The privately owned beach is part of a larger camping and park complex. There is plenty of parking, rolling fields, picnic and play areas and bathrooms. Open mid-May through October, visitors are welcome from 9 AM to sunset. However, pets are not allowed at any time. Look for Meadow Road just off Maine Hwy.
Signs point the way to the beach.
Because Phippsburg is a peninsula with wide, saltwater rivers on either side and the Atlantic at its tip, it has some of the best beaches around. However, most of its shore is either too rocky to swim off of or is covered with pine trees. Head Beach Small Point Rd. This small stretch of beach connects the peninsula with Hermit Island and has water on either side. The beach has a fresh-water shower to get rid of the sea salt and has a bathroom.