Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Boston, MA

Boston is one of the few US cities with a subway-accessible ocean beach: the MBTA Blue Line runs to Revere Beach, the country's oldest public beach. North of the city, Crane Beach in Ipswich is about 31 miles (just under an hour), with Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea and Wingaersheek in Gloucester as quieter alternatives. New England water stays cold well into summer.

Plan This Week

Monday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Crane Beach on Monday (84).

Within 60 mi

Revere Beach

5.8 mi · ~8 min drive · Suffolk County, MA

Great day for photography.

77°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Singing Beach

21 mi · ~30 min drive · Essex County, MA

Great day for photography.

74°F air 9 to 13 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Crane Beach

27 mi · ~39 min drive · Essex County, MA

Great day for photography.

75°F air 8 to 12 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Wingaersheek Beach

28 mi · ~40 min drive · Essex County, MA

Great day for photography.

73°F air 7 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Sandy Point State Reservation (Plum Island)

28 mi · ~40 min drive · Essex County, MA

Ideal for photography.

75°F air 7 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Good Harbor Beach

28 mi · ~41 min drive · Essex County, MA

Great day for photography.

73°F air 8 to 12 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Salisbury Beach State Reservation

36 mi · ~52 min drive · Essex County, MA

Ideal for photography.

74°F air 8 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Hampton Beach

40 mi · ~58 min drive · Rockingham County, NH

Great day for a beach walk.

North Hampton State Beach

44 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Rockingham County, NH

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Jenness State Beach

46 mi · ~1 hr 6 min drive · Rockingham County, NH

Great day for photography.

70°F air 5 to 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Race Point Beach

47 mi · ~1 hr 8 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Great day for photography.

72°F air 14 mph wind Best this week: Monday (75)

Wallis Sands State Beach

49 mi · ~1 hr 11 min drive · Rockingham County, NH

Great day for a beach walk.

70°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Monday (84)

Old Silver Beach

55 mi · ~1 hr 19 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 75°F air 17 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Sandy Neck Beach Park

55 mi · ~1 hr 20 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 76°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Long Sands Beach

60 mi · ~1 hr 26 min drive · York County, ME

Great day for photography.

63°F water 69°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: Monday (76)

Craigville Beach

62 mi · ~1 hr 29 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 75°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Mayflower Beach

62 mi · ~1 hr 29 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 74°F air 14 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (81)

Marconi Beach

65 mi · ~1 hr 33 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Great day for photography.

73°F water 72°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (78)

Ogunquit Beach

66 mi · ~1 hr 35 min drive · York County, ME

Great day for photography.

63°F water 72°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: Monday (77)

West Dennis Beach

67 mi · ~1 hr 36 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 74°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Narragansett Town Beach

67 mi · ~1 hr 36 min drive · Washington County, RI

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 76°F air 14 mph wind Best this week: Friday (84)

Coast Guard Beach

67 mi · ~1 hr 37 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Ideal for a beach walk.

73°F water 74°F air 12 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (82)

Nauset Beach

70 mi · ~1 hr 41 min drive · Barnstable County, MA

Great day for photography.

73°F water 72°F air 14 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (78)

Scarborough State Beach

70 mi · ~1 hr 41 min drive · Washington County, RI

Great day for a beach walk.

73°F water 75°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Wells Beach

70 mi · ~1 hr 41 min drive · York County, ME

Great day for photography.

63°F water 70°F air 5 mph wind Best this week: Monday (78)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Boston. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.