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Maine beaches

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

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Good places to start

Newbury Neck Beach

Surry

Walk to water150 ft

Marlboro Beach

Lamoine

Walk to water50 ft

Lake Pinneo Beach

Quechee

Walk to water40 ft

Parking110 ft away

Jones Beach

Lubec

Walk to water70 ft

Parking300 yd away

Popham Beach State Park

Phippsburg

Walk to water150 ft

Parking50 ft away

CostPaid parking

Short Sands Beach

York

Walk to water60 ft

Parking240 ft away

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Lists for a particular day

Dog friendly beaches

57 in Maine

Family friendly beaches

59 in Maine

Sea glass beaches

16 in Maine

Beaches with places to eat

16 in Maine

Beaches with a playground

20 in Maine

Lake and pond beaches

16 in Maine

Free parking

15 in Maine

Shortest walk

Park almost on the sand

Rich Memorial Beach Sebago Lakes

Standish · the listing sits on the shoreline

South Beach

Maine · the listing sits on the shoreline

Hills Beach

Biddeford · the listing sits on the shoreline

Sea Wall

Wells · the listing sits on the shoreline

Spring Cove Beach

Maine · the listing sits on the shoreline

Denmark Town Beach

Denmark · the listing sits on the shoreline

Rachael Carson Salt Pond Preserve

Bristol · the listing sits on the shoreline

Crescent Beach

Wells · the listing sits on the shoreline

Free parking

Beaches where parking is free

Lincolnville Beach

Lincolnville · free parking · visitors report

Sandy Point Beach

Stockton Springs · free parking · visitors report

Lamoine Beach Park

Lamoine · free parking · visitors report

Willard Beach

South Portland · free parking · the operator

Barrett's Cove Public Beach

Camden · free parking · visitors report

South End - (Sandy) Beach

Rockland · free parking · visitors report

Colony Beach

Kennebunkport · free parking · visitors report

Drift Inn Beach

St. George · free parking · visitors report

With little kids

Calm water and bathrooms nearby

Short Sands Beach

York · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 28 visitors · 2017–2026

Long Sands Beach

York · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 15 visitors · 2015–2026

Footbridge Beach

Ogunquit · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 15 visitors · 2017–2026

Bar Harbor Shore path

Bar Harbor · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 5 visitors · 2017–2026

Lamoine Beach Park

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

Popham Beach

Phippsburg · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 14 visitors · 2017–2026

South End - (Sandy) Beach

Rockland · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 5 visitors · 2018–2026

York Harbor Beach

York · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 10 visitors · 2016–2026

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Every beach

All 173 beaches, by how many people rate them

Beach	Town	Walk to water	Parking	Fee	Restrooms
Popham Beach State Park	Phippsburg	150 ft	50 ft	paid	yes
Short Sands Beach	York	60 ft	240 ft	–	yes
Long Sands Beach	York	50 ft	–	–	yes
Sand Beach	Bar Harbor	80 ft	175 yd	–	yes
East End Beach	Portland	90 ft	150 yd	–	yes
Footbridge Beach	Ogunquit	100 ft	225 yd	paid	yes
Lincolnville Beach	Lincolnville	on the sand	80 ft	free	yes
Gooch's Beach	Kennebunk	80 ft	–	paid	–
Sandy Point Beach	Stockton Springs	0.6 miles	20 ft	free	–
Ogunquit Beach	Ogunquit	150 ft	–	–	yes
Mother's Beach	Kennebunk	40 ft	100 ft	paid	yes
Bar Harbor Shore path	Bar Harbor	60 ft	400 yd	–	yes
Lamoine Beach Park	Lamoine	230 ft	90 ft	free	yes
Willard Beach	South Portland	on the sand	175 yd	free	yes
Pemaquid Beach	New Harbor	40 ft	320 ft	paid	yes
Jasper Beach	Machiasport	80 ft	–	–	–
Seapoint Beach	Kittery	100 ft	30 ft	–	–
Popham Beach	Phippsburg	125 yd	100 ft	–	yes
Barrett's Cove Public Beach	Camden	40 ft	–	free	yes
South End - (Sandy) Beach	Rockland	100 ft	50 ft	free	yes
York Harbor Beach	York	170 ft	270 ft	paid	yes
Echo Lake Beach	Mt Desert	0.9 miles	150 ft	–	yes
Drakes Island Beach	Wells	320 ft	90 ft	paid	yes
Johnson Field Preserve at Mackerel Cove	Bailey Island	290 ft	280 ft	–	–
Sand Beach	Stonington	310 ft	20 ft	–	–
Pine Point Beach	Scarborough	on the sand	90 ft	paid	yes
Colony Beach	Kennebunkport	70 ft	120 ft	free	–
Drift Inn Beach	St. George	110 ft	–	free	yes
Crescent Beach	Wells	on the sand	–	–	–
Highland Lake Beach	Bridgton	600 yd	–	free	–
Hendrick's Head Beach	Southport	50 ft	230 ft	free	–
Westons Beach	Fryeburg	–	50 ft	–	yes
Ellis Pond Public Beach	Roxbury	50 ft	110 ft	–	–
Old Orchard	Old Orchard Beach	160 ft	125 yd	paid	yes
Seal Cove Picnic Area	Seal Cove	50 ft	–	–	yes
Mowry Beach Preserve	Lubec	260 ft	–	–	yes
Fortunes Rocks Beach	Biddeford	70 ft	–	–	–
Seal Harbor Beach	Seal Harbor	70 ft	80 ft	–	yes
Hadley Point Beach	Bar Harbor	110 ft	–	–	–
Little Hunters Beach	Mt Desert	70 ft	–	–	–
Ferry Road Beach	Scarborough	130 ft	10 ft	paid	yes
Old Orchard Beach	Old Orchard Beach	100 ft	275 yd	paid	yes
Sandy Point Bridge	Yarmouth	40 ft	270 ft	–	–
Boulder Beach	Bar Harbor	on the sand	225 yd	–	yes
Plage des Cantons	Magog	on the sand	125 yd	paid	yes
Plage du Lac Stukely	Orford	310 ft	350 yd	paid	yes
Pine Point	Scarborough	60 ft	80 ft	–	–
Broad Cove Reserve	Cumberland Foreside	280 ft	575 yd	–	–
Portage Lake Public Beach	Portage Lake	110 ft	–	–	yes
Carter's Beach	Hancock	40 ft	–	–	–
Cliff House Beach	Cape Elizabeth	60 ft	400 yd	–	–
Wadsworth Cove Beach	Castine	80 ft	200 ft	–	yes
Crescent Beach	Owls Head	100 ft	120 ft	–	–
Range Pond Beach	Poland	60 ft	–	paid	yes
Crocket's Beach	Owls Head	50 ft	–	–	–
Plage Lucien-Blanchard	Sherbrooke	0.5 miles	125 yd	–	–
Stanley Beach	Grand Manan	60 ft	10 ft	–	–
South Beach	Long Island	60 ft	–	–	yes
Newbury Neck Beach	Surry	150 ft	–	–	–
Sewall Beach, Morse Mountain	Phippsburg	50 ft	–	–	–
New River Beach	Lepreau Parish	310 ft	150 yd	paid	yes
Port Maitland Beach		230 ft	–	–	yes
Marlboro Beach	Lamoine	50 ft	–	–	yes
Paynes Beach	South Royalton	825 yd	260 ft	–	–
Raymond Beach	Raymond	90 ft	140 ft	free	–
Laite Memorial Beach	Camden	170 ft	600 yd	free	yes
Goose Rocks Beach	Kennebunkport	80 ft	125 yd	–	yes
Elmore State Park Day Use Beach	Lake Elmore	130 ft	150 ft	–	yes
Causeway Beach	Deer Isle	80 ft	325 yd	free	–
Sandy Point Beach	Yarmouth	140 ft	40 ft	free	yes
Fowler Beach	Long Island	on the sand	–	–	–
Mousam Lake 'The Foot'	Shapleigh	on the sand	–	–	–
Walker's Beach (Martin's Point Beach)	Friendship	50 ft	–	–	–
Plage du Lac Fraser	Orford	60 ft	250 ft	paid	yes
Thomas Point Beach	Brunswick	40 ft	–	paid	yes
Crescent Beach	Cape Elizabeth	140 ft	475 yd	–	yes
Hunters Beach	Mt Desert	50 ft	475 yd	–	–
Head Beach	Phippsburg	on the sand	150 yd	paid	yes
Sandy River Beach	Jonesport	150 yd	–	–	–
Town Beach	Bar Harbor	on the sand	140 ft	free	yes
Lake Pinneo Beach	Quechee	40 ft	110 ft	–	–
Sand Cove Beach	South Bristol	on the sand	–	–	–
Bar Beach		250 yd	275 yd	–	yes
Reach Beach	Sunset	60 ft	–	–	–
Sand Beach at Branch Lake	Ellsworth	50 ft	325 yd	–	–
Roque Bluffs Beach	Roque Bluffs	150 yd	200 yd	–	–
Fine Sand Beach	Swans Island	170 ft	–	–	–
Harvey's Lake Beach	Barnet	on the sand	–	–	yes
Rich Memorial Beach Sebago Lakes	Standish	on the sand	340 ft	paid	–
Little Beach	Ogunquit	40 ft	250 yd	–	–
Cedar Beach	Harpswell	on the sand	–	–	–
Sand Cove Beach	Prospect Harbor	100 ft	–	–	–
Hills Beach	Biddeford	on the sand	–	–	–
Islesboro Town Beach	Islesboro	130 ft	–	–	–
Widgeon Cove Trail	Harpswell	300 yd	10 ft	–	–
Glen Cove Park	Rockport	140 ft	525 yd	–	–
Greenwood Town Beach	Greenwood	0.7 miles	100 ft	–	–
Seal Cove Shore Preserve	South Bristol	275 yd	–	–	–
Sea Wall	Wells	on the sand	175 yd	paid	yes
Public Beach	Glover	on the sand	180 ft	–	–
Middle Beach	Kennebunk	110 ft	550 yd	–	–
Laudholm Beach	Wells	320 ft	–	–	–
Pettes Cove Beach	Grand Manan	120 ft	450 yd	–	–
Mile Beach	Georgetown	330 ft	–	–	yes
Littlejohn Beach	Yarmouth	60 ft	–	–	–
Great Beach	Jonesport	210 ft	–	–	–
Wales Beach	Northport	160 ft	–	–	–
Cape Neddick Beach	York	275 yd	–	–	–
Ocean Point Beach	East Boothbay	50 ft	80 ft	–	–
Lake George Regional Park - East Beach	Canaan	1.0 miles	90 ft	–	–
Philbrook Beach	Pittsburg	on the sand	–	–	yes
Crescent Beach	Kittery	180 ft	625 yd	–	–
Rangeley Lake State Park Beach	Rangeley	40 ft	260 ft	–	yes
Denmark Town Beach	Denmark	on the sand	90 ft	–	–
Kent Pond Shore Fishing Access	Killington	40 ft	–	–	–
Freddy Beach	Biddeford	550 yd	330 ft	–	–
Eastern Beach	Brooklin	325 yd	60 ft	–	–
Sylvester's Cove	Deer Isle	110 ft	–	–	–
Raccoon Beach	Campobello Island	on the sand	125 yd	–	yes
Pembroke Beach	Yarmouth	140 ft	–	–	–
Rachael Carson Salt Pond Preserve	Bristol	on the sand	–	–	–
Hunnewell Beach	Phippsburg	330 ft	–	–	–
Sebago Lake state park beach	Casco	70 ft	–	–	yes
Back Beach	Tremont	50 ft	20 ft	–	–
Public Shore Access - Stephenson Lane - City of Belfast Access Point	Belfast	300 yd	–	–	–
Lucia Beach	Owls Head	50 ft	400 yd	–	–
Sebago Town Beach	Sebago	on the sand	–	paid	–
False Harbour Beach	Yarmouth	100 ft	–	–	–
Pebble Beach	Monhegan	on the sand	–	–	–
Sand Beach	Swans Island	210 ft	–	–	–
Geary's beach	Vinalhaven	80 ft	–	–	–
Camp Ellis Reach	Saco	210 ft	125 yd	–	–
Dunn Beach	Otis	1.1 miles	–	–	–
Ferry Beach	Saco	160 ft	175 yd	–	yes
Rome Town Beach	Rome	on the sand	475 yd	–	–
West Shore Sandy Beach	Portland	on the sand	–	–	–
Jones Beach	Lubec	70 ft	300 yd	–	–
Big Tree Beach	Islesboro	90 ft	–	–	–
Sand Pond Public Beach	Chesterville	50 ft	–	–	–
Lunenburg Town Beach	Lunenburg	–	200 yd	–	–
Mayo St- Path To Shore	Belfast	330 ft	175 yd	–	–
Kings Beach		170 ft	550 yd	–	–
Josephs Beach		90 ft	375 yd	–	–
Patch Beach		150 yd	550 yd	–	–
Plum Island Beach		600 yd	–	–	–
North Beach		70 ft	160 ft	–	yes
MMA Beach		on the sand	180 ft	–	yes
Spring Cove Beach		on the sand	–	–	–
Sea Glass Beach		on the sand	–	–	–
Swim Beach		on the sand	–	–	yes
Southwest Cove		50 ft	–	–	–
East Cove		40 ft	–	–	–
Schooner Cove		on the sand	–	–	–
Fish Beach		on the sand	–	–	yes
Sand Cove Beach		on the sand	–	–	–
Chandler Cove Beach		150 ft	–	–	–
Sand Dune Beach		80 ft	525 yd	–	yes
Two Mile Beach		100 ft	–	–	–
North Beach		125 yd	–	–	–
Susie Beach		50 ft	–	–	–
Georgie Beach		30 ft	–	–	–
Markey Beach		130 ft	–	–	–
Ledge Beach		70 ft	–	–	–
Clayfers Beach		120 ft	–	–	–
Sandy Beach		on the sand	–	–	–
Ducktrap Beach		80 ft	–	–	–
Rogers Point Beach		50 ft	–	–	–
South Beach		on the sand	–	–	–
Half Mile Beach		80 ft	475 yd	–	yes
East Beach		40 ft	230 ft	–	yes
Boot Cove Beach		50 ft	600 yd	–	–
Sandy Beach		110 ft	125 yd	–	–
Cole's Landing Beach		70 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 Maine beach has the shortest walk from the car?

Rich Memorial Beach Sebago Lakes in Standish 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 Maine beaches?

Mostly yes. Of the 173 beaches here, 21 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?

63 of the 173 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.