Crane Beach, Massachusetts, United States
4.5 (561 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Ipswich Beaches
Amazing beach day!
Enjoy the Northeast's most spectacular beach and follow trails and boardwalks through a landscape of sand dunes and salt marsh.
Address
310 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA 01938
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Website
http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/north-shore/crane-beach.html
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 2:03
User Ratings
4.5 based on (561 reviews)
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Reviews
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4JoeKupe 5:00 PM Oct 24, 2022
Beautiful Beach, Check their Web Site Before Visiting to Ensure Entry
We have been to Crane Beach many times over the course of the last ten years and we love the expansive sand, the ability to take long walks and the overall beautiful scenery. The parking lot is quite large so even when it is packed with cars we feel as though we have plenty of room on the beach to relax and play (soccer, paddle, etc.). After a day at Crane Beach we almost always stop by Down River Ice Cream on our drive home (about ten minutes away) to complete a well rounded summer day. Crane Beach has restrooms, a small gift shop and snack bar, but as stated above we’d rather stop for excellent ice cream on our way home and instead of going to the snack bar pack in our lunch for the day! Admission does run on the high side and at busy times you need to secure an entry pass online before you go so please check out the Crane Beach web site if you are visiting and if you are planning to go more than once a membership can be well worth looking into.
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4Sandi B 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2022
Pleasant but pricey
My husband and I were staying at the Waddingfield Estate and planned purchased an out of state one day pass online. The pass cost cost $40.00 for an out of state, rain or shine. Thank goodness it was shining . The facilities to change were great, the bathrooms have those compostable toilets that always have a way of making me feel uneasy. There were plenty of paths to get to the actual beach, one further down than the other. Sand was nice, no debris on the beach like seaweed and rocks. The water was very low at high tide and pretty chilly. No one was really in the water past their knees due to all the shark activity on the coast. It's kid friendly and they usually have no problem with the temp. There are so many beaches on the East coast and we love to find them. This was one of them on the Bay side, but we like more action with the waves. We are glad we experienced it but probably would not go there again.
