Sort of a nice beach but $30 damn dollars for weekend parking and $25 on weekdays??!! That's worse than parking in Boston for a Red So game! That's kind of ridiculous. Not bad for a family who will stay there all day ... But if you want to spend a couple hours at a beach in Gloucester, you'll need a resident parking permit at the smaller, rocky beaches or pay a third of $100 to park at the larger beaches. And despite the town website saying it's a 'white sand' beach, it looks pretty brown/muddy when the tide goes out. For some reason the beach almost looks like a lake beach vs. an ocean beach. This def. isn't picturesque like Cape Cod National Seashore, although you pay more to park here. The coolest part of the beach is that when the tide is right, you can walk across to a rocky island. Not quite sure what goes on at the island ... Looks like mostly kids climbing on the rocks but it's interesting you can just walk through ankle deep water to get there. The crowd was fairly upscale. Lots of yuppie families ... It wasn't packed with loud teenagers drinking or riff raff blaring music from speakers. Sort of a small beach though ... You can walk from one end to the next easily. Definitely not the nicest or most picturesque beach I've been to and for $30 ... what a rip off! I can't imagine it would be good for anyone other than families who want to walk over to the 'island' or lay on the beach all day. read more