Cape Cods beaches are considered among the best in the world, especially those along the Cape Cod National Seashore, a 40-mile stretch of unspoiled sandy beach in Outer Cape Cod. With 559.6 miles of unspoiled coastline, Cape Cod offers many beautiful sandy beaches for you to enjoy.
Cape Cod tests all public bathing beach waters. Monitoring results from previous seasons indicate exceptional water quality on Cape Cod, and the Cape Cod National Seashore beaches are part of the Blue Wave Campaign for quality. FInd additional beach water quality information here.
Listed below are just some of thepristine Cape Cod beaches in our area!
BARNSTABLE Covell Beach, Craigville Beach Road, Centerville Dowses Beach, E. Bay Road, Osterville Kalmus Beach, Ocean St., Hyannis Long Beach, Long Beach Road, Centerville Loop Beach, Ocean View Avenue, Cotuit Sandy Neck Beach, Sandy Neck Road, West Barnstable Sea Street (Keyes), Ocean Ave., Hyannis Veterans Beach, Ocean St., Hyannis Craigville Beach, Craigville Beach Road, Centerville
BOURNE Monument Beach, off Shore Road Scusset Beach, off Sagamore Rotary via Scusset Beach Road Town Beach, Buttermilk Bay off Rte. 28 and Head of the Bay Road Sagamore Beach, Standish Road
BREWSTER Breakwater Beach, Breakwater Beach Road Crosby Landing Beach, Crosby Lane Ellis Landing Beach, Ellis Landing Beach Robbins Hill Beach, Long Road Sheep Pond Beach, Fisherman's Landing Road Paine's Creek Beach, Paine's Creek Road
CHATHAM Cockle Cove Beach, Cockle Cove Road off Rte. 28 Hardings Beach, Barn Hill Rd., from Rte. 28 North Beach, southern end of Nauset Beach on Atlantic Ocean (only accessible by boat) Ridgevale Beach, Ridgevale Road off Rte. 28 Chatham Light Beach or South Beach, Shore Road by Chatham Light
DENNIS Chapin Memorial Beach, Chapin Beach Road Cold Storage Beach, Cold Storage Road Corporation Beach, off Rte. 6A to Corporation Road Howes Beach, Howes Street West Dennis Beach, West Dennis Beach Road Mayflower Beach, off Rte. 6A to Bayview Rd. to Dunes Road
EASTHAM Coast Guard Beach, off Rte. 6, Coast Guard Beach Road First Encounter Beach, Samoset Road Coast Guard Beach, off Rte. 6, Coast Guard Beach Road
FALMOUTH Menauhant Beach, off Rte. 28 and Central Avenue, E. Falmouth Surf Drive Beach, on Surf Drive Road, off Main & Shore Streets Old Silver Beach, off Rte. 28A and Quaker Road, N. Falmouth
HARWICH Red River Beach, off Depot Rd. or Uncle Venies Rd. from Rte 28 Pleasant Road Beach, Pleasant Road
MASHPEE South Cape Beach State Park, Great Oak Road
ORLEANS Nauset Light Beach, located off Rte. 6 and Beach Road Skaket Beach, located off Rte 6A and Skaket Beach Road
PROVINCETOWN Harbor Beach, off Commercial Street; no parking facilities Long Point Beach (can be reached by foot or boat) Race Point Beach, off Rte. 6, Race Point Road Herring Cove Beach, end of Rte. 6
SANDWICH Town Neck Beach, off Town Neck Road and Rte. 6A Sandy Neck Beach, off Rte. 6A on the Barnstable/Sandwich town line
TRURO Ballston Beach, Rte. 6 to North Pamet Road Corn Hill Beach, Corn Hill Road on Cape Cod Bay Head of the Meadow Beach, off Rte. 6, Head of the Meadow Road Corn Hill Beach, Corn Hill Road on Cape Cod Bay
WELLFLEET Cahoon Hollow Beach, off Rte. 6 Marconi Beach, off Rte. 6; boardwalk and dramatic dunes Mayo Beach, Kendrick Street White Crest beach, off Rte. 6
YARMOUTH Bass Hole or Grays Beach, off Center Street from Rte. 6A Sea Gull Beach, off South Sea Ave. from Rte. 28 Sea View Beach, South Shore Drive Bass River/Smugglers Beach, South Shore Drive
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