Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Newark, NJ

Newark sits roughly an hour from the northern Jersey Shore via the Garden State Parkway. Sandy Hook is about 45 miles southeast (around an hour without traffic) and offers federal-park beaches with a Manhattan skyline view; Asbury Park is 48 miles south, about an hour, with a walkable boardwalk and a livelier scene. Summer Parkway traffic on weekends materially extends both drives.

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

15 mi · ~22 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

16 mi · ~23 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

16 mi · ~23 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)

Sandy Hook (Gateway NRA)

22 mi · ~32 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)

Orchard Beach and Promenade

22 mi · ~32 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)

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

22 mi · ~32 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)

Long Beach (NY)

29 mi · ~41 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

30 mi · ~44 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)

Asbury Park

36 mi · ~52 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Skip the beach today.

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

Jones Beach State Park

36 mi · ~52 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)

Belmar

39 mi · ~56 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

42 mi · ~1 hr drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Skip the beach today.

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

Manasquan

44 mi · ~1 hr 3 min drive · Monmouth County, NJ

Skip the beach today.

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

Point Pleasant Beach

45 mi · ~1 hr 5 min drive · Ocean County, NJ

Skip the beach today.

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

Calf Pasture Beach

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

Great day for photography.

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

Robert Moses State Park

48 mi · ~1 hr 9 min drive · Suffolk County, NY

Skip the beach today.

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

Sunken Meadow State Park

49 mi · ~1 hr 10 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)

Compo Beach

50 mi · ~1 hr 12 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

51 mi · ~1 hr 14 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

55 mi · ~1 hr 19 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

57 mi · ~1 hr 21 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

62 mi · ~1 hr 29 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 30 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

68 mi · ~1 hr 38 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 39 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 Newark. 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.