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Francis Street Beach
4.6★ · 9 Google ratings · Nantucket, Massachusetts
✓ Parking✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
150 yd away
Walk
290 ft · 1 min
Water
72°F
Tide
3 ft range today
Water quality
Good · all 12 samples clean · 2025
Map of Francis Street Beach
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
69°F · overcast
Water
72°F
Waves
2.7 ft · 5 s apart
Wind
4 mph from the SW
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
6 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 06:19 | High tide | ↑ |
| 11:46 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 18:34 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 3:47 AM.
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📍 Nantucket, MA 02554
🅿 Parking 150 yd from the listing
🌊 Water 290 ft away, about 1 min walk
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Where do you park at Francis Street Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 150 yd from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Francis Street Beach?
50 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 Francis Street 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.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
