Hampton Beach

is where you want to be

Hampton Beach

is where you want to be

Hampton Beach State Park, Route 1a, Hampton, NH

Hampton Beach proper is where all the action is if you’re people watching or board walking. Plus, a $14.5m project begun in 2012 spruced up the bathhouses, stage and even the blue and red flags that mark freshly painted crosswalks and parking meters. Yes, there is parking (and you’ll pay $2 per hour for it). If you haven’t been to Hampton Beach since 2011, you simply haven’t been to Hampton Beach.

Hampton Beach is a very busy state park, and has all the amenities that go along with that: Fishing, camping, park store, picnic area and pavilion, playground (a very clean and modern playground complete with merry-go-round and plenty of equipment to climb on), restrooms and a bathhouse.

Did we mention swimming? Yes, that’s key. And, lifeguards are on duty full time June 11- Sept. 5. Lifeguard hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily.

Beach Etiquette

  • Clean Up After Yourself
    No one wants to relax on a filthy beach. If you plan to eat, drink, smoke or change diapers, be sure to employ the use of the nearest garbage can.
    There’s no excuse for polluting a beach. If you smoke or accidentally drop a bottle or glass in the sand, please pick it up and dispose of it properly.
    Cigarettes and broken glass can hurt tender feet, and they’re hazardous for animals too.
  • Use the Proper Facilities
    If you have to go to the bathroom, use the building designated specifically for this purpose.
    The sand, water, boardwalk, sidewalk and parking lot are not bathrooms.
    Relieving yourself in the water and other outside areas is not only disgusting, it’s unhealthy.
  • Noise. Noise, noise
    Yes, the waves are loud, but they are soothing.
    Adults and children yelling, screaming, and crying is not appropriate for the beach.
    Being outside, everyone will still probably use their outside voices, but that’s okay since it is, in fact, outside.
    However, it’s not appropriate to be really loud around others who are trying relax and enjoy themselves.

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