Keep in mind this beach is at least 5 miles long, so if you want privacy take a five minute walk just around the first set of dunes going south along the water. The sand area is huge between the dunes and water. The sand here is powder fine there is not a rock of pebble to be found either on the beach or in the water-rare for New England. There are no private homes that front Crane beach, which makes for joyful summer day relaxing in the sun. This beach is stunning in its size, setting and privacy. But there is no place to just step onto a beach and walk without paying.Ĭrane beach is one of the best beaches I've been to in the US. They have clean bathrooms, showers, and a snack bar. You can look at the maps, but they don't tell you about beach access points, or how much it is. What's even more upsetting, is that when I asked on this forum how far the beach was from one of the inns, some bozo had the snippy response "why don't you look at google maps." At the time, I felt like an idiot, duh. I was VERY DISAPPOINTED that I wasn't able to just walk on the beach every day without paying a small fortune. Don't get me wrong, it's a BEAUTIFUL beach, but you can't see it from anywhere, you HAVE to pay. Whether you are a car with one person or a car full, (which isn't really fair). There is only ONE BEACH with ONE ACCESS POINT that is $25 to enter on weekdays. I spent a week in Ipswich thinking I could do some shopping and have long walks on the beach. After going to Cranes Beach I can’t see visiting any of my other favorite beaches again!!! A MUST for couple who want privacy if willing to walk a bit. PERFECT for kids with no waves, soft sand and low water levels for hundreds of feet. After walking for at least 2 miles we still couldn’t believe the beach kept going and going! So make sure you warn the kids about the walk but it is so worth it. A couple here then 100 feet away then another couple. After a 10 minute walk the people are so scarce it’s like being at the beach on a week day during rain! Sooooo quiet and private. After a few hours we ventured off to walk down to see just how long the beach was. Walk to the right and down the beach a mile (yes a mile, well worth it) and park yaself down. DO NOT put your stuff down right when you get there. Once high tide comes in, a lot of the beach is taking up by the water, but keep walking. And it has very little to no waves!!! The water in some spots was so warm it felt like bath water! I know… in New England? Yep! Perfect for children!!!! Because of the sand bars, once high tide comes in you can walk hundreds of feet out and still be below waist level. And wow!!!!! They have these amazing sand bars that jet out hundreds of feet that you can walk out to and it creates all these smaller “pond like” pools here and there. It’s so hard to put into words but we got there at low tide.
The sand was the softest, whitest sand I’ve ever seen on an eastern coastline. So I would go around that time to insure parking space. We arrived at 9:45-10:00am and were about the 3 row in. Lots of employees directing you, was nice. But with the size of the beach, it can’t get crowded. There’s a large unpaved parking lot that fits around 1400 cars. Parking: $22 per car on the weekends but well worth it. WOW! That was the first word I said when we came over the high dunes and saw the beach.
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