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Colonial Acres Beach
4.5★ · 225 Google ratings · West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
✓ Short walk✓ Good for kids✓ Free✓ Restrooms
At a glance
Parking
Not mapped
Walk
240 ft · under a minute
Restrooms
Yes
Cost
Free
Water
74°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
3 ft range today
Children
Reported good for young kids
Sand
175 yd from the water to the back
Water quality
Good · all 60 samples clean · 2025
Crowds
Quietest Wed 8am
Map of Colonial Acres Beach
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 16 visitors · 2016–2026
Free parking reported
Visitors report no charge to park here.Mentioned by 11 visitors · 2016–2026
Arrive by 9am in summer
The parking lot holds only about 12-20 cars and fills quickly on warm weekdays by late morning.
Wear water shoes at low tide
The beach is rocky and shelly underfoot, and the flats at low tide are full of crabs and minnows.
Bring your own food and supplies
There is only a porta-potty and no snack bar, food vendors, or other amenities on site.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
69°F · overcast
Water
74°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
1.7 ft · 5 s apart
Wind
3 mph from the W
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
6 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
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| 06:20 | High tide | ↑ |
| 11:41 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 18:29 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 3:42 AM.
Crowds
When it gets busy
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📍 146 Standish Way, West Yarmouth, MA 02673
🌊 Water 240 ft away, under a minute walk
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Questions
Common questions
How far is the walk to the water at Colonial Acres Beach?
240 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 Colonial Acres 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 Colonial Acres Beach least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Wed 8am and the busiest at Sun 1pm.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
