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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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2021)

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):

• Down East
  • Eastport - Shackford Head State Park - Cony Beach
  • Machiasport - Jasper Beach
  • Roque Bluffs - Roque Bluffs State Park
  • Mount Desert Island
    • Bar Harbor - Sand Beach in Acadia National Park
    • Mount Desert - Little Hunters Beach in Acadia National Park
  • Lamoine - Lamoine Beach Park / Lamoine State Park
• Penobscot Bay
  • Isle au Haut - Barred Harbor
  • Deer Island - Barred Island Preserve (low tide only)
  • Castine - Wadsworth Cove Beach
  • Stockton Springs - Sandy Point Beach
  • Islesboro
    • Beach at Turtle Head Preserve
    • Sprague's Beach
    • Warren Island State Park
    • Big Tree Beach
    • Billys Shore
    • Islesboro Town Beach
  • Searsport - Moose Point State Park
  • Belfast
    • Public Shore along Searsport Ave
    • Heritage Park
  • Northport
    • Cals Beach (private)
    • Pebble Beach (rocky, private)
  • Lincolnville
    • Wales Beach (private)
    • Lincolnville Beach
  • Camden - Laite Memorial Beach
  • Rockland
    • Beach along Rockland Harbor Trail
    • South End Beach
  • Owls Head
    • Beach at Ocean Avenue
    • Owls Head State Park
    • Crescent Beach
    • Crocketts Beach
    • Ash Point Beach
    • Lucia Beach (private)
    • Birch Point State Park
• Mid Coast
  • Bristol
    • Colonial Pemaquid Beach
    • Pemaquid Beach Park
  • South Bristol - Sand Cove Beach
  • Georgetown - Reid State Park
    • East Beach
    • Mile Beach
    • Half Mile Beach
  • Phippsburg
    • Popham Beach
    • Seawall Beach
    • Head Beach
• Southern Maine Coast
  • Harpswell - Cedar Beach, Bailey Island
  • Freeport - Winslow Memorial Park
  • Yarmouth
    • Sandy Point Bridge, Cousins Island
    • Littlejohn Beach, Cousins Island
  • Cumberland - Broad Cove Reserve
  • Long Island
    • East End Beach
    • Andrews Beach
    • South Beach
    • Fowler Beach
  • Portland
    • East End Beach
    • Big Beach, Cushing Island
    • Little Beach, Cushing Island
    • West Shore Sandy Beach, Little Diamond Island
  • South Portland - Willard Beach
  • Cape Elizabeth
    • Cliff House Beach
    • Crescent Beach State Park
  • Scarborough
    • Higgins Beach
    • Scarborough Beach State Park
    • Western Beach (private)
    • Back Shore
    • Pine Point Beach (contiguous with Old Orchard Beach)
    • Grand Beach (contiguous with Old Orchard Beach)
  • Old Orchard Beach
  • Saco, Maine - Ferry Beach State Park (contiguous with Old Orchard Beach)
  • Biddeford
    • Hills Beach
    • Fortunes Rocks Beach
    • Horseshoe Cove
    • New Barn Cove
  • Kennebunkport
    • Arundel Beach (rocky)
    • Colony Beach
    • Goose Rocks Beach
    • Cleaves Cove Beach
  • Kennebunk
    • Gooch's Beach
    • Middle Beach
    • Mother's Beach
    • Kennebunk Beach
    • Parson's Beach
    • Laudholm Beach
  • Wells
    • Drakes Island Beach
    • Wells Beach
    • Moody Beach (private)
  • Ogunquit
    • Footbridge Beach
    • Ogunquit Beach
  • York
    • Short Sands Beach (village of York Beach)
    • Long Sands Beach (village of York Beach)
    • York Harbor Beach
  • Kittery
    • Seapoint Beach
    • Crescent Beach
    • Fort Foster Beach[9]

Lakes, ponds, and rivers:

• Richmond - Peacock Beach State Park
• Greenville, Maine - Moosehead Lake - Lily Bay State Park
• Poland - Range Ponds State Park
• Sebago Lake State Park
• Ellsworth - Branch Lake Beach
• Canaan - Lake George Beach
• Newcastle - Shoreline Beach, Damariscotta River
• Rockland - Johnson Memorial Park, Chickawaukie Pond
• Camden - Barrett's Cove Public Beach, Megunticook Lake

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]

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]

Rhode Island

Rhode Island is nicknamed "The Ocean State".

Kickamuit River beaches:

• Bristol - Juniper Trail Beach

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:

• Barrington
  • Barrington Beach
• Warren:
  • Warren Town Beach
• Bristol:
  • Bristol Town Beach
  • Walley Street Beach
• Prudence Island:
  • Prudence Beach
• Warwick[10]
  • Conimicut Point Beach
  • Bayside Beach
  • Longmeadow Beach
  • Rocky Point Beach
  • Oakland Beach
  • Buttonwood Beach in Warwick City Park
  • Goddard Memorial State Beach, Goddard Memorial State Park
• East Greenwich
  • End of the World Beach
  • Sandy Point Beach
• North Kingstown
  • Beach at Bluff Point
  • Calf Pasture Point Beach
  • Spink Neck Beach
  • Compass Rose Beach
  • Blue Beach
  • North Kingstown Town Beach
  • Ed's Beach
  • Beach at Rome Point
  • Plum Point Beach (Plum Beach)
• Narragansett
  • Beach at South Ferry Road
  • Kelly Beach
  • Bonnet Shores Beach
• Aquidneck Island (west side)
  • Portsmouth
    • Newport Beach Club (private)
  • Newport (east to west)
    • King Park Beach on Wellington Avenue
    • Fort Adams State Park
      • Fort Adams State Beach on Fort Adams Drive
      • A small beach on Lincoln Drive
    • Stalnaker Beach
• Jamestown (Conanicut Island, north to south)
  • Sunset Beach
  • Shores Beach
  • Longs Beach
  • East Ferry Beach
  • Mackerel Cove Beach
  • Old Salt Work Beach

Main Atlantic coast beaches include, from east to west:

• Little Compton
  • South Shore Beach a.k.a. Town of Little Compton Beach[11]
  • Goosewing Beach (owned by The Nature Conservancy, includes Benjamin Family Environmental Center, adjacent to Quicksand Pond, accessed from South Shore Beach)[12]
  • Beach at Little Pond Cove
  • Beach at Briggs Marsh
  • Warren's Point Beach Club (private)
  • Beach at Round Pond
  • Lloyd's Beach
  • Tappens Beach
• Middletown
  • Sachuest Beach (Second Beach)
• Newport[13]
  • Atlantic Beach (contiguous with Easton's Beach across a small creek)
  • Easton's Beach (First Beach)
  • Belmont Beach (small, rocky)
  • Rejects' Beach or People's Beach (contiguous with Bailey's Beach, at the end of the Newport Cliff Walk)
  • Bailey's Beach (private)
  • Gooseberry Beach (privately owned but open to public)
  • Hazard's Beach (privately owned)
  • King's Beach on Ocean Avenue
  • Collins Beach
• Jamestown
  • Mackerel Cove
• Narragansett
  • Dunes Club Beach
  • Conochet Club Beach
  • Narragansett Town Beach
  • Punk Rock Beach / Point Judith (rocky)
  • Camp Cronin Fishing Area / Point Judith in south parcel of Fishermen's Memorial State Park (rocky)
  • Roger Wheeler State Beach a.k.a. Sand Cove Beach (contiguous to the west)
  • Galilee Beach Club Beach (contiguous)
  • Salty Brine State Beach (contiguous to the east)
  • Scarborough State Beach Complex - North & South
• South Kingstown
  • East Matunuck State Beach
  • Deep Hole Fishing Area
  • Matunuck Beach
  • South Kingstown Town Beach (contiguous with Willow Dell Beach)
  • Willow Dell Beach (contiguous with neighboring beaches)
  • Roy Carpenter's Beach (contiguous with neighboring beaches)
  • Moonstone Beach (contiguous with neighboring beaches, formerly a nude beach[14])
• Charlestown
  • Blue Shutters Town Beach
  • Burlingame State Park
  • Charlestown Breachway State Beach, Charlestown Breachway
  • Charlestown Town Beach
  • East Beach State Beach, Ninigret Conservation Area
• Westerly[15]
  • Weekapaug Beech
  • Weekapaug Inn Beach
  • Fenway Beach
  • Dune's Park Beach (private but open to public for fee)
  • Seaside Beach Club Beach (members only)
  • Westerly Town Beach (residents only, contiguous with neighboring beaches)
  • Atlantic Beach (contiguous)
  • Westerly New Town Beach a.k.a. Wuskenau Beach
  • Jim's Beach Misquamicut (contiguous)
  • Misquamicut State Beach
  • Misquamicut Fire District Beaches (residents only, contiguous)[16]
    • Lawton Beach
    • Benson Beach
    • Clark Farms Beach
  • East Beach (contiguous with neighboring beaches)
  • Ocean House Beach
  • Watch Hill Beach[17]
  • Napatree Point

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):
  • Browning Mill Pond Area Beach, Richmond
  • Burlingame State Park Beach, Watchaug Pond, Charlestown

Vermont

Lake Champlain beaches:

See also

• List of beaches in the United States
• List of beaches

References

External links

• Beachapedia's State of the Beach reports for: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
• RI Coastal Resources Management Council - Public rights of way for beach access

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