Beach
Crane Beach
124 locals recommend,
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Tips from locals
RESERVATIONS REQUIREDStunning beach with views towards Gloucester. 2.5 miles from the boardwalk to the Essex end of the beach makes it a wonderful walking beach. Check trustees.org on Mondays and Thursdays to grab a spot.
Soak up the seaside fun at one of the Northeast's most spectacular beaches, and follow trails and boardwalks through a spellbinding landscape of sand dunes and salt marsh.
Crane's is a longer 30 min drive (Ipswich). Another Spectacular Beach (as long as the Greenheads are no longer in season ... Greenheads are nasty flies ... check the internet ... it's a couple weeks in July). Crane's has dunes. It's huge. And it's gorgeous.
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Location
Ipswich, MA