Crowded beach but with plenty of free parking, including electric vehicle chargers and an on-site…read morerestaurant and bar with covered patio seating. This beach is within walking distance to the downtown district, but with the intense heat you might want to rent a car or take a Lyft/Uber. I found that Lyft was much less popular on the island and thus cheaper than Uber by 50-100%.

Our captain mentioned this beach before we arrived. We did find out a head of time there were…read morepublic showers. Didn't find a lot of info. I wish it was a little better marked. We asked a number of people before we found the public showers and the changing rooms. Im not used to having that many broken shells/shells on the beach when you walk up. It was a decent crowd on the beach, still plenty of room to spread our towels out and not feel we were on top of the people next to us.

Best beach on the island for waves!…read more There are quite a few surfers and swimmers enjoying the waves but they rarely get close because the waves on shore keep the swimmers busy! Make sure your in shape to swim because the waves beat down on you hard. Otherwise a great beach that's nice and close to the farmers market and cisco brewery. No beach permit required.

:: All in one breath:: The best beach in the entire world please don't go here because you have the…read morepotential to ruin this pristine beach. Erosion has changed this landscape but this beach will have my heart forever. *Rougher waters, you may not want to bring the little ones here.

SURFSIDE BEACH is amazing…read more First of all, it's beautiful. Look at all that sea grass! Second of all, it's free. Third of all, there is a large parking lot. Fourth of all, there is VERY large parking lot for the bicycles. Fifth and not the least, it has SURFSIDE BEACH SHACK. This beach is understandably busy; not to worry, they have a lifeguard on duty. How lucky are the houses whose backyards are right on this beach?!

Heaven on earth. Immaculate beach with chair rentals, restrooms and the surf shack (who knew a pb&j…read morewas $8.....definitely pack a lunch). Must see when on the island.

Large parking lot that is free…read more Close to Millie's. Beautiful beach to watch the beautiful sunset in. As evidenced by the number of people heading this way when the sun was getting close to the horizon.

Beautiful and desolate in its own right. This beach makes you feel like you're on a different…read moreplanet. The rough tide makes it nearly impossible to swim or do anything, but our dog went nuts and LOVED every wave that came crashing into him; nearly sweeping him away at times. The beauty of being isolated and alone with no facilities, no people or lifeguards or anything, gives this beach a very particular feeling of freedom and peace. Initially thinking we made a mistake going out to the west end of the island, we greatly enjoyed it, and made some unique memories strolling the shoreline.

This is the place to get the coveted, much sought after over-sand beach pass. Be the envy of your…read moreneighbors (especially of you have a New York / New Jersey license plate) and drive your car with pride... You must have a four wheeled vehicle to get onto Great Point, and soon after the gate you realize why. The sand does get deep on the road, and even deeper on the beach. Similar to driving in snow, your wheels fall into the groves of earlier travelers, which raises the blood pressure in meeting situations. Our Honda Pilot scraped the bottom (5 adults and 2 kids) most of the way, but it's soft sand and didn't do any damage (now that I said that about half way home the engine will shut down because the catalytic converter is full of sand...). We stopped just south of the lighthouse, and had a good stretch of beach to ourselves. After a while we walked up to the point and found it packed with cars. I'm not sure why you'd purposely drive all that way and want to be that close to anyone else. Isn't it the point to get away from people?? The sand is a little abrasive, so it's best to wear shoes if you go for a walk. The east side was calm the day we went, but it all depends on the wind. Keep your eyes peeled for the seals swimming by. Also, wear bug spray. The mosquito's get vicious out there, especially around 4 when you are driving through the dunes on the way back to the road.

A very wild place…read more An absolutely beautiful island of the west coast of Nantucket. it's completely wild, pristine and totally clean and free. The only problem is you can't go there. Or at least I can't go there. I've sailed and kayaked around it but it is very, very, very private and uninvited guests are not allowed. I'm definitely one of those uninvited guests. Only a few dozen families live there during the summer and I have heard that there is no water or utilities. You can see huge yachts parked out near the island and I suspect the people that owned the yachts have the houses on the island. I have certainly never seen any property for sale and I can't imagine what the price would be. So, Tuckernuck is a gorgeous, wild and pristine place 30 miles away from Cape Cod. For that it gets 5 stars. Unfortunately it's only for a select few and that select few sure as hell doesn't include me. That gives it 1 star. Ergo 3 stars.

Tuckernuck is nowhere near as wild and pristine as the previous reviewer makes it out to be, though…read morethe Tuckernuck Land Trust has acquired some land to attempt to save a bit of the wild. Too many houses have been built. Many of the original settlers of Tuckernuck were Dunhams and Coffins, family of mine from Nantucket, and prior to running a single telephone line there in about 1901 it was extremely isolated. Very few people lived there year round (my great-great-grandfather's brother being one who did, but only after making his fortune in the lumber business on the mainland), and they made their living by bird hunting and fishing. Today it's a summer retreat for the rich, none of my family still owns (or could afford) anything there, and we're as unwelcome as the first reviewer. I can get no closer than Madaket.