236 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
Crane Beach
Ideal for quiet
Jenness State Beach
Ideal for quiet
Ogunquit Beach
Ideal for quiet
Orient Beach State Park
Ideal for quiet
Port Crescent State Park
Ideal for quiet
Sandy Point State Reservation (Plum Island)
Ideal for quiet
Spring Lake
Ideal for quiet
Wells Beach
Ideal for quiet
Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill
Ideal for quiet
Island Beach State Park
Ideal for quiet
Reid State Park
Ideal for quiet
Roger W. Wheeler State Beach
Ideal for quiet
Seaside Park
Ideal for quiet
Singing Beach
Ideal for quiet
Tawas Point State Park
Ideal for quiet
Wingaersheek Beach
Ideal for quiet
Brigantine
Ideal for quiet
Brighton Beach
Ideal for quiet
Empire Beach (Lake Michigan Beach Park)
Ideal for quiet
Fortescue
Ideal for quiet
Gandy's Beach
Ideal for quiet
Louisa Lane Park (Charlestown Beach)
Ideal for quiet
Madaket Beach
Ideal for quiet
Manhattan Beach Park
Ideal for quiet
North East Community Park
Ideal for quiet
Parker Dam State Park
Ideal for quiet
Pemaquid Beach Park
Ideal for quiet
Perryville Community Park
Ideal for quiet
Race Point Beach
Ideal for quiet
Sandy Island Beach State Park (Sandy Pond)
Ideal for quiet
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Ideal for quiet
Whipple Dam State Park
Ideal for quiet
Anne's Beach
Ideal for quiet
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
Ideal for quiet
Bethany Beach
Ideal for quiet
Big Stone Beach
Ideal for quiet
Broadkill Beach
Ideal for quiet
Cape May Point State Park
Ideal for quiet
Cave Point County Park
Ideal for quiet
Jean S. Roberts Memorial Park
Ideal for quiet
Kitts Hummock Beach
Ideal for quiet
Lighthouse Beach
Ideal for quiet
Pickering Beach
Ideal for quiet
Port Mahon
Ideal for quiet
Prime Hook NWR — Fowler Beach
Ideal for quiet
Slaughter Beach
Ideal for quiet
South Bethany Beach
Ideal for quiet
South Bowers Beach
Ideal for quiet
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area
Ideal for quiet
Avalon
Great for quiet
Cowans Gap State Park
Great for quiet
Fenwick Island State Park
Great for quiet
Headlands Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Lewes Beach
Great for quiet
Sims Park Beach (Euclid)
Great for quiet
Stone Harbor
Great for quiet
Wilderness State Park
Great for quiet
Wildwood Crest
Great for quiet
Boca Chica Beach
Great for quiet
Crystal Cove State Park
Great for quiet
El Matador State Beach
Great for quiet
Lantana Municipal Beach
Great for quiet
Leo Carrillo State Park
Great for quiet
Point Dume State Beach
Great for quiet
Polihale State Park
Great for quiet
Sombrero Beach
Great for quiet
Wallis Sands State Beach
Great for quiet
12th Street Beach (Chicago)
Great for quiet
Bahia Honda State Park
Great for quiet
Cove Point Beach
Great for quiet
Maniniowali Beach (Kua Bay)
Great for quiet
Margate City
Great for quiet
North Wildwood
Great for quiet
Reeds Beach
Great for quiet
Seal 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
Big Beach (Makena State Park)
Great for quiet
Captiva Island Beach (Alison Hagerup Beach Park)
Great for quiet
Coquina Beach
Great for quiet
La Jolla Cove
Great for quiet
Longboat Key Beach (Bayfront Park Access)
Great for quiet
Oceanfront Park Beach (Boynton Beach)
Great for quiet
San Onofre State Beach
Great for quiet
Villas
Great for quiet
Cunningham Falls State Park (Hunting Creek Lake)
Great for quiet
Flying Point Park
Great for quiet
Lovers Key State Park
Great for quiet
Martinak State Park
Great for quiet
Sanibel Island Beach
Great for quiet
Trap Pond State Park
Great for quiet
Assawoman State Wildlife Area
Great for quiet
Betterton Beach
Great for quiet
Dundee Creek Marina (Gunpowder Falls SP)
Great for quiet
Public Landing Beach
Great for quiet
Assateague Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
Caladesi Island State Park
Great for quiet
Carmel Beach
Great for quiet
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Beach
Great for quiet
Cox's Point Park
Great for quiet
Gold Beach (South Beach Park)
Great for quiet
Hart-Miller Island State Park
Great for quiet
Miami Beach Park
Great for quiet
Punaluu Black Sand Beach
Great for quiet
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Great for quiet
Ferry Point Park
Great for quiet
Fort Smallwood Park
Great for quiet
Glass Beach (Fort Bragg)
Great for quiet
North Point State Park
Great for quiet
St. Michaels Waterfront Beach
Great for quiet
Tolchester Beach
Great for quiet
Downs Park
Great for quiet
Padre Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
Pfeiffer Beach (Big Sur)
Great for quiet
Terrapin Nature Area & Beach
Great for quiet
Ferry Park (Rock Hall)
Great for quiet
Rock Hall Beach
Great for quiet
Third Beach (La Push)
Great for quiet
Cannon Beach (Haystack Rock)
Great for quiet
Hobuck Beach
Great for quiet
Long Beach (Washington)
Great for quiet
Morro Bay (Morro Strand State Beach)
Great for quiet
Pacific Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Heceta Head Beach (Devils Elbow)
Great for quiet
Yokohama Bay (Keawaula Beach)
Great for quiet
Cape Disappointment State Park
Great for quiet
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
Great for quiet
Shi Shi Beach
Great for quiet
Cayucos State Beach
Great for quiet
Ecola State Park
Great for quiet
Rialto Beach
Great for quiet
Baker Beach (San Francisco)
Great for quiet
Mokuleia Beach Park
Great for quiet
Papakolea Green Sand Beach
Great for quiet
Rockaway Beach
Great for quiet
Yachats State Recreation Area
Great for quiet
Hug Point State Recreation Site
Good for quiet
Manzanita Beach
Good for quiet
Kalaloch Beach
Good for quiet
Ruby Beach
Good for quiet
Second Beach (La Push)
Good for quiet
Bandon Beach (Face Rock)
Good for quiet
Hanauma Bay
Good for quiet
Cape Lookout State Park
Good for quiet
Magic Island Lagoon
Good for quiet
Napili Bay
Good for quiet
Anini Beach Park
Good for quiet
Honolua Bay
Good for quiet
Lanikai Beach
Fair for quiet
Tunnels Beach (Makua)
Fair for quiet
Herrington Manor State Park
Fair for quiet
Claiborne Landing
Fair for quiet
Mayo Beach Park
Fair for quiet
Oxford Beach
Fair for quiet
Bellevue Landing
Tough for quiet today
Beverly Triton Nature Park
Tough for quiet today
Locust Lake State Park
Tough for quiet today
New Germany State Park
Tough for quiet today
Tyaskin Wharf
Tough for quiet today
Cove Road Beach
Tough for quiet today
Janes Island State Park
Tough for quiet today
Broadford Lake Park
Tough for quiet today
Franklin Point State Park
Tough for quiet today
Mustang Island State Park
Tough for quiet today
Presque Isle Park (Marquette)
Tough for quiet today
Roaring Point Waterfront Park
Tough for quiet today
Brownies Beach (Bayfront Park)
Tough for quiet today
Dares Beach Park
Tough for quiet today
Deal Island Wildlife Management Area
Tough for quiet today
Flag Ponds Nature Park
Tough for quiet today
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Tough for quiet today
Jennings Randolph Lake — Shaw Beach
Tough for quiet today
Kings Landing Park
Tough for quiet today
Chapman State Park
Tough for quiet today
Greenwell State Park
Tough for quiet today
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Tough for quiet today
Myrtle Point Park
Tough for quiet today
Kure Beach
Tough for quiet today
Snow Hill Farm Park
Tough for quiet today
Sunset Beach
Tough for quiet today
T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Tough for quiet today
Cape San Blas (Salinas Park)
Tough for quiet today
Holden Beach
Tough for quiet today
Matagorda Beach
Tough for quiet today
Mexico Beach
Tough for quiet today
Amelia Island Beach
Tough for quiet today
Cape Canaveral Beach
Tough for quiet today
Jamaica Beach
Tough for quiet today
Surfside Beach (TX)
Tough for quiet today
Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South)
Tough for quiet today
Pawleys Island
Tough for quiet today
Rosemary Beach (30A)
Tough for quiet today
Litchfield Beach
Tough for quiet today
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park
Tough for quiet today
Pirates Beach
Tough for quiet today
Dauphin Island Public Beach
Tough for quiet today
Neptune Beach
Tough for quiet today
Seaside Beach (30A)
Tough for quiet today
Smith Point Beach
Tough for quiet today
Sullivan's Island Beach
Tough for quiet today
Bathtub Reef Beach (Hutchinson Island)
Tough for quiet today
Edisto Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Henderson Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Navarre Beach
Tough for quiet today
Chapel Point State Park
Tough for quiet today
Grayton Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Tough for quiet today
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Tough for quiet today
Friendship Farm Park
Tough for quiet today
Jekyll Island Beach
Tough for quiet today
St. Simons Island Beach
Tough for quiet today
Topsail Beach
Tough for quiet today
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Tough for quiet today
Crystal Beach (Bolivar Peninsula)
Tough for quiet today
Purse State Park
Tough for quiet today
Sandbridge Beach
Tough for quiet today
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area
Tough for quiet today
Vero Beach
Tough for quiet today
Kitty Hawk Beach
Tough for quiet today
Perdido Key State Park
Tough for quiet today
St. George Island
Tough for quiet today
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Tough for quiet today
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Tough for quiet today
False Cape State Park
Tough for quiet today
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Tough for quiet today
North Topsail Beach
Tough for quiet today
Chic's Beach
Tough for quiet today
Duck Beach
Tough for quiet today
Belle Isle State Park
Tough for quiet today
Corolla Beach
Tough for quiet today
Hilton Pier Park
Tough for quiet today
Indian Beach
Tough for quiet today
Ocracoke Beach
Tough for quiet today
Pass Christian Beach
Tough for quiet today