242 beaches
Best Quiet Beaches
If you want solitude, avoid the obvious: Sandy Point, Ocean City, and anywhere with "state park" in the name on a summer weekend. The quiet beaches are the ones that require effort — advance-reservation parks like Beverly Triton and Mayo Beach, upper-Bay spots like Betterton, working-watermen towns like Rock Hall and Tolchester. Calvert Cliffs and Flag Ponds require hiking to reach the beach, which filters out casual crowds. Weekdays and shoulder season turn even popular beaches quiet.
What to look for
Advance-permit parks, boat-access-only sites, long hike-in trails, or beaches without lifeguards (they stay quieter because families skip them).
Ranked by Today's Conditions
Anne's Beach
Ideal for quiet
Bahia Honda State Park
Ideal for quiet
La Jolla Cove
Ideal for quiet
Morro Bay (Morro Strand State Beach)
Ideal for quiet
Seal Beach
Ideal for quiet
Sombrero Beach
Ideal for quiet
St. George Island
Ideal for quiet
Caladesi Island State Park
Ideal for quiet
Carmel Beach
Ideal for quiet
Cayucos State Beach
Ideal for quiet
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Ideal for quiet
Lovers Key State Park
Ideal for quiet
Mexico Beach
Ideal for quiet
Sanibel Island Beach
Ideal for quiet
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Ideal for quiet
Cape Canaveral Beach
Ideal for quiet
Captiva Island Beach (Alison Hagerup Beach Park)
Ideal for quiet
Crystal Cove State Park
Ideal for quiet
Edisto Beach State Park
Ideal for quiet
Grayton Beach State Park
Ideal for quiet
Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South)
Ideal for quiet
Neptune Beach
Ideal for quiet
Rosemary Beach (30A)
Ideal for quiet
Seaside Beach (30A)
Ideal for quiet
St. Simons Island Beach
Ideal for quiet
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Ideal for quiet
Vero Beach
Ideal for quiet
Amelia Island Beach
Great for quiet
Bathtub Reef Beach (Hutchinson Island)
Great for quiet
Big Beach (Makena State Park)
Great for quiet
Coquina Beach
Great for quiet
Crystal Beach (Bolivar Peninsula)
Great for quiet
Henderson Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Jamaica Beach
Great for quiet
Longboat Key Beach (Bayfront Park Access)
Great for quiet
Pass Christian Beach
Great for quiet
Perdido Key State Park
Great for quiet
Pfeiffer Beach (Big Sur)
Great for quiet
Pirates Beach
Great for quiet
Polihale State Park
Great for quiet
Sullivan's Island Beach
Great for quiet
Surfside Beach (TX)
Great for quiet
Cape San Blas (Salinas Park)
Great for quiet
Holden Beach
Great for quiet
Jekyll Island Beach
Great for quiet
Navarre Beach
Great for quiet
Padre Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Great for quiet
12th Street Beach (Chicago)
Great for quiet
Cove Point Beach
Great for quiet
Dauphin Island Public Beach
Great for quiet
Margate City
Great for quiet
Mustang Island State Park
Great for quiet
Pawleys Island
Great for quiet
Reeds Beach
Great for quiet
St. Clement's Island State Park
Great for quiet
Ventnor City
Great for quiet
West Ship Island
Great for quiet
Whitefish Dunes State Park
Great for quiet
Mokuleia Beach Park
Great for quiet
Sunset Beach (North Carolina)
Great for quiet
Topsail Beach
Great for quiet
Indian Beach
Great for quiet
Litchfield Beach
Great for quiet
North Topsail Beach
Great for quiet
Punaluu Black Sand Beach
Great for quiet
San Onofre State Beach
Great for quiet
Yokohama Bay (Keawaula Beach)
Great for quiet
Baker Beach (San Francisco)
Great for quiet
Kure Beach
Great for quiet
Matagorda Beach
Great for quiet
Hanauma Bay
Great for quiet
Magic Island Lagoon
Great for quiet
Maniniowali Beach (Kua Bay)
Great for quiet
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Great for quiet
El Matador State Beach
Great for quiet
Leo Carrillo State Park
Great for quiet
Point Dume State Beach
Great for quiet
Papakolea Green Sand Beach
Great for quiet
Belle Isle State Park
Great for quiet
Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill
Great for quiet
Hilton Pier Park
Great for quiet
Ocracoke Beach
Great for quiet
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Great for quiet
Chapel Point State Park
Great for quiet
Corolla Beach
Great for quiet
Duck Beach
Great for quiet
False Cape State Park
Great for quiet
Friendship Farm Park
Great for quiet
Glass Beach (Fort Bragg)
Great for quiet
Jean S. Roberts Memorial Park
Great for quiet
Kings Landing Park
Great for quiet
Oceanfront Park Beach (Boynton Beach)
Great for quiet
Sandbridge Beach
Great for quiet
Smith Point Beach
Great for quiet
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Great for quiet
Chic's Beach
Great for quiet
Flag Ponds Nature Park
Great for quiet
Greenwell State Park
Great for quiet
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Great for quiet
Lantana Municipal Beach
Great for quiet
Myrtle Point Park
Great for quiet
North East Community Park
Great for quiet
Orient Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Public Landing Beach
Great for quiet
Snow Hill Farm Park
Great for quiet
Spring Lake
Great for quiet
Betterton Beach
Great for quiet
Brownies Beach (Bayfront Park)
Great for quiet
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Great for quiet
Chapman State Park
Great for quiet
Cove Road Beach
Great for quiet
Cox's Point Park
Great for quiet
Dundee Creek Marina (Gunpowder Falls SP)
Great for quiet
Flying Point Park
Great for quiet
Louisa Lane Park (Charlestown Beach)
Great for quiet
Miami Beach Park
Great for quiet
Perryville Community Park
Great for quiet
Purse State Park
Great for quiet
Bellevue Landing
Good for quiet
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Beach
Good for quiet
Fortescue
Good for quiet
Martinak State Park
Good for quiet
Oxford Beach
Good for quiet
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park
Good for quiet
Roaring Point Waterfront Park
Good for quiet
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area
Good for quiet
St. Michaels Waterfront Beach
Good for quiet
Trap Pond State Park
Good for quiet
Tyaskin Wharf
Good for quiet
Assawoman State Wildlife Area
Good for quiet
Bethany Beach
Good for quiet
Beverly Triton Nature Park
Good for quiet
Broadkill Beach
Good for quiet
Fenwick Island State Park
Good for quiet
Kitts Hummock Beach
Good for quiet
Kitty Hawk Beach
Good for quiet
Prime Hook NWR — Fowler Beach
Good for quiet
Saltwater State Park
Good for quiet
Slaughter Beach
Good for quiet
South Bethany Beach
Good for quiet
South Bowers Beach
Good for quiet
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area
Good for quiet
Assateague Island National Seashore
Good for quiet
Brighton Beach
Good for quiet
Dares Beach Park
Good for quiet
Dash Point State Park
Good for quiet
Downs Park
Good for quiet
Franklin Point State Park
Good for quiet
Janes Island State Park
Good for quiet
Lanikai Beach
Good for quiet
Manhattan Beach Park
Good for quiet
Mayo Beach Park
Good for quiet
Deal Island Wildlife Management Area
Good for quiet
Empire Beach (Lake Michigan Beach Park)
Good for quiet
Fort Smallwood Park
Good for quiet
Hart-Miller Island State Park
Good for quiet
Madaket Beach
Good for quiet
Wilderness State Park
Good for quiet
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
Good for quiet
Island Beach State Park
Good for quiet
Lighthouse Beach
Good for quiet
North Point State Park
Good for quiet
Port Crescent State Park
Good for quiet
Seaside Park
Good for quiet
Alki Beach Park
Good for quiet
Avalon
Good for quiet
Brigantine
Good for quiet
Cape May Point State Park
Good for quiet
Cave Point County Park
Good for quiet
Claiborne Landing
Good for quiet
Cunningham Falls State Park (Hunting Creek Lake)
Good for quiet
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Good for quiet
Ferry Park (Rock Hall)
Good for quiet
Ferry Point Park
Good for quiet
Lewes Beach
Good for quiet
North Wildwood
Good for quiet
Presque Isle Park (Marquette)
Good for quiet
Rock Hall Beach
Good for quiet
Roger W. Wheeler State Beach
Good for quiet
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Good for quiet
Stone Harbor
Good for quiet
Terrapin Nature Area & Beach
Good for quiet
Tolchester Beach
Good for quiet
Villas
Good for quiet
Wildwood Crest
Good for quiet
Big Stone Beach
Good for quiet
Gandy's Beach
Good for quiet
Pickering Beach
Good for quiet
Port Mahon
Good for quiet
Napili Bay
Good for quiet
Race Point Beach
Good for quiet
Tawas Point State Park
Good for quiet
Locust Lake State Park
Good for quiet
Jennings Randolph Lake — Shaw Beach
Good for quiet
Double Bluff Beach
Good for quiet
Herrington Manor State Park
Good for quiet
Bandon Beach (Face Rock)
Good for quiet
Broadford Lake Park
Good for quiet
Cowans Gap State Park
Good for quiet
Honolua Bay
Good for quiet
Gold Beach (South Beach Park)
Good for quiet
Larrabee State Park
Good for quiet
Tunnels Beach (Makua)
Good for quiet
Singing Beach
Fair for quiet
Fort Worden State Park
Fair for quiet
Wingaersheek Beach
Fair for quiet
Crane Beach
Fair for quiet
Sandy Point State Reservation (Plum Island)
Fair for quiet
Yachats State Recreation Area
Fair for quiet
Anini Beach Park
Fair for quiet
Heceta Head Beach (Devils Elbow)
Fair for quiet
New Germany State Park
Fair for quiet
Sims Park Beach (Euclid)
Fair for quiet
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
Fair for quiet
Boca Chica Beach
Fair for quiet
Wells Beach
Fair for quiet
Headlands Beach State Park
Fair for quiet
Whipple Dam State Park
Fair for quiet
Ogunquit Beach
Tough for quiet today
Cape Lookout State Park
Tough for quiet today
Rockaway Beach
Tough for quiet today
Cannon Beach (Haystack Rock)
Tough for quiet today
Jenness State Beach
Tough for quiet today
Wallis Sands State Beach
Tough for quiet today
Ecola State Park
Tough for quiet today
Hug Point State Recreation Site
Tough for quiet today
Manzanita Beach
Tough for quiet today
Long Beach (Washington)
Tough for quiet today
Cape Disappointment State Park
Tough for quiet today
Pemaquid Beach Park
Tough for quiet today
Reid State Park
Tough for quiet today
Parker Dam State Park
Tough for quiet today
Sandy Island Beach State Park (Sandy Pond)
Tough for quiet today
Hobuck Beach
Tough for quiet today
Kalaloch Beach
Tough for quiet today
Pacific Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Rialto Beach
Tough for quiet today
Ruby Beach
Tough for quiet today
Second Beach (La Push)
Tough for quiet today
Shi Shi Beach
Tough for quiet today
Third Beach (La Push)
Tough for quiet today