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Campground Beach (500 Shurtleff Rd)
4.6★ · 201 Google ratings · Eastham, Massachusetts
✓ Parking✓ Short walk✓ Good for kids✓ Restrooms
At a glance
Parking
30 ft away · paid
Walk
230 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
Yes
Cost
Paid parking
Water
70°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
10 ft range today
Children
Reported good for young kids
Sand
50 ft from the water to the back
Water quality
Good · all 13 samples clean · 2025
Crowds
Quietest Sun 8am
Map of Campground Beach (500 Shurtleff Rd)
Guide
Good to know
Reported good with little kids
Visitors often mention shallow or calm water. This is what reviewers report, not a safety assessment.Mentioned by 22 visitors · 2016–2026
Go for sunset views
Cape Cod Bay provides consistent, stunning sunset views that reviewers repeatedly call one of the beach's best features.
Time your visit by tide
Low tide exposes sand flats extending hundreds of yards with tide pools, while high tide significantly shrinks usable beach space.
Bring food and supplies
No concessions except occasional ice cream truck in summer; plan to pack lunch, drinks, and shade.
Expect parking fees
Memorial Day through Labor Day costs $20-30; arrive early as the lot fills and parking becomes limited.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
68°F · partly cloudy
Water
70°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
1.3 ft · 6 s apart
Wind
4 mph from the WSW
Shelter
Onshore · wind blowing straight in off the water
UV index
5 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
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| 05:16 | High tide | ↑ |
| 11:37 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 17:34 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 3:42 AM.
Crowds
When it gets busy
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Plan your visit
📍 500 Shurtleff Rd, Eastham, MA 02642
🅿 Parking 30 ft from the listing
🌊 Water 230 ft away, under a minute walk
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Questions
Common questions
Where do you park at Campground Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 30 ft from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Campground Beach?
230 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Campground Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
When is Campground Beach least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Sun 8am and the busiest at Sat 6pm.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
