Crescent Beach

Crescent 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 Crescent 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 Crescent Beach — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.29686, -70.56763. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crescent Beach

• First Congregational Church · church · York · ~2 km · Must-see
• Moody Beach · beach · York · ~3 km · Must-see
• Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm · park · York · ~6 km · Must-see
• Ogunquit Museum of American Art · museum · York · ~9 km · Must-see
• Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · York · ~10 km · Must-see
• Goat Island Light Station · fort · York · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse · beach · York · ~18 km · Must-see
• Seashore Trolley Museum · museum · York · ~20 km · Must-see
• Bauneg Beg Mountain · viewpoint · Strafford · ~25 km · Must-see
• Boon Island Light · fort · York · ~26 km · Must-see
• Salmon Falls Mill Historic District · waterfall · Strafford · ~27 km · Must-see
• First Parish Meetinghouse · church · York · ~29 km · Must-see
• Saint Andre Church · church · York · ~29 km · Must-see
• Wood Island Light Station · fort · York · ~33 km · Must-see
• Garrison Hill Tower · park · Strafford · ~33 km · Must-see
• Fort Foster · fort · Rockingham · ~34 km · Must-see
• Dover Baptist Church · church · Strafford · ~34 km · Must-see
• Fort Constitution Historic Site · fort · Rockingham · ~34 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Crescent Beach

Other beaches & coast near Crescent Beach

• Moody Beach · beach · York · ~3 km · Must-see
• Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse · beach · York · ~18 km · Must-see
• Saco Bay · beach · York · ~35 km · Must-see
• Higgins Beach · beach · Cumberland · ~47 km · Must-see
• Jenness Beach · beach · Rockingham · ~47 km · Must-see
• North Hampton State Beach · beach · Rockingham · ~52 km · Must-see
• Back Cove · beach · Cumberland · ~60 km · Must-see
• Ram Island Ledge Light · beach · Cumberland · ~60 km · Must-see
• Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse · beach · Cumberland · ~60 km · Must-see
• Crane Beach · beach · Rockingham · ~87 km · Must-see

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