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.
Contents
Connecticut[edit]
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
- 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
- Sasco Beach
- Southport Beach
- Griswold
- Hopeville Pond State Park[5] (not on shoreline)
- Guilford
- Groton
- Bluff Point Beach
- Eastern Point Beach
- Madison
- Milford
- Gulf Beach
- Silver Sands State Park[7]
- New Haven
- New London
- New Fairfield
- Norwalk
- 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
Maine[edit]
Maine's coast offers sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean between 3,478 miles (5,597 km) of tidal shoreline:[1]
- Scarborough
- York
- Long Sands Beach
- Short Sands Beach
- York Harbor Beach
- Old Orchard Beach
- Wells, Maine
- Wells Beach
- Lincolnville
- Lincolnville Beach
- Georgetown
Massachusetts[edit]
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
- 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
- Boston
- Carson Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- City Point Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- Constitution Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
- Harbor Islands Reservation
- M Street Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
- Malibu Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Pleasure Bay, Old Harbor Reservation
- Savin Hill Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Tenean Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
- Bourne
- Braintree
- Brewster
- Carver
- Chatham
- 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
- Concord
- Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation
- Danvers
- Dartmouth
- Dennis
- Duxbury
- Eastham
- Edgartown
- Essex
- Fairhaven
- Falmouth
- Freetown
- Gloucester
- Hull
- Ipswich
- Lynn
- Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Mashpee
- Milton
- Nahant
- Nantucket
- Natick
- North Andover
- Orleans
- Plymouth
- Provincetown
- Quincy
- Revere
- Revere Beach, Revere Beach Reservation
- Rockport
- Salisbury
- Sandwich
- Saugus
- Scituate
- Swampscott
- Taunton
- Truro
- Wellfleet
- Cahoon Hollow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
- Westport
- Winchester
- Winthrop
New Hampshire[edit]
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[edit]
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)
- Charlestown
- Middletown
- Narragansett
- Newport
- South Kingstown
- Tiverton
- Warwick
- Westerly
Vermont[edit]
- Lake Champlain Beaches
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e 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