10 Secluded Beaches for Summer: Empty Sand Dunes, Quiet Coves ... and They're Affordable, Too!
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Bound Brook Island Beach, Massachusetts
Halfway between the tip and the elbow of Cape Cod,Bound Brook Island(no longer an island) in Wellfleet is an ideal bike-ride destination for visitors hoping to ditch the Cape’s summer crowds. You’ll dodge potholes and navigate unpaved roads en route to this out-of-the-way beach on theCape Cod National Seashore, but the payoff is sweet: gentle water, towering sand dunes, a pine forest, and space all to yourself. What to Do: At low tide, you can walk across a massive stretch of sand to see aquatic life in the bay. For lunch, try a Route 6 clam shack orMac’s Seafoodon the pier in Wellfleet for the town’s namesake oysters. Don’t miss the historicAtwood-Higgins Houseand other Cape Cod-style homes built by early English residents.Getting Here: Catch thebike shuttleor follow Route 6 to Coles Neck Road, which ends in a sand parking lot. The trail to the beach is less than a quarter of a mile from the lot.
Get away from it all this summer without draining your savings to do so. These 10 secluded North American beaches are out of the way enough for solitude but close enough for affordable travel. Read on to find out where to swim in quiet coves, roll down empty sand dunes, and comb desolate sandy stretches for unbroken shells and sharks’ teeth.
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