236 beaches
Best Quiet Beaches
If you want solitude, avoid the obvious: Sandy Point, Ocean City, and anywhere with "state park" in the name on a summer weekend. The quiet beaches are the ones that require effort — advance-reservation parks like Beverly Triton and Mayo Beach, upper-Bay spots like Betterton, working-watermen towns like Rock Hall and Tolchester. Calvert Cliffs and Flag Ponds require hiking to reach the beach, which filters out casual crowds. Weekdays and shoulder season turn even popular beaches quiet.
What to look for
Advance-permit parks, boat-access-only sites, long hike-in trails, or beaches without lifeguards (they stay quieter because families skip them).
Ranked by Today's Conditions
Cowans Gap State Park
Ideal for quiet
Cunningham Falls State Park (Hunting Creek Lake)
Ideal for quiet
Whipple Dam State Park
Ideal for quiet
Crystal Cove State Park
Ideal for quiet
Jenness State Beach
Ideal for quiet
Jennings Randolph Lake — Shaw Beach
Ideal for quiet
Louisa Lane Park (Charlestown Beach)
Ideal for quiet
North East Community Park
Ideal for quiet
Parker Dam State Park
Ideal for quiet
Perryville Community Park
Ideal for quiet
Betterton Beach
Ideal for quiet
Broadford Lake Park
Ideal for quiet
Chapman State Park
Ideal for quiet
Crane Beach
Ideal for quiet
Dares Beach Park
Ideal for quiet
Dundee Creek Marina (Gunpowder Falls SP)
Ideal for quiet
Ferry Park (Rock Hall)
Ideal for quiet
Flying Point Park
Ideal for quiet
Hart-Miller Island State Park
Ideal for quiet
Herrington Manor State Park
Ideal for quiet
Jean S. Roberts Memorial Park
Ideal for quiet
Locust Lake State Park
Ideal for quiet
New Germany State Park
Ideal for quiet
North Point State Park
Ideal for quiet
Rock Hall Beach
Ideal for quiet
San Onofre State Beach
Ideal for quiet
Sandy Point State Reservation (Plum Island)
Ideal for quiet
Seal Beach
Ideal for quiet
Spring Lake
Ideal for quiet
Wingaersheek Beach
Ideal for quiet
Assawoman State Wildlife Area
Ideal for quiet
Beverly Triton Nature Park
Ideal for quiet
Big Beach (Makena State Park)
Ideal for quiet
Brigantine
Ideal for quiet
Claiborne Landing
Ideal for quiet
Cox's Point Park
Ideal for quiet
Ferry Point Park
Ideal for quiet
Franklin Point State Park
Ideal for quiet
Greenwell State Park
Ideal for quiet
Mayo Beach Park
Ideal for quiet
Miami Beach Park
Ideal for quiet
Ogunquit Beach
Ideal for quiet
Orient Beach State Park
Ideal for quiet
Polihale State Park
Ideal for quiet
Purse State Park
Ideal for quiet
Reid State Park
Ideal for quiet
Singing Beach
Ideal for quiet
Snow Hill Farm Park
Ideal for quiet
St. Michaels Waterfront Beach
Ideal for quiet
Wells Beach
Ideal for quiet
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area
Ideal for quiet
Assateague Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
Great for quiet
Bellevue Landing
Great for quiet
Big Stone Beach
Great for quiet
Brownies Beach (Bayfront Park)
Great for quiet
Chapel Point State Park
Great for quiet
Cove Road Beach
Great for quiet
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Great for quiet
Empire Beach (Lake Michigan Beach Park)
Great for quiet
Fort Smallwood Park
Great for quiet
Friendship Farm Park
Great for quiet
Headlands Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Island Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Great for quiet
Kings Landing Park
Great for quiet
Kitts Hummock Beach
Great for quiet
La Jolla Cove
Great for quiet
Martinak State Park
Great for quiet
Myrtle Point Park
Great for quiet
Pickering Beach
Great for quiet
Roger W. Wheeler State Beach
Great for quiet
Seaside Park
Great for quiet
Sims Park Beach (Euclid)
Great for quiet
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Great for quiet
South Bowers Beach
Great for quiet
Tolchester Beach
Great for quiet
Tyaskin Wharf
Great for quiet
Avalon
Great for quiet
Broadkill Beach
Great for quiet
Fire Island National Seashore — Watch Hill
Great for quiet
Fortescue
Great for quiet
Lewes Beach
Great for quiet
North Wildwood
Great for quiet
Port Crescent State Park
Great for quiet
Presque Isle Park (Marquette)
Great for quiet
Prime Hook NWR — Fowler Beach
Great for quiet
Roaring Point Waterfront Park
Great for quiet
Slaughter Beach
Great for quiet
Stone Harbor
Great for quiet
Terrapin Nature Area & Beach
Great for quiet
Wildwood Crest
Great for quiet
Yokohama Bay (Keawaula Beach)
Great for quiet
12th Street Beach (Chicago)
Great for quiet
Boca Chica Beach
Great for quiet
Brighton Beach
Great for quiet
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Great for quiet
Cove Point Beach
Great for quiet
Deal Island Wildlife Management Area
Great for quiet
Flag Ponds Nature Park
Great for quiet
Gandy's Beach
Great for quiet
Janes Island State Park
Great for quiet
Lighthouse Beach
Great for quiet
Manhattan Beach Park
Great for quiet
Margate City
Great for quiet
Oxford Beach
Great for quiet
Port Mahon
Great for quiet
Public Landing Beach
Great for quiet
Race Point Beach
Great for quiet
Reeds Beach
Great for quiet
St. Clement's Island State Park
Great for quiet
Trap Pond State Park
Great for quiet
Ventnor City
Great for quiet
Villas
Great for quiet
Wallis Sands State Beach
Great for quiet
West Ship Island
Great for quiet
Whitefish Dunes State Park
Great for quiet
Wilderness State Park
Great for quiet
Cape May Point State Park
Great for quiet
Cave Point County Park
Great for quiet
Downs Park
Great for quiet
Matagorda Beach
Great for quiet
Pemaquid Beach Park
Great for quiet
Surfside Beach (TX)
Great for quiet
Carmel Beach
Great for quiet
Tawas Point State Park
Great for quiet
Crystal Beach (Bolivar Peninsula)
Great for quiet
El Matador State Beach
Great for quiet
Lanikai Beach
Great for quiet
Leo Carrillo State Park
Great for quiet
Magic Island Lagoon
Great for quiet
Mustang Island State Park
Great for quiet
Padre Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
Point Dume State Beach
Great for quiet
Punaluu Black Sand Beach
Great for quiet
Amelia Island Beach
Great for quiet
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Great for quiet
Edisto Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Gold Beach (South Beach Park)
Great for quiet
Jekyll Island Beach
Great for quiet
Maniniowali Beach (Kua Bay)
Great for quiet
Morro Bay (Morro Strand State Beach)
Great for quiet
Pfeiffer Beach (Big Sur)
Great for quiet
Third Beach (La Push)
Great for quiet
Long Beach (Washington)
Great for quiet
Madaket Beach
Great for quiet
Mokuleia Beach Park
Great for quiet
St. Simons Island Beach
Great for quiet
Cannon Beach (Haystack Rock)
Great for quiet
Cape Disappointment State Park
Great for quiet
Hanauma Bay
Great for quiet
Hobuck Beach
Great for quiet
Pacific Beach State Park
Great for quiet
Sandy Island Beach State Park (Sandy Pond)
Great for quiet
Anini Beach Park
Great for quiet
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
Great for quiet
Jamaica Beach
Great for quiet
Sullivan's Island Beach
Great for quiet
Cayucos State Beach
Great for quiet
Ecola State Park
Great for quiet
Heceta Head Beach (Devils Elbow)
Great for quiet
Napili Bay
Great for quiet
Shi Shi Beach
Great for quiet
Sunset Beach
Great for quiet
Yachats State Recreation Area
Great for quiet
Papakolea Green Sand Beach
Great for quiet
Pawleys Island
Great for quiet
Rockaway Beach
Great for quiet
Litchfield Beach
Great for quiet
Pirates Beach
Great for quiet
Rialto Beach
Great for quiet
Baker Beach (San Francisco)
Great for quiet
Ruby Beach
Great for quiet
Glass Beach (Fort Bragg)
Good for quiet
Kalaloch Beach
Good for quiet
Bandon Beach (Face Rock)
Good for quiet
Hug Point State Recreation Site
Good for quiet
Second Beach (La Push)
Good for quiet
Tunnels Beach (Makua)
Good for quiet
Cape Lookout State Park
Good for quiet
Honolua Bay
Good for quiet
Manzanita Beach
Good for quiet
Bethany Beach
Fair for quiet
Fenwick Island State Park
Fair for quiet
South Bethany Beach
Fair for quiet
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Beach
Fair for quiet
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park
Fair for quiet
Cape Canaveral Beach
Fair for quiet
Smith Point Beach
Tough for quiet today
Bahia Honda State Park
Tough for quiet today
Dauphin Island Public Beach
Tough for quiet today
Sombrero Beach
Tough for quiet today
Anne's Beach
Tough for quiet today
Kure Beach
Tough for quiet today
Neptune Beach
Tough for quiet today
Holden Beach
Tough for quiet today
Pass Christian Beach
Tough for quiet today
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Tough for quiet today
Bathtub Reef Beach (Hutchinson Island)
Tough for quiet today
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Tough for quiet today
Belle Isle State Park
Tough for quiet today
Melbourne Beach (Spessard Holland South)
Tough for quiet today
Lantana Municipal Beach
Tough for quiet today
Oceanfront Park Beach (Boynton Beach)
Tough for quiet today
Vero Beach
Tough for quiet today
Perdido Key State Park
Tough for quiet today
Indian Beach
Tough for quiet today
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Tough for quiet today
Lovers Key State Park
Tough for quiet today
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area
Tough for quiet today
Ocracoke Beach
Tough for quiet today
Topsail Beach
Tough for quiet today
Sanibel Island Beach
Tough for quiet today
Navarre Beach
Tough for quiet today
North Topsail Beach
Tough for quiet today
Seaside Beach (30A)
Tough for quiet today
Captiva Island Beach (Alison Hagerup Beach Park)
Tough for quiet today
Henderson Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Rosemary Beach (30A)
Tough for quiet today
St. George Island
Tough for quiet today
Hilton Pier Park
Tough for quiet today
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Tough for quiet today
Caladesi Island State Park
Tough for quiet today
Cape San Blas (Salinas Park)
Tough for quiet today
Chic's Beach
Tough for quiet today
Coquina Beach
Tough for quiet today
Corolla Beach
Tough for quiet today
Duck Beach
Tough for quiet today
False Cape State Park
Tough for quiet today
Grayton Beach State Park
Tough for quiet today
Kitty Hawk Beach
Tough for quiet today
Longboat Key Beach (Bayfront Park Access)
Tough for quiet today
Mexico Beach
Tough for quiet today
Sandbridge Beach
Tough for quiet today
T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Tough for quiet today
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Tough for quiet today