Provincetown, Massachusetts Beaches

Herring Cove
This beach is a short drive or bike ride from Provincetown and close to the bike path, which takes you right through the sand dunes, beech forest, and out to Race Point Beach. Herring cove beach is a great place to watch the sunset.

Race Point
This beach is pristine and beautiful. It seems to go on forever. Although popular, especially with fishers, it is a little less crowded than the ohter beaches. You can get there by driving and also by hiking from the dunes starting out on Route 6A.

Long Point Beach
To get to this beach you either have to take a small boat out or walk over the Provincetown jedi/breakwater in the west end about one mile. It is never very crowded and offers a pleasant escape fromt P-town.

Head of the Meadow
This beach is further out of town. You can get there by driving a bit and or biking over a bike path (the bike path is short though, so you mostly bike on quiet roads). It is a very beautiful beach than is less crowded and has sand cliffs.

Harbor Beach
Off of Commercial Street in Provincetown.