Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City is the closest major NJ city to Sandy Hook, about 47 miles and an hour by car down the Garden State Parkway. Seasonal Seastreak ferry service from Manhattan and Highlands also lands at Sandy Hook, dodging Parkway traffic. Long Branch and Asbury Park sit a bit further south on the same corridor if you want a boardwalk rather than a federal-park dune.

Plan This Week

Monday looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Asbury Park on Friday (87).

Within 60 mi

Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk

12 mi · ~17 min drive · Kings County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 86°F air 16 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Manhattan Beach Park

13 mi · ~18 min drive · Kings County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 83°F air 16 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Brighton Beach

13 mi · ~18 min drive · Kings County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 83°F air 16 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

18 mi · ~25 min drive · Queens County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 80°F air 18 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Orchard Beach and Promenade

18 mi · ~26 min drive · Bronx County, NY

Ideal for swimming.

76°F water 80°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Sandy Hook (Gateway NRA)

20 mi · ~29 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for swimming.

78°F water 83°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Long Beach (NY)

24 mi · ~34 min drive · Nassau County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

78°F water 81°F air 18 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Playland Beach

27 mi · ~38 min drive · Westchester County, NY

Great day for photography.

76°F water 82°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Friday (86)

Jones Beach State Park

32 mi · ~45 min drive · Nassau County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

78°F water 78°F air 17 to 21 mph wind Best this week: Monday (85)

Asbury Park

34 mi · ~50 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F water 82°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (87)

Belmar

38 mi · ~55 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Great day for a beach walk.

78°F water 84°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Spring Lake

40 mi · ~58 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F water 82°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (87)

Manasquan

43 mi · ~1 hr 2 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

78°F water 83°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (87)

Robert Moses State Park

43 mi · ~1 hr 2 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 77°F air 18 to 22 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Calf Pasture Beach

43 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for photography.

80°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Friday (84)

Sunken Meadow State Park

44 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Ideal for swimming.

76°F water 81°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: Saturday (86)

Point Pleasant Beach

44 mi · ~1 hr 4 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Ideal for a beach walk.

75°F water 81°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Monday (86)

Compo Beach

46 mi · ~1 hr 6 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for photography.

83°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Friday (85)

Sherwood Island State Park

47 mi · ~1 hr 8 min drive · Fairfield County, CT

Ideal for photography.

82°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Saturday (85)

Seaside Heights

54 mi · ~1 hr 18 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 80°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Friday (85)

Seaside Park

56 mi · ~1 hr 20 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 80°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Friday (85)

Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill

57 mi · ~1 hr 22 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F water 77°F air 17 to 21 mph wind Best this week: Monday (79)

Island Beach State Park

62 mi · ~1 hr 29 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Great day for a beach walk.

75°F water 79°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Monday (82)

Smith Point County Park

63 mi · ~1 hr 31 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Great day for a beach walk.

77°F air 17 to 21 mph wind Best this week: Monday (83)

Barnegat Lighthouse State Park

68 mi · ~1 hr 38 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Skip the beach today.

75°F water 79°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Friday (82)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Jersey City. 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.