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Cape Cod beaches

219 beaches, with the parking, the walk to the water and the tide for each one.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts · Browse all Massachusetts beaches (513)

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Mayflower Beach

Cape Cod

Walk to water150 yd

Parking175 yd away

CostPaid parking

Race Point Beach

Provincetown

Walk to water125 yd

Parking425 yd away

CostPaid parking

Old Silver Beach

Falmouth

Walk to waterYou're on it

Parking120 ft away

CostPaid parking

Nauset Beach

Orleans

Walk to water230 ft

Parking340 ft away

Lighthouse Beach

Chatham

Walk to water210 ft

Parking210 ft away

CostFree

Onset Beach

Onset

Walk to water90 ft

Parking275 yd away

CostPaid parking

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Dog friendly beaches

61 in Cape Cod

Family friendly beaches

94 in Cape Cod

Beaches with places to eat

19 in Cape Cod

Beaches with a playground

35 in Cape Cod

Lake and pond beaches

21 in Cape Cod

Free parking

17 in Cape Cod

Shortest walk

Park almost on the sand

Herring Cove Beach

Provincetown · the listing sits on the shoreline

Long Point Beach

Provincetown · the listing sits on the shoreline

Old Silver Beach

Falmouth · the listing sits on the shoreline

Cliff Pond Beach

Brewster · the listing sits on the shoreline

Swift's Beach

Wareham · the listing sits on the shoreline

Skaket Beach

Orleans · the listing sits on the shoreline

Great Hollow Beach

North Truro · the listing sits on the shoreline

Cole Beach

Eastham · the listing sits on the shoreline

Free parking

Beaches where parking is free

Joseph Sylvia State Beach

Edgartown · free parking · visitors report

Inkwell Beach

Oak Bluffs · free parking · visitors report

Bayview Street Beach

West Yarmouth · free parking · visitors report

Colonial Acres Beach

West Yarmouth · free parking · visitors report

Windmill Beach

South Yarmouth · free parking · visitors report

Eastville Point Beach

Vineyard Haven · free parking · the operator

Mayo Beach

Wellfleet · free parking · the operator

Forest Beach

South Chatham · free parking · visitors report

With little kids

Calm water and bathrooms nearby

Scusset Beach State Reservation

Sagamore Beach · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 11 visitors · 2017–2026

Mayflower Beach

Cape Cod · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 38 visitors · 2017–2026

Plymouth Long Beach

Plymouth · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 8 visitors · 2015–2026

West Dennis Beach

West Dennis · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 18 visitors · 2016–2026

Lighthouse Beach

Chatham · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 5 visitors · 2013–2026

Herring Cove Beach

Provincetown · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 6 visitors · 2016–2026

Coast Guard Beach

Eastham · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 8 visitors · 2014–2026

Seagull Beach

Yarmouth · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 9 visitors · 2016–2026

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All 219 beaches, by how many people rate them

Beach	Town	Walk to water	Parking	Fee	Restrooms
Scusset Beach State Reservation	Sagamore Beach	550 yd	600 yd	paid	yes
Mayflower Beach		150 yd	175 yd	paid	yes
Plymouth Long Beach	Plymouth	130 ft	110 ft	paid	yes
Race Point Beach	Provincetown	125 yd	425 yd	paid	yes
Old Silver Beach	Falmouth	on the sand	120 ft	paid	yes
Nauset Beach	Orleans	230 ft	340 ft	–	yes
West Dennis Beach	West Dennis	375 yd	120 ft	–	yes
Corporation Beach	Dennis	130 ft	140 ft	–	yes
Lighthouse Beach	Chatham	210 ft	210 ft	–	yes
Onset Beach	Onset	90 ft	275 yd	paid	yes
Veterans Park Beach	Hyannis	350 ft	120 ft	paid	yes
Herring Cove Beach	Provincetown	on the sand	330 ft	paid	yes
Coast Guard Beach	Eastham	230 ft	20 ft	–	yes
Nauset Light Beach	Eastham	130 ft	90 ft	paid	yes
Skaket Beach	Orleans	on the sand	70 ft	paid	yes
Seagull Beach	Yarmouth	220 ft	250 ft	paid	yes
Marconi Beach	Wellfleet	125 yd	220 ft	paid	yes
Grays Beach	Yarmouth Port	550 yd	110 ft	paid	yes
Joseph Sylvia State Beach	Edgartown	60 ft	650 yd	free	–
South Cape Beach State Park	Mashpee	200 yd	90 ft	–	yes
Inkwell Beach	Oak Bluffs	60 ft	575 yd	free	yes
Breakwater Beach	Brewster	160 ft	40 ft	paid	yes
Lighthouse Beach	Edgartown	250 ft	–	–	–
South Beach	Edgartown	300 yd	550 yd	–	yes
Chapoquoit Beach	Falmouth	210 ft	30 ft	paid	–
Millway Beach	Barnstable	–	70 ft	paid	yes
Craigville Beach	Centerville	320 ft	20 ft	–	yes
Town Neck Beach	Sandwich	120 ft	125 yd	paid	yes
Grays Beach Park	Kingston	310 ft	190 ft	paid	yes
White Crest Beach	Wellfleet	240 ft	120 ft	paid	yes
Paines Creek Landing and Beach	Brewster	180 ft	50 ft	paid	–
Bank Street Beach	Harwich Port	100 ft	125 yd	paid	yes
Dowses Beach	Barnstable	110 ft	270 ft	paid	yes
Covell's Beach	Centerville	175 yd	130 ft	paid	yes
Katama Beach/ South Beach	Edgartown	50 ft	475 yd	–	yes
Keyes Memorial Beach	Hyannis	150 ft	280 ft	–	yes
Bayview Street Beach	West Yarmouth	120 ft	50 ft	free	yes
Parker River Beach	South Yarmouth	150 ft	160 ft	paid	yes
Sea Street Beach	Dennis	100 ft	70 ft	paid	yes
South Village Beach	Dennis Port	on the sand	220 ft	paid	–
Colonial Acres Beach	West Yarmouth	240 ft	–	free	yes
Silvershell Beach	Marion	280 ft	70 ft	paid	yes
Steps Beach Nantucket	Nantucket	210 ft	450 yd	–	–
Corn Hill Beach	Truro	210 ft	–	paid	yes
Newcomb Hollow Beach	Wellfleet	150 ft	90 ft	paid	yes
Shell Point Beach	Onset	on the sand	–	paid	–
Woodneck Beach	Falmouth	110 ft	125 yd	paid	yes
Head of the Meadow Beach	Truro	125 yd	40 ft	paid	yes
Campground Beach	Eastham	230 ft	30 ft	paid	–
Crosby Landing Beach	Brewster	125 yd	20 ft	paid	yes
Ridgevale Beach	Chatham	175 yd	50 ft	paid	yes
Windmill Beach	South Yarmouth	850 yd	–	free	yes
Sandy Neck Beach	West Barnstable	550 yd	40 ft	paid	yes
Madaket Beach	Nantucket	175 yd	–	–	–
Eastville Point Beach	Vineyard Haven	60 ft	250 yd	free	–
Englewood Beach	West Yarmouth	60 ft	–	–	–
Red River Beach	Harwich	90 ft	140 ft	paid	yes
Hardings Beach	Chatham	130 ft	90 ft	paid	yes
Swift's Beach	Wareham	on the sand	240 ft	–	yes
Bristol Beach	Falmouth	40 ft	60 ft	paid	–
MBL Stony Beach	Falmouth	150 ft	40 ft	–	–
Craigville Beach, Barnstable	Barnstable	150 yd	–	–	–
Megansett Beach	Falmouth	270 ft	40 ft	paid	–
Ballston Beach	Truro	330 ft	175 yd	paid	–
West End Beach	Provincetown	50 ft	–	paid	yes
Lambert's Cove Beach	Vineyard Haven	130 ft	375 yd	–	–
Cooks Brook Beach	Eastham	40 ft	130 ft	paid	yes
East Sandwich Beach	East Sandwich	150 yd	–	paid	–
Mayo Beach	Wellfleet	40 ft	190 ft	free	yes
Forest Beach	South Chatham	50 ft	20 ft	free	–
Oyster Pond Beach	Chatham	0.7 miles	30 ft	free	yes
Cisco Beach	Nantucket	230 ft	20 ft	–	–
Lecount Hollow Beach	Wellfleet	140 ft	240 ft	paid	yes
South Middle Beach	South Yarmouth	150 yd	175 yd	–	yes
Falmouth Heights Beach	Falmouth	50 ft	160 ft	–	–
Cold Storage Beach	South Dennis	150 yd	30 ft	paid	yes
Owen Park Beach	Tisbury	50 ft	60 ft	free	yes
Menauhant Town Beach	East Falmouth	150 ft	70 ft	–	–
Linnell Landing Beach		110 ft	250 yd	–	yes
Barlows Landing Beach	Pocasset	60 ft	50 ft	paid	–
Jetties Beach	Nantucket	70 ft	290 ft	–	yes
Pleasant Road Beach	West Harwich	40 ft	–	–	yes
Longnook Beach	Truro	180 ft	150 yd	–	–
Eugenia Fortes Beach	Hyannis	310 ft	600 yd	paid	–
Kalmus Beach	Hyannis	150 yd	20 ft	paid	yes
Great Hollow Beach	North Truro	on the sand	100 ft	–	–
Ellis Landing beach	Brewster	130 ft	50 ft	–	–
Great Pond Beach	Eastham	0.6 miles	60 ft	paid	–
Scusset Beach	Sandwich	220 ft	200 yd	–	yes
Beaches Of Dennis,Ma	Dennis Port	160 ft	60 ft	paid	–
Menauhant beach	East Falmouth	90 ft	200 yd	paid	–
Long Point Beach	Vineyard Haven	180 ft	275 yd	paid	yes
Raycroft Beach	Dennis Port	160 ft	475 yd	paid	–
Duck Harbor Beach	Wellfleet	300 ft	650 yd	paid	–
Scargo Beach	Dennis	700 yd	–	paid	–
Town of Mashpee Beach	Mashpee	160 ft	30 ft	–	–
Monument Beach	Bourne	70 ft	110 ft	paid	yes
Plymouth Beach	Plymouth	150 yd	–	paid	yes
Paine's Creek Beach	Brewster	90 ft	290 ft	paid	–
Wings Grove Beach	South Yarmouth	50 ft	625 yd	–	–
Miacomet Beach	Nantucket	150 ft	–	–	yes
Thacher Town Park Beach	South Yarmouth	330 ft	150 yd	free	yes
Priscilla Beach	Plymouth	140 ft	–	–	–
Little Harbor Beach	Wareham	250 ft	–	paid	–
Loop Beach	Barnstable	80 ft	70 ft	–	–
Mashpee Town Beach		60 ft	160 ft	paid	yes
Cahoon Hollow Beach	Wellfleet	260 ft	–	paid	–
Princess Beach	Dennis	0.6 miles	600 yd	paid	yes
40th Pole Beach	Nantucket	70 ft	–	paid	yes
Herring Pond Beach	Eastham	0.8 miles	30 ft	paid	–
Surf Drive Beach	Falmouth	240 ft	270 ft	paid	–
Bass River Beach	Yarmouth	150 yd	350 yd	–	–
Grey Neck Beach	West Harwich	60 ft	450 yd	–	–
Ladies Beach	Nantucket	140 ft	–	–	–
Indian Neck Beach	Wellfleet	180 ft	625 yd	paid	–
Fisher Beach	Truro	130 ft	–	–	–
White Horse Beach	Plymouth	40 ft	–	paid	–
Long Beach	Centerville	275 yd	–	–	–
Edgartown Beach	Edgartown	60 ft	–	free	–
Oak Bluffs Town Beach	Oak Bluffs	40 ft	240 ft	–	yes
Haigis Beach	Dennis	40 ft	180 ft	–	yes
Rock Harbor Beach	Eastham	280 ft	275 yd	free	–
Falmouth Beach	Falmouth	40 ft	290 ft	–	–
Long Pond Brewster Beach	Brewster	40 ft	475 yd	–	–
Wah Wah Taysee Beach	Harwich Port	30 ft	525 yd	–	–
Long Point Beach	Provincetown	on the sand	–	paid	–
Nobska Beach	Falmouth	110 ft	425 yd	paid	–
Electric Avenue Beach	Buzzards Bay	100 ft	10 ft	paid	yes
Hamblin Pond Beach	Marstons Mills	280 ft	40 ft	paid	yes
Great Point Beach	Nantucket	260 ft	–	–	–
Dionis Beach	Nantucket	120 ft	475 yd	–	yes
Sand Pond Beach	Harwich	180 ft	40 ft	–	yes
Lake Tashmoo Town Beach	Tisbury	30 ft	125 yd	free	–
South Cape Beach	Mashpee	180 ft	320 ft	–	–
Ocean Avenue Beach	Hyannis	310 ft	225 yd	–	–
Point of Rocks Landing Beach	Brewster	160 ft	–	–	–
Gray Gables Beach cape cod cove	Bourne	50 ft	525 yd	paid	–
Cahoon Beach Landing - Long Pond	Harwich	150 ft	50 ft	–	yes
Herring Cove		650 yd	–	–	–
Trunk River Beach	Falmouth	60 ft	160 ft	–	–
Thatcher Park Beach	South Yarmouth	50 ft	125 yd	free	yes
Powers Landing Beach	Wellfleet	100 ft	10 ft	–	–
Norton Point Beach	Edgartown	50 ft	–	–	–
Trotting Park Beach	West Dennis	160 ft	350 yd	–	–
Hen's Cove Public Beach	Bourne	80 ft	–	–	–
Childrens Beach	Nantucket	340 ft	350 yd	–	–
Nelson Beach	Plymouth	on the sand	160 ft	–	yes
Cape Cod National Seashore	Chatham	225 yd	–	–	–
Seaview Beach	South Yarmouth	225 yd	50 ft	–	yes
Washing Pond Beach	Nantucket	60 ft	–	–	–
Saquish Head	Plymouth	110 ft	–	–	–
Main Beach	Barnstable	40 ft	650 yd	–	–
First Light Beach	Brewster	100 ft	160 ft	paid	–
Herring Cove North Beach	Provincetown	120 ft	150 yd	–	yes
Inman Beach	Dennis Port	120 ft	150 yd	–	–
North Neck Shore Access	Edgartown	270 ft	–	–	–
Chappaquoit Beach	Falmouth	70 ft	125 yd	–	–
Bayview Beach	Dennis	320 ft	30 ft	–	–
Cole Beach	Eastham	on the sand	170 ft	paid	–
Lewis Bay Beach	Barnstable	110 ft	275 yd	–	yes
Harborview Beach	South Dennis	120 ft	130 ft	–	–
Bound Brook Island Beach	Wellfleet	170 ft	175 yd	–	–
Sunken Meadow Beach	Eastham	120 ft	125 yd	–	–
Hyannis Harbor Light Beach	Hyannis	30 ft	300 yd	–	yes
Ropes Beach	Barnstable	0.7 miles	125 yd	–	–
Long Pond Swimming Beach	Wellfleet	0.8 miles	50 ft	–	–
Saints Landing Beach	Brewster	80 ft	175 yd	–	–
Popponesset Peninsula	Mashpee	90 ft	575 yd	–	–
Springhill Beach	Sandwich	375 yd	–	paid	–
Inman Rd Beach	Dennis	125 yd	150 yd	free	–
Fay Beach	Falmouth	70 ft	400 yd	–	–
Sagamore Beach	Bourne	30 ft	125 yd	–	–
Tisbury Town Beach	Vineyard Haven	30 ft	–	–	–
East Beach	Edgartown	210 ft	–	–	–
Forest Beach Conservation Area	South Chatham	175 yd	250 yd	–	–
South Orleans Beach	Orleans	30 ft	–	–	–
Black Beach	Falmouth	130 ft	–	–	–
Sesuit Beach	Dennis	240 ft	190 ft	–	–
Highland Beach	Truro	120 ft	–	–	–
Cliff Pond Beach	Brewster	on the sand	190 ft	–	–
Fuller Street Beach	Edgartown	280 ft	–	–	–
Francis Street Beach	Nantucket	50 ft	150 yd	–	–
Breakwater Beach	Wellfleet	130 ft	625 yd	free	–
New Silver Beach	North Falmouth	60 ft	–	–	–
Atlantic Avenue Beach	Harwich	100 ft	30 ft	–	–
Nanumett Beach	Buzzards Bay	160 ft	–	–	–
Merkel Beach	Harwich Port	225 yd	250 ft	–	yes
Indian Mound Beach	Wareham	250 ft	–	–	–
Belmont Road Beach	Harwich Port	50 ft	290 ft	–	–
Gull Pond Landing Beach	Wellfleet	1.0 miles	260 ft	–	yes
Pico Beach	Mattapoisett	80 ft	275 yd	–	–
Coskata Beach	Nantucket	130 ft	–	–	–
Indian Neck	Wellfleet	100 ft	375 yd	–	–
Howes Street Beach	Dennis	200 ft	275 yd	paid	–
Quidnet Beach	Nantucket	150 yd	–	–	–
Dennis Pond Beach	Yarmouth Port	0.9 miles	100 ft	–	–
Muskseal Beach	Nantucket	210 ft	–	–	–
Bucks Pond Beach	Harwich	on the sand	–	–	–
Long Pond	Harwich	250 ft	550 yd	–	–
Tisbury Great Pond Beach	Vineyard Haven	100 ft	–	–	–
North Shore Beach	West Tisbury	100 ft	325 yd	–	–
Monument Beach Recreation Area	Pocasset	375 yd	100 ft	–	–
Falmouth Beach- Access	Falmouth	220 ft	90 ft	–	–
Springer Lane Beach	West Yarmouth	160 ft	–	–	–
Round Cove	Harwich	150 yd	225 yd	–	–
Bank St - Beach Access	Harwich Port	125 yd	100 ft	–	yes
The Strand		100 ft	625 yd	–	–
North Shore Beach		50 ft	–	–	–
Strong Island Beach		100 ft	–	–	–
Cedar Island		on the sand	–	–	–
Boys Beach		50 ft	–	–	–
Public Beach		40 ft	120 ft	–	–
Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach		275 yd	340 ft	–	–
Thumpertown Beach		70 ft	70 ft	–	–
Wequaquet Lake Beach		on the sand	70 ft	–	–
Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach		50 ft	240 ft	–	–
Snake Pond Beach		on the sand	260 ft	–	–
South Lt Island Beach		225 yd	–	–	–
Meadow Avenue Beach		170 ft	–	–	–

Walk and parking distances are measured on OpenStreetMap. Fee and restrooms come from counted visitor reviews and mapped facilities. A dash means we have no evidence either way, not that the answer is no.

Questions

Common questions

Which Cape Cod beach has the shortest walk from the car?

Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown has the listing right on the shoreline. We measure the straight line from the listed location to the mapped waterline for every beach, so the table above ranks them all.

Do you have to pay to park at Cape Cod beaches?

Mostly yes. Of the 219 beaches here, 77 have visitors reporting a parking or entry fee and 8 report free parking. Reported fees run from $20 to $35 a day in season, and several beaches drop the fee after 5pm or outside the summer.

Which beaches have restrooms?

85 of the 219 beaches have restrooms mapped on site or reported by visitors. Seasonal closures are common: several National Seashore beaches close their facilities outside the summer.

How current is this?

Tide, waves, wind and water temperature are fetched live in your browser from NOAA and Open-Meteo. Parking and facility positions come from OpenStreetMap; imagery from USGS NAIP. Facts counted from visitor reviews carry the year range they were written in.

How we know

Where this comes from

Place details from the public Google business listing. Beach shape, parking and facility positions from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Aerial imagery is public-domain USGS NAIP. Tide comes from NOAA, and weather and water from Open-Meteo. Map drawings are redrawn from that aerial imagery by an image model. Markers, distances and every fact on this page come from OpenStreetMap and counted reviews, never from a drawing. Review text is never republished.