The beach is about a mile away. You can walk it but if you have animals the two lane road is not really really safe to walk along with pets as there are no sidewalks and the road is narrow. We elected to drive to the beach which took about 5-6 min. It is a small place so for 2 people and 2 dogs it was a bit cramped. The kitchen only has a microwave, a 2 burner cooktop and no oven. There is a small mini fridge only. The patio outside was under a large pine tree so everything was covered with tree debris so we were unable to use it.