Bourne does not have a daily parking fee. Electric Avenue Beach on Buzzards Bay rests at the entrance to Buttermilk Bay near the Buzzards Bay rotary at the west end of the Cape Cod Canal. Lifeguards are on duty at this beach. Monument Beach along Shore and Emmons roads has public parking and looks out upon the Bourne entrance to the Cape Cod Canal and the Monument Beach Marina. Situated at a small harbor, it is a pleasant place to spend the day in the sun and water.
Lifeguards are on duty and there is a concession stand and bathhouse on site.
To the southwest of the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal you will find Gray Gables Beach in the village of Gray Gables. It is here that President Grover Cleveland spent his summer vacations when he was President during the 1880s and 1890s. Gray Gables has lifeguards and portable toilets, but there are no concessions. A popular north side option is Scusset Beach on Cape Cod Bay. This large, clean state-run beach is predominantly in the town of Sandwich, yet you approach it by taking Meetinghouse Road off the Sagamore Rotary just before the Sagamore Bridge.