Long Beach

Long Beach: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Long Beach

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Long Beach — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.46531, -76.47121. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Long Beach

• Flag Ponds Nature Park · sanctuary · Calvert · ~2 km · Must-see
• Middleham Chapel · church · Calvert · ~10 km · Must-see
• Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum · museum · Calvert · ~10 km · Must-see
• Chesapeake Bay · beach · Dorchester · ~12 km · Must-see
• Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Sanctuary · sanctuary · Calvert · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cove Point Lighthouse · beach · Calvert · ~15 km · Must-see
• Drum Point Lighthouse · museum · Calvert · ~19 km · Must-see
• Calvert Marine Museum · museum · Calvert · ~19 km · Must-see
• J. C. Lore Oyster House · fort · Calvert · ~20 km · Must-see
• Sharps Island Light · fort · Talbot · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bowen Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Prince George's · ~30 km · Must-see
• Zion Church · church · Saint Mary's · ~31 km · Must-see
• Saint Marys Episcopal Church · church · Prince George's · ~32 km · Must-see
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park · sanctuary · Dorchester · ~35 km · Must-see
• Hooper Island Light · fort · Dorchester · ~38 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary Catholic Church · church · Charles · ~41 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Church · church · Prince George's · ~42 km · Must-see
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park · sanctuary · Dorchester · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Long Beach

Other beaches & coast near Long Beach

• Chesapeake Bay · beach · Dorchester · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cove Point Lighthouse · beach · Calvert · ~15 km · Must-see
• Ragged Point Light · beach · Saint Mary's · ~45 km · Must-see
• Piney Point Lighthouse · beach · Saint Mary's · ~46 km · Must-see
• Blackistone Lighthouse · beach · Saint Mary's · ~47 km · Must-see
• Bloody Point Light · beach · Queen Anne's · ~52 km · Must-see
• 1879 Hooper Straight Lighthouse · beach · Talbot · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hooper Strait Light · beach · Dorchester · ~54 km · Must-see
• Sharkfin Shoal Light · beach · Dorchester · ~64 km · Must-see
• Carr's Beach · beach · Anne Arundel · ~69 km · Must-see

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