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BeachMap

Find the best beaches near you

The community beach map. Find beaches, swimming spots, surf breaks, and hidden coves near you, snap a photo, rate them, and plan your trip. Browse beach guides or open the live map.

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How it works

1

Find

Open the map and see the beaches, swimming spots, and surf breaks near you.

2

Snap

Found a great beach? Drop a pin, snap a photo, and put it on the map for everyone.

3

Rate

Rate beaches 1–5 so the best stretches of sand rise to the top.

Beaches worth the trip

  1. Crane Beach

    Ipswich

    Four miles of white sand backed by protected dunes — the North Shore’s marquee beach, and the lot routinely fills and closes by late morning on hot weekends.

    Family beachTicketed
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  2. Singing Beach

    Manchester

    Famous for sand that squeaks underfoot; nonresident parking is essentially nil, so most visitors ride the commuter rail from Boston and walk the half-mile down.

    Family beachTicketed
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  3. Good Harbor Beach

    Gloucester

    A big, dune-fringed beach with a tidal island you can walk to at low tide — the lot is the catch, so it’s the textbook “check parking first” beach.

    Public beachTicketed
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  4. Wingaersheek Beach

    Gloucester

    Calm, kid-friendly water with sandbars and a lighthouse view across the Annisquam — popular with families, which means the lot caps before noon.

    Family beachTicketed
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  5. Revere Beach

    Revere

    America’s first public beach (1896), a three-mile crescent reachable on the MBTA Blue Line — the rare Boston-area beach you don’t need a car for.

    Public beachFree
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  6. Nantasket Beach

    Hull

    The South Shore’s marquee beach — a long crescent with a classic carousel and arcade strip, paid DCR lots, and a seasonal commuter ferry straight from Boston.

    Public beachTicketed
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