Quick Summary:
- New England is well known for its beaches – and for good reason.
- New England is where you can see some of the most beautiful sunsets, visit a lighthouse, take a ride on a vintage carousel, and ride the waves on a surfboard.
- Many of these beaches have been preserved, and some are rich in unique and rare fauna and flora, enriching New England even further.
- Here are the best beaches in New England.
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Goosewing Beach Preserve, Rhode Island
Nantucket Beaches, Massachusetts
Kennebunk Beach, Maine
Narragansett Town Beach, Rhode Island
Cape Pogue, Massachusetts
Chatham, Massachusetts
Crane's Beach, Massachusetts
Falmouth Heights Beach, Massachusetts
Good Harbor Beach, Massachusetts
Block Island, Rhode Island
Hammonasset Beach State Park, New England
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
Joseph Sylvia State Beach
Long Sands Beach, Maine
Breakwater Beach, Massachusetts
Newport, Rhode Island
Ogunquit, Maine
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Orleans, Massachusetts
Plum Island Beach, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Roger Wheeler State Beach, Rhode Island
Short Sands Beach, Maine
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
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