A beach on the coast of Massachusetts on a foggy early spring day.

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]

Maine

Maine's 3,478-mile (5,597 km) Atlantic Ocean coast and nearby islands offer many sandy beaches.[1] From east (north) to west (south):

Lakes, ponds, and rivers:

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] Inland beaches are on ponds, beaches, and rivers.

Cape Cod

  • 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
  • Bourne
    • Barlows Landing
    • Cataumet Harbor
    • Electric Avenue
    • Gray Gables
    • Monument Beach
    • Patiusset Beach
    • Sagamore Beach
    • Scenic Park
  • Brewster
  • 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
  • Dennis
    • Bayview
    • Chapin Memorial Beach
    • Cold Storage
    • Corporation
    • Crowes Pasture Beach
    • Follins Pond
    • Glendon Road
    • Haigis
    • Harborview
    • Howes Street
    • Inman
    • Mayflower Beach
    • 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)
  • Eastham
  • Falmouth
    • Bristol Beach
    • Chappaquoit Beach
    • Falmouth Heights Beach
    • Megansett Beach
    • Menauhant Beach
    • Old Silver Beach
    • Surf Drive Beach
    • Woodneck Beach
  • Harwich
    • Atlantic Avenue Beach
    • Bank Street Beach
    • Belmont Road Beach
    • Brooks Road Beach
    • Bucks Pond
    • Cahoon's Road Beach
    • Earle Road Beach
    • Gray Neck Road Beach
    • Hinkley's Pond
    • Jackknife Beach, Pleasant Bay
    • Long Pond
    • Merkel Beach
    • Neel Road Beach
    • Pleasant Road Beach
    • Red River Beach
    • Sand Pond
    • Sea Street Beach
    • Seymour Pond
    • Wah-Wah-Taysee Road Beach
    • Windemere Bluffs Beach
    • Zylpha Road Beach
  • Mashpee
  • Orleans
  • Provincetown
  • Sandwich
  • 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

Martha's Vineyard

  • 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
  • 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
  • Fairhaven
    • Fort Phoenix, Fort Phoenix State Reservation
    • Knollmere
    • Manhattan Avenue
    • Raymond Street
    • West Island
      • West Island - Causeway
      • West Island - Towns Beach
    • Weeden Rd

Nantucket

  • Nantucket
    • Brant Point
    • Children's Beach
    • Cisco Beach
    • Dionis Beach
    • Francis Street
    • Jetties Beach
    • Madaket Beach
    • Siasconset Beach
    • Surfside Beach

North Shore

Boston Harbor

South Shore

South Coast

Inland

New Hampshire

Location of New Hampshire Beaches

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]

Rhode Island

Partial map of Rhode Island beaches

Rhode Island has saltwater beaches along Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic Ocean from which it gets its state nickname, "The Ocean State". In addition, the state has several freshwater beaches along its rivers.

Kickamuit River beaches:

Sakonnet River beaches:

  • Tiverton (east side)
    • Grinnell's Beach
    • Fogland Beach
  • Portsmouth (northwest side)
    • Teddy's Beach
    • Grimmell Beach
    • Island Park Beach
    • McCorrie Point Beach
    • Sandy Point Beach
    • Pebble Beach
  • Middletown (southwest side)
    • Third Beach

Providence River beaches:

  • Edgewood Beach, Cranston
  • Sabin Point Waterfront Park (no swimming)
  • Alling Beach, Barrington
  • (more beaches on both sides with no names on Google Maps as of 30 Jun 2021)

Narragansett Bay beaches include:

Main Atlantic coast beaches include, from east to west:

Block Island beaches include:

  • Crescent Beach
  • Surfers Beach
  • Mansion Beach

Lake and pond beaches include:

  • Providence County (north):
    • Gillerans Pond Beach, Burrillville
    • Wescott Beach, Glocester
    • Keech Pond Beach, Glocester
    • Steers Beach, Glocester
    • Mountaindale Beach, Smithfield
    • Slacks Pond Beach, Smithfield
    • Hope Pond Recreation Area beach, Scituate
    • Georgiaville Beach, Smithfield
  • Kent County (central):
    • Briar Point Beach, Coventry
    • Gorton Pond, Warwick[10]
    • Little Pond, Warwick[10]
    • Sand Pond, Warwick[10]
  • Washington County (south):

Vermont

Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain beaches by municipality:

Other northern Vermont

Central Vermont

Southern Vermont

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Coastline of the United States".
  2. ↑ University of Connecticut: Connecticut Coastal Access Guide - Searchable list of major public beaches along the Connecticut shoreline
  3. ↑ CT DEP - Day Pond State Park
  4. ↑ CT DEP - Rocky Neck State Park
  5. ↑ CT DEP - Hopeville Pond State Park
  6. ↑ CT DEP - Hammonasset Beach State Park
  7. ↑ CT DEP - Silver Sands State Park
  8. ↑ CT DEP - Sherwood Island State Park
  9. ↑ Fort Foster Beach
  10. 1 2 3 4 Parks and Beaches in Warwick
  11. ↑ Little Compton, Rhode Island - Beaches
  12. ↑ Goosewing Beach Preserve - The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island
  13. ↑ Insider's Guide to Newport's Best Beaches
  14. ↑ Moonstone Beach - The Naked Truth
  15. ↑ Home - Visitors - Beach Information - Westerly Beaches
  16. ↑ Misquamicut Fire District Beaches
  17. ↑ East Beach Association
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