All roads lead to Coast Guard Beach . The main road from the Salt Pond Visitor Center deposits you here, as do cycling and hiking trails. And it's for good reason: this grand beach backed by a classic coast guard station is a stunner that attracts everyone from beachcombers to hard-core surfers. Bird-watchers also flock to Coast Guard Beach for the eagle-eye view of Nauset Marsh. Facilities include rest rooms, showers and changing rooms. In summer, when the small beach parking lot fills up, a shuttle bus runs from a staging area near the visitor center.
Cliff-backed Nauset Light Beach , north of Coast Guard Beach, is also the stuff of dreams. Its features and facilities are similar to Coast Guard Beach, but there's a large parking lot right at the beach. Nauset Lighthouse, a picturesque red-and-white-striped tower, guards the shoreline. And don't miss the Three Sisters Lighthouses, a curious trio of 19th-century lighthouses saved from an eroding sea cliff and moved to a wooded clearing just five minutes' walk up Cable Rd from Nauset Light Beach.
Parking at either beach costs $15 in summer.
