# Public beaches 1/2way between New York and Boston?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-beaches-1-2way-between-new-york-and-boston/514501 "2009-10-20T17:17:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-beaches-1-2way-between-new-york-and-boston/514501/1 "2009-10-20T17:17:56Z")

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Friday is a day I’m supposed to run on the beach in NYC, but it’s also a day I’m supposed to drive up to Boston, along the shore for most part. Is there anywhere in CT or RI that’s pretty accessbile to the inter-state (I guess I-93), and is a nice public beach that I could break up my long drive with a nice long run on?

ETA: That’s “1/2-way” of course in the title

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-beaches-1-2way-between-new-york-and-boston/514501/2 "2009-10-20T17:28:17Z")

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Nitpick: the interstate highway is I-95, not I-93. And I’d recommend [Hammonasset Beach State Park](http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325210&depNav_GID=1650) with two miles of beach.

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**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-beaches-1-2way-between-new-york-and-boston/514501/3 "2009-10-20T23:16:42Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Nitpick: the interstate highway is I-95, not I-93. And I’d recommend [Hammonasset Beach State Park](http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325210&depNav_GID=1650) with two miles of beach.

Hammonasset is ok, but like all of Connecticut’s beaches it is kind of crappy due to Long Island blocking it from the open ocean. A nicer beach, and one that is still close to 95, is [Misquamicut](http://www.misquamicut.org/), which is just over the Rhode Island border and faces the open ocean. Take exit 92 in Connecticut, go right off the exit, a mile down the road take a right onto route 78, and then follow the signs.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-beaches-1-2way-between-new-york-and-boston/514501/4 "2009-10-20T23:31:16Z")

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[Rocky Neck](http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325256&depNav_GID=1650) in Niantic CT is also very nice. We enjoy it over Hammonasset.