This is a list of beaches in New England sorted by state then town. Beaches are not exclusively all on seashores but may also be located on lakes, rivers or other bodies of water.
Map of New England, USA
Connecticut's southern shore with 618 miles (995 km) of tidal coastline offers many beaches on the Long Island Sound and inland:
Bridgeport
Pleasure Beach
Seaside Park
Clinton
Clinton Town Beach
Colchester
Day Pond State Park (not on shoreline)
Coventry
Lisicke Beach
Patriots Park
East Lyme
Rocky Neck State Park
McCook's Beach
Hole in the Wall Beach
Niantic, Connecticut
Crescent Beach
Ellington
Sandy Beach on Crystal Lake
Fairfield
Jennings Beach
Lake Mohegan
Penfield Beach and Rickards Beach
Sasco Beach
Southport Beach
South Pine Creek Beach
Griswold
Hopeville Pond State Park (not on shoreline)
Guilford
Lake Quonnipaug
Jacob's Beach
Groton
Bluff Point Beach
Eastern Point Beach
Madison
Hammonasset Beach State Park
Milford
Gulf Beach
Silver Sands State Park
New Haven
Lighthouse Point Park
New London
Ocean Beach Park
New Fairfield
New Fairfield Town Park
Norwalk
Calf Pasture Beach and Shady Beach
Old Lyme
Sound View Beach
Old Saybrook
Harvey's Beach
Stratford
Long Beach
Short Beach
West Haven
West Haven Beaches (Bradley Point, Morse Beach, Oak Street Beach, Sandy Point)
Westport
Sherwood Island State Park
Compo Beach
Burying Hill Beach
Old Mill Beach
Maine
Maine's coast offers sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean between 3,478 miles (5,597 km) of tidal shoreline:
Scarborough
Higgins Beach
York
Long Sands Beach
Short Sands Beach
York Harbor Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Wells, Maine
Wells Beach
Lincolnville
Lincolnville Beach
Georgetown
Reid State Park
Salt-water beaches in Massachusetts are entirely in the eastern part of the state, concentrated in particular in Cape Cod and islands along its 1,519 miles (2,445 km) of coastline:
Barnstable
Bone Hill
Bridge Street
Cordwood
Covells Beach
Craigville Beach
Crockers Neck
Cross Street
Dowses Beach
East Beach
Estey Avenue Beach
Fifth Ave
Fifth Ave (boat launch)
Indian Trail
Kalmus Ocean
Kalmus Yacht
Kennedy Memorial
Keyes Beach
Little River
Loops Beach
Millway
Oregon Beach
Oyster Place Road
Prince Cove
Ropes Beach
Sandy Neck
Scudder Lane
Veterans Beach
Wianno Avenue
Beverly
Brackenbury
Dane Street
Dane Street Bathhouse
Dane Street Jetty
Dane Street Outfall
Goat Hill
Independence
Lynch Park
Mingo
Ober Park
Rice Beach
Rice Outfall
Sandy Point
West Beach
Woodbury
Boston
Carson Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
City Point Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
City Point Beach at Farragut
Constitution Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Harbor Islands Reservation
Bumpkin Island
Lovell's Island Beach
Spectacle Island
M Street Beach, Old Harbor Reservation
M Street Beach at M Street
Malibu Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
Pleasure Bay, Old Harbor Reservation
Savin Hill Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
Savin Hill at Bayside
Tenean Beach, Dorchester Shores Reservation
Tenean Beach at Middle Site
Bourne
Barlows Landing
Cataumet Harbor
Electric Avenue
Gray Gables
Monument Beach
Patiusset Beach
Sagamore Beach
Scenic Park
Braintree
Smith Beach
Brewster
Breakwater
Cliff Pond Beach, Nickerson State Park
Crosby
Ellis
Flax Pond Beach, Nickerson State Park
Linnell Landing Beach
Little Cliff Pond, Nickerson State Park
Paines Creek
Point of Rocks
Robbins Hill
Saints
Carver
Barretts Pond, Myles Standish State Forest
Chatham
Andrew Hardings Lane Beach
Bucks Creek
Cockle Cove Beach
Cockle Cove Creek at Parking Lot
Cockle Cove Creek at Ridgevale Bridge
Forest Street Beach
Hardings Beach East
Hardings Beach West
Jacknife Harbor Beach
Lighthouse Beach
Oyster Pond Beach
Pleasant Street Beach
Ridgevale Beach
Scatteree Town Landing
Chilmark
Chilmark Pond Preserve
Great Rock Bight
Lucy Vincent Beach
Lucy Vincent Beach - Chilmark Pond
Lucy Vincent Beach - Ocean
Menemsha Beach
Menemsha Pond
Squibnocket Beach
Cohasset
Black Rock Beach
Little Harbor
Sailing Club
Sandy Beach
Sandy Cove
Yacht Club
Concord
Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation
Danvers
Sandy Beach East
Sandy Beach West
Dartmouth
Anthonys
Apponagansett Town Beach
Barneys Joy
Bayview
Demarest Lloyd Beach, Demarest Lloyd State Park
Hidden Bay
Jones Town Beach
Moses Creek
Nonquitt
Oak Hill Shores
Round Hill
Salters Point East
Salters Point South
Dennis
Bayview
Chapin Memorial Beach
Cold Storage
Corporation
Crowes Pasture Beach
Follins Pond
Glendon Road
Haigis
Harborview
Howes Street
Inman
Mayflower
Raycroft
Sea Street
Sea Street (Dennisport)
Sea Street (East Dennis)
South Village
Sullivan
Trotting Park
West Dennis
West Dennis (Residential)
West Dennis (W. of Snack Bar)
West Dennis (West)
Duxbury
Duxbury Beach
Hardin Hill
Howlands Landing
Landing Road
Residents Beach
Shipyard Lane
West End
Eastham
Boat Meadow
Campground
Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Coast Guard Beach 1
Coast Guard Beach 2
Cole Road
Cooks Brook
Dyer Prince
First Encounter
First Encounter (Beach)
First Encounter (Spit River)
Kingsbury
Nauset Light Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Nauset Light Beach 1
Nauset Light Beach 2
Nauset Light Beach 3
South Sunken Meadow
Thumpertown
Town Cove
Edgartown
Bend-in-the-Road Beach
Chappy Point Beach
East Beach
East Beach (Chappy)
Edgartown Great Pond
Felix Neck
Fuller Street
Joseph Sylvia Big Bridge
Joseph Sylvia Sound
Norton Point Beach
Norton Point Beach - east Katama Bay
Norton Point Beach - east ocean
Norton Point Beach - west bay (boat launch)
Norton Point Beach - west ocean
South Beach State Park
South Beach State Park - Middle
South Beach State Park - Right Fork West
Wasque Swim Beach
Essex
Clammers Beach
Front Beach
Fairhaven
Fort Phoenix, Fort Phoenix State Reservation
Knollmere
Manhattan Avenue
Raymond Street
West Island
West Island - Causeway
West Island - Towns Beach
Weeden Rd
Falmouth
Bristol Beach
Chappaquoit Beach
Falmouth Heights Beach
Megansett Beach
Menauhant Beach
Old Silver Beach
Surf Drive Beach
Woodneck Beach
Freetown
Assonet:
Assonet Bay Shores Association Beach (private)
Porter Pastures Beach
East Freetown:
Town Beach
Gloucester
Coffins Beach
Cressy's Beach
Good Harbor Beach
Half Moon Beach
Magnolia Beach
Niles Beach
Pavillion Beach
Plum Cove Beach
Wingaersheek Beach
Hull
Nantasket Beach, Nantasket Reservation
Ipswich
Clark Beach
Crane Beach
Pavilion Beach
Steep Hill Beach
Lynn
Kings Beach, Lynn Shores Reservation
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Singing Beach
Mashpee
South Cape Beach, South Cape Beach State Park
Milton
Houghton's Pond, Blue Hills Reservation
Nahant
Nahant Beach, Lynn Shores Reservation
Nantucket
Brant Point
Children's Beach
Cisco Beach
Dionis Beach
Francis Street
Jetties Beach
Madaket Beach
Siasconset Beach
Surfside Beach
Natick
Cochituate Lake Beach, Cochituate State Park
North Andover
Berry Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
Frye Pond Beach, Harold Parker State Forest
Orleans
Nauset Beach
Plymouth
Charge Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
College Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
Curlew Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
Fearings Pond Beach, Myles Standish State Forest
Provincetown
Herring Cove, Cape Cod National Seashore
Race Point, Cape Cod National Seashore
Quincy
Wollaston Beach, Quincy Shore Reservation
Revere
Revere Beach, Revere Beach Reservation
Rockport
Cape Hedge Beach
Front Beach/Back Beach
Long Beach
Salisbury
Salisbury Beach, Salisbury Beach State Reservation
Sandwich
Scusset Beach, Scusset Beach State Reservation
Saugus
Pearce Lake, Breakheart Reservation
Peckham Pond, Breakheart Reservation
Scituate
Humarock Beach
Swampscott
Eismans Beach
Fishermans Beach
Kings Beach
Phillips Beach
Taunton
Middle Pond Beach, Massasoit State Park
Watson Pond Beach, Watson Pond State Park
Truro
Beach Point
Coast Guard Beach aka "Highland Beach"
Fisher Beach
Head of the Meadow, Cape Cod National Seashore
High Head Beach
Longnook Beach
Noon's Landing
Wellfleet
Cahoon Hollow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Westport
Horseneck Beach, Horseneck Beach State Reservation
Winchester
Sandy Beach, Mystic River Reservation
Winthrop
Short Beach, Belle Isle Reservation
Winthrop Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Yirrell Beach, Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Despite having a tidal coastline of just 131 miles (211 km) and an ocean shoreline of just 18 miles (29 km), New Hampshire has at least 10 oceanfront beaches:
Hampton
Hampton Beach, Hampton Beach State Park
North Beach
New Castle
Great Island Common
North Hampton
North Hampton Beach State Park
Rye
Bass Beach
Cable Beach
Jenness Beach State Park
Rye Beach
Rye North Beach
Wallis Sands State Beach
Seabrook
Seabrook Beach
Rhode Island
Nicknamed "The Ocean State", Rhode Island's beaches line the 384 miles (618 km) of tidal shoreline across the Narragansett Bay:
Barrington
Barrington Beach
Block Island (New Shoreham)
Crescent Beach
Surfers Beach
Mansion Beach
Charlestown
Burlingame State Park (beach area), Burlingame State Park
Charlestown Breachway State Beach, Charlestown Breachway
East Beach State Beach, Ninigret Conservation Area
Middletown
Sachuest Beach (Second Beach)
Third Beach
Narragansett
Narragansett Town Beach
Roger Wheeler State Beach
Salty Brine State Beach
Scarborough State Beach Complex - North & South
Newport
Easton's Beach (First Beach)
Fort Adams State Beach, Fort Adams State Park
Gooseberry Beach
South Kingstown
East Matunuck State Beach
Tiverton
Grinnell's Beach
Fogland Beach
Warwick
Goddard Memorial State Beach, Goddard Memorial State Park
Westerly
Misquamicut State Beach
Lake Champlain Beaches
Burlington
North Beach
Colchester
Mallets Bay
Shelburne
Shelburne Bay
