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Lake and pond beaches in Cape Cod

These 21 beaches in Cape Cod are on a lake, pond or reservoir rather than the sea. No tide, no surf, and usually a shorter drive. Each one shows how far you park and how far you walk to the water.

• Millway BeachBarnstable · water not mapped · parking 70 ft
• Oyster Pond BeachChatham · water 0.7 miles · parking 30 ft
• Great Pond BeachEastham · water 0.6 miles · parking 60 ft
• Herring Pond BeachEastham · water 0.8 miles · parking 30 ft
• Long Pond Brewster BeachBrewster · water 40 ft · parking 475 yd
• Hamblin Pond BeachMarstons Mills · water 280 ft · parking 40 ft
• Sand Pond BeachHarwich · water 180 ft · parking 40 ft
• Lake Tashmoo Town BeachTisbury · water 30 ft · parking 125 yd
• Cahoon Beach Landing - Long PondHarwich · water 150 ft · parking 50 ft
• Washing Pond BeachNantucket · water 60 ft
• Long Pond Swimming BeachWellfleet · water 0.8 miles · parking 50 ft
• Cliff Pond BeachBrewster · on the shoreline · parking 190 ft
• Gull Pond Landing BeachWellfleet · water 1.0 miles · parking 260 ft
• Dennis Pond BeachYarmouth Port · water 0.9 miles · parking 100 ft
• Bucks Pond BeachHarwich · on the shoreline
• Long PondHarwich · water 250 ft · parking 550 yd
• Tisbury Great Pond BeachVineyard Haven · water 100 ft
• Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beachwater 275 yd · parking 340 ft
• Wequaquet Lake Beachon the shoreline · parking 70 ft
• Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beachwater 50 ft · parking 240 ft
• Snake Pond Beachon the shoreline · parking 260 ft

Do lake beaches have tides?

No. Tide tables apply to the sea, so these pages do not show one. Water temperature is modelled from the air temperature and the season where there is no buoy nearby.

Distances are measured on OpenStreetMap; what visitors report is counted, never guessed. This list was last rebuilt on 24 September 2026. How we know this.

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