Middle Pond Beach, Massasoit State Park
- Watson Pond Beach, Watson Pond State Park
- Truro
- Beach Point (Truro, Massachusetts)
- Coast Guard Beach a.k.a. "Highland Beach"
- Fisher Beach
- Head of the Meadow, Cape Cod National Seashore
- High Head Beach
- Longnook Beach
- Noon's Landing
- Wellfleet
- Cahoon Hollow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Westport
- Horseneck Beach, Horseneck Beach State Reservation
- Winchester
- Sandy Beach, Mystic River Reservation
- Winthrop
- Short Beach, Belle Isle Reservation
- Winthrop Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
- Yirrell Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
New Hampshire
Despite having a tidal coastline of just 131 miles (211 km) and an ocean shoreline of just 18 miles (29 km), New Hampshire has at least 10 oceanfront beaches:[1]
- Hampton
- Hampton Beach, Hampton Beach State Park
- North Beach
- New Castle
- Great Island Common
- North Hampton
- North Hampton Beach State Park
- Rye
- Bass Beach
- Cable Beach
- Jenness Beach State Park
- Rye Beach
- Rye North Beach
- Wallis Sands State Beach
- Seabrook
Rhode Island
Nicknamed "The Ocean State", Rhode Island's beaches line the 384 miles (618 km) of tidal shoreline across the Narragansett Bay:[1]
- Barrington
- Block Island (New Shoreham)
- Crescent Beach
- Surfers Beach
- Mansion Beach
- Charlestown
- Blue Shutters Town Beach
- Burlingame State Park (beach area), Burlingame State Park
- Charlestown Breachway State Beach, Charlestown Breachway
- Charlestown Town Beach
- East Beach State Beach, Ninigret Conservation Area
- Middletown
- Sachuest Beach (Second Beach)
- Third Beach
- Narragansett
- Newport
- Easton's Beach (First Beach)
- Fort Adams State Beach, Fort Adams State Park
- Gooseberry Beach
- South Kingstown
- East Matunuck State Beach
- South Kingstown Town Beach
- Tiverton
- Grinnell's Beach
- Fogland Beach
- Warwick
- Goddard Memorial State Beach, Goddard Memorial State Park
- Westerly
Vermont
Lake Champlain beaches:
- Burlington
- North Beach
- Colchester
- Mallets Bay
- Shelburne
- Shelburne Bay
References
- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001801.html
- University of Connecticut: Connecticut Coastal Access Guide - Searchable list of major public beaches along the Connecticut shoreline
- CT DEP - Day Pond State Park
- CT DEP - Rocky Neck State Park
- CT DEP - Hopeville Pond State Park
- CT DEP - Hammonasset Beach State Park
- CT DEP - Silver Sands State Park
- CT DEP - Sherwood Island State Park
External links
- Beachapedia's State of the Beach reports for: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island