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Missouri beaches
24 beaches, with the parking, the walk to the water and the tide for each one.
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6 in Missouri
Shortest walk
Park almost on the sand
Cape Cod · 30 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 40 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 40 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 60 ft to the water
Paola · 70 ft to the water
Cape Cod · 70 ft to the water
Green Township · 80 ft to the water
Green Township · 80 ft to the water
With little kids
Calm water and bathrooms nearby
Branson · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 22 visitors · 2016–2026
Smithville · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 8 visitors · 2017–2026
Warsaw · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 3 visitors · 2015–2025
Green Township · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 3 visitors · 2018–2026
Paola · bathrooms nearby · mentioned by 2 visitors · 2019–2026
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Moonshine BeachBranson · water 280 ft · parking 180 ft
Longview Lake Swim BeachKansas City · water 160 ft · parking 80 ft
Little Platte BeachSmithville · water 280 ft · parking 30 ft
Camp Branch BeachSmithville · water 110 ft · parking 210 ft
Shawnee Bend Recreation Area BeachWarsaw · water 250 yd · parking 290 ft
Pittsburg BeachGreen Township · water 80 ft · parking 100 ft
Hermitage BeachGreen Township · water 80 ft · parking 120 ft
Windsurfer BeachPaola · water 70 ft · parking 60 ft
The Swings Party CoveShell Knob · water 200 yd
Kitzbuhl BeachInnsbrook · water 140 ft
Pim Lake BeachPark Hills · water 650 yd · parking 110 ft
Thousand Hills State Park Beachwater 40 ft · parking 150 ft
Miola Beachwater 40 ft · parking 200 ft
Spalding Beachwater 220 ft · parking 175 yd
Chapel Hill Beachwater 140 ft · parking 200 yd
Swimming Beachwater 80 ft · parking 280 ft
Watkins Mill Beachwater 30 ft · parking 175 yd
Bendorfwater 60 ft
Cinova Beachwater 80 ft
Big Cedar Beachwater 100 ft · parking 180 ft
HWY 107 Beachwater 170 ft · parking 180 ft
Swim Beachwater 70 ft · parking 210 ft
Aunts Creek Beachwater 130 ft
Grand Glaize Beachwater 90 ft · parking 200 ft
Every beach
All 24 beaches, by how many people rate them
| Beach | Town | Walk to water | Parking | Fee | Restrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonshine Beach | Branson | 280 ft | 180 ft | paid | yes |
| Longview Lake Swim Beach | Kansas City | 160 ft | 80 ft | paid | yes |
| Little Platte Beach | Smithville | 280 ft | 30 ft | – | yes |
| Camp Branch Beach | Smithville | 110 ft | 210 ft | paid | yes |
| Shawnee Bend Recreation Area Beach | Warsaw | 250 yd | 290 ft | – | yes |
| Pittsburg Beach | Green Township | 80 ft | 100 ft | – | yes |
| Hermitage Beach | Green Township | 80 ft | 120 ft | – | yes |
| Windsurfer Beach | Paola | 70 ft | 60 ft | – | yes |
| The Swings Party Cove | Shell Knob | 200 yd | – | – | – |
| Kitzbuhl Beach | Innsbrook | 140 ft | – | – | – |
| Pim Lake Beach | Park Hills | 650 yd | 110 ft | – | yes |
| Thousand Hills State Park Beach | 40 ft | 150 ft | – | yes | |
| Miola Beach | 40 ft | 200 ft | – | yes | |
| Spalding Beach | 220 ft | 175 yd | – | yes | |
| Chapel Hill Beach | 140 ft | 200 yd | – | yes | |
| Swimming Beach | 80 ft | 280 ft | – | yes | |
| Watkins Mill Beach | 30 ft | 175 yd | – | yes | |
| Bendorf | 60 ft | – | – | – | |
| Cinova Beach | 80 ft | – | – | – | |
| Big Cedar Beach | 100 ft | 180 ft | – | – | |
| HWY 107 Beach | 170 ft | 180 ft | – | yes | |
| Swim Beach | 70 ft | 210 ft | – | yes | |
| Aunts Creek Beach | 130 ft | – | – | – | |
| Grand Glaize Beach | 90 ft | 200 ft | – | yes |
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 Missouri beach has the shortest walk from the car?
Watkins Mill Beach in Missouri 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 Missouri beaches?
Mostly yes. Of the 24 beaches here, 3 have visitors reporting a parking or entry fee and 0 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?
18 of the 24 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.
