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Maine Beaches
Grab your pail and shovel, your sunscreen and boogie board
and check out these Maine beaches.
Long Sands Beach – As the name
implies this is a long sandy beach with designated surfing area. Metered parking is
available along Route 1A for the entire length of beach. Restrooms available at the
Bathhouse near Oceanside Ave. Lifeguards on duty end of June to Labor Day. Short Sands Beach – Sandy beach
with gentle surf. Metered parking in the lot off Rt 1A. Showers, changing area and
toilets. Easy to walk to shops and amusements adjacent to beach. Lifeguards on duty end of
June to Labor Day.
Ogunquit Beaches: Footbridge Beach – Beachgoers
walk over footbridge to get to this less crowded section of beach. Snack bar and
restrooms. Lifeguard patrolled. Moody Beach - Bourne
Avenue in Moody.
Drakes Island Beach – Limited
parking at lot on eastern end of Drakes Island Road. Toilet facilities and lifeguards. Wells Beach – Parking stickers
available at Town Hall. Wonderful, long, sandy beach. Toilet facilities and lifeguards. Crescent Beach - Lesser-known
section of beach located between Wells and Moody. Parking at Gold Ribbon Avenue lot, from
Webhannet Drive. Lifeguards.
Kennebunk/Kennebunkport
Beaches: Gooch’s Beach– Largest
part of Kennebunk Beach, along Beach Avenue, with talcum powder sand. Parking sticker
required, available at Town Hall. No snack bar. Portable toilets. Lifeguards. Middle Beach – Rocky section of
Kennebunk Beach between Mother’s and Gooch’s with pretty black stones. Sticker
also required.
Cleaves Cove Beach – Secluded
and scenic beach off Ocean Avenue. No parking. No facilities. No lifeguards. Goose Rocks Beach – Very soft
sand, great for walking. Scenic and beautiful. Parking sticker required or trolley access.
No facilities or lifeguard. Kennebunk/Kennebunkport Beach Parking
Stickers available at Chamber of Commerce,
Biddeford/Saco Beaches: Fortune’s Rocks Beach –
Small sandy beach. Lifeguards. Parking Fee. Ferry Beach State Park - Sheltered
from wind, natural sand dunes. Facilities, picnic area and nature trails.
Pine Point Beach - The northern section
of Old Orchard Beach, crosses over into
the town of Scarborough. This section of beach is very wide
in all tides, quiet and
offers a huge of public parking area for a
reasonable fee. Crescent Beach State Park – 8
miles south of Portland. 1-mile of beautiful sand. Higgins Beach – Off Rt
77 a large stretch of sand with little parking. Freeport:
Popham Beach State Park - 3- mile
long expanse of sand at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Sandbar and tidal pools. Never
crowded, often windy. Georgetown:
Pemaquid Beach - Route
130, Pemaquid. Beautiful beach but often windy.
Bar Harbor: |
People the world over know of
Maine's coastline, the rocky shores
and picturesque lighthouses, the lobster, sailing and fishing heritage. But Maine is also
home to some of the world's prettiest beaches. Maine's Southern coast
is like the Riviera on New England. Maine's coast is blessed with a variety from soft sandy beaches,
from tidal pools and gentle surf, to Downeast
beaches comprised of smooth stones, formed by the pounding of the
Atlantic waves on the shoreline. 
Mother’s Beach – Short
sandy section of perfect sand beach which is well protected. Playground. Stickers
required, available at Town Hall. No facilities. Lifeguard on duty.
Colony Beach – At the mouth of
the Kennebunk River lies this 150-foot beach. Limited parking. No lifeguard.
Town Hall and Police Station.
Scarborough Beaches:
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