This is a great beach! It's crowded of course, but pretty big, so you can have some space to yourself if you walk down the beach a little ways away from the entrance. The water is pretty calm, so it's a good place to avoid crashing waves.
It looks like a classic Cape Cod beach: dark blue water, dunes with tall grass, little crooked fence.
There is a tiny parking lot at the beach. You need to buy a parking pass in the town BEFORE you drive to the lot. (Or come after 3:00, when the lot is free.) If the lot is full, there is overflow parking about a ten minute walk up the street. Totally fine if it is a group of adults with beach bags, or drop off the kids and stuff if you packed heavy. Finding a beach with adequate parking is tough, so I'm super pleased that you can always visit Crosby Lane.
Or, super secret pro tip: for $5 and little-to-no risk of full parking lots, you can park at the state park right up across the highway. It's about a 1 mile walk along a road without sidewalks, but parking is only $5. There's also a little bathroom up in the park's lot.
Note, there aren't any stands selling food or water, so be sure to BYO. read more