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

Veterans Day looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Smith Point County Park on This Afternoon (70).

Within 60 mi

Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 63°F air 20 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (57)

Manhattan Beach Park

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

Decent day for a beach walk.

61°F water 63°F air 18 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (57)

Brighton Beach

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

Decent day for a beach walk.

61°F water 63°F air 18 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (57)

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 62°F air 17 to 23 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (55)

Orchard Beach and Promenade

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

Great day for a beach walk.

61°F water 62°F air 17 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (54)

Sandy Hook (Gateway NRA)

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 61°F air 15 to 25 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (56)

Long Beach (NY)

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

Decent day for a beach walk.

61°F water 63°F air 17 to 22 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (56)

Playland Beach

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

Skip the beach today.

60°F water 64°F air 13 to 16 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (54)

Jones Beach State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

61°F water 63°F air 18 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (56)

Asbury Park

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 60°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (60)

Belmar

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 60°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (59)

Spring Lake

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 60°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (59)

Manasquan

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 59°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (60)

Robert Moses State Park

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 64°F air 18 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (52)

Calf Pasture Beach

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

Great day for photography.

63°F air 17 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (61)

Sunken Meadow State Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

60°F water 64°F air 14 to 17 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (54)

Point Pleasant Beach

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 59°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (58)

Compo Beach

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

Great day for photography.

64°F air 12 to 15 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (64)

Sherwood Island State Park

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

Great day for photography.

64°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (63)

Seaside Heights

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 59°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (56)

Seaside Park

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 59°F air 15 to 20 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (56)

Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill

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

Great day for a beach walk.

61°F water 65°F air 16 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (54)

Island Beach State Park

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

Decent day for photography.

61°F water 59°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (62)

Smith Point County Park

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

Great day for a beach walk.

66°F air 13 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (70)

Barnegat Lighthouse State Park

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

Skip the beach today.

61°F water 59°F air 20 mph wind Best this week: Veterans Day (62)

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.