List of beaches in New England

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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.

1 Connecticut
2 Maine
3 Massachusetts
4 New Hampshire
5 Rhode Island
6 Vermont
7 References

[edit] Connecticut

Connecticut's southern shore with 618 miles of tidal coastline offers many beaches on the Long Island Sound and inland:^[1]^[2]

Bridgeport
- Pleasure Beach
- Seaside Park
Clinton
- Clinton Town Beach
Colchester
- Day Pond State Park^[3] (not on shoreline)
Coventry
- Lisicke Beach
- Patriot's Park
East Lyme
- Rocky Neck State Park^[4]
- McCook's Beach
- Hole in the Wall Beach
- Crescent Beach
Ellington
- Sandy Beach on Crystal Lake
Fairfield
- Jennings Beach
- Lake Mohegan
- Penfield Beach
Griswold
- Hopeville Pond State Park^[5] (not on shoreline)
Guilford
- Lake Quonnipaug
Groton, Connecticut
- Bluff point beach
- Eastern point beach
Madison
- Hammonasset Beach State Park^[6]
Milford
- Gulf Beach
- Silver Sands State Park^[7]
New Haven
- Lighthouse Point Park
New London
- Ocean Beach Park
Norwalk
- Calf Pasture 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]

[edit] Maine

Maine's coast offers sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean between 3478 miles of tidal shoreline:^[1]

Scarborough
- Higgins Beach
York
- York Beach
Old Orchard Beach
- Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Wells, Maine
- Wells Beach
Lincolnville
- Lincolnville Beach
Georgetown
- Reid State Park

[edit] Massachusetts

Beaches in Massachusetts are entirely in the eastern part of the state, concentrated in particular in Cape Cod and islands along its 1519 miles 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 Reservation
  - Constitution Beach at Middle Site
  - Constitution Beach at North Site
  - Constitution Beach at Recreation Center
- Harbor Islands Reservation
  - Bumpkin Island
  - Lovell's Island Beach
  - Spectacle Island
- 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
- Monument Beach
- 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
Chelmsford
Chilmark
- Great Rock Bight
- Lucy Vincent Beach
  - Lucy Vincent Beach - Chilmark Pond
  - Lucy Vincent Beach - Ocean
- Menemsha Beach
- Menemsha Pond
- Chilmark Pond Preserve
- 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
- S. 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
Gloucester
- Good Harbor Beach
- Half Moon Beach
- Niles Beach
- Wingaercheek Beach
Hull
- Nantasket Beach, Nantasket Reservation
Ipswich
- Crane Beach
- Pavilion Beach
Lynn
- Kings Beach, Lynn Shores Reservation
Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Singing Beach
Mashpee
- South Cape Beach, South Cape Beach State Park
Milton
- Houghton's Pond, Blue Hill Reservation
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
North Andover
- Berry Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
- Frye Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
Orleans
- Nauset Beach
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
- Wollaston Beach, Quincy Shores Reservation
Revere
- Revere Beach, Revere Beach Reservation
Rockport
- Cape Hedge Beach
- Front Beach/Back Beach
- Long Beach
Salisbury
- Salisbury Beach, Salisbury Beach State Reservation
Sandwich
- Scusset Beach, Scusset Beach State Reservation
Saugus
- Pearce Lake, Breakheart Reservation
- Peckham Pond, Breakheart Reservation
Taunton
- Middle Pond Beach, Massasoit State Park
- Watson Pond Beach, Watson Pond State Park
Truro
- Head of the Meadow, Cape Cod National Seashore
Wellfleet
- 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 Reservation

[edit] New Hampshire

Location of New Hampshire Beaches

Despite having a tidal coastline of just 131 miles, New Hampshire has five oceanfront beaches:^[1]

Hampton Beach
Seabrook Beach
North Beach
Rye Beach
Rye North Beach

[edit] Rhode Island

Partial map of Rhode Island beaches

Nicknamed "The Ocean State", Rhode Island's beaches line the 384 miles of tidal shoreline across the Narragansett Bay:^[1]

Block Island (New Shoreham)
- Crescent Beach
- Surfers Beach
- Mansion Beach
Charlestown
- Burlingame State Park (beach area), Burlingame State Park
- Charlestown Breachway State Beach, Charlestown Breachway
- East Beach State Beach, Ninigret Conservation Area
Middletown
- Sachuest Beach (Second Beach)
- Third Beach
Narragansett
- Narragansett Town Beach
- Roger Wheeler State Beach
- Salty Brine State Beach
- Scarborough State Beach Complex - North & South
Newport
- Easton's Beach (First Beach)
- Fort Adams State Beach, Fort Adams State Park
- Gooseberry Beach
South Kingstown
- East Matunuck State Beach
Warwick
- Goddard Memorial State Beach, Goddard Memorial State Park
Westerly
- Misquamicut State Beach