Nantucket has over 82 miles of pristine white sand beaches, about two miles of which belongs to the town. The remaining beaches are owned by private non-profit organizations and landowners, who graciously open them to the public.

Beach	Location	Life- guards	Rest- rooms	Food	Water	Surf
Brant Point	North Shore, short walk from town	No	NA	NA	Salt, Harbor side	Strong current; expert swimmers; beach drops off suddenly under the water
Children's Beach	North Shore, short walk from town	Yes	Yes	Yes	Salt, Harbor side	Current safe for small children
Dionis	North Shore, three miles from town	Yes	Yes	No	Salt, Harbor side	Calm water
Francis Street Beach	North Shore, five minute walk from Main St.	No	Yes	No	Salt, Harbor side	Calm current
Jetties Beach	North Shore, short walk from town (shuttle available)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Salt, Harbor side	Current safe for children, enough wind for sailboat
Steps Beach	North Shore	No	No	No	Salt, Harbor side	Gentle surf
Cisco	South Shore, Four-mile bike ride from town - to end of Hummock Pond Road	Yes	NA	No	Salt, Ocean side	Heavy surf
Madaket	South Shore, as far west as you can go	Yes	Yes	No	Salt, Ocean side	Heavy surf
Miacomet Beach	South Shore	No	No	No	Salt, Ocean side	Dangerous surf - expert swimmers only
Miacomet Pond	South Shore	No	No	No	Fresh water (only fresh water pond)	calm, with occasional snapping turtles
Nobadeer	South Shore, near airport	No	No	No	Salt, Ocean side	NA
Surfside	South Shore, three miles from town (bus available)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Salt, Ocean side	NA
Tom Nevers "Pebble Beach"	South Shore	No	No	No	Salt, Ocean side	Heavy surf
Siasconset	Eastern Shore, seven miles from town (shuttle bus available)	Yes	NA	Yes (in town of 'Sconset)	Salt, Ocean side	Heavy surf
Pocomo Point	Eastern Shore, midle portion of the bay	NA	NA	No	Salt, Ocean side	No surf, warm water

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