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Red River Beach, Cape Cod

Harwich, MA

41.667302° N, -70.043035° W

Where: Uncle Venie's Road, Harwich View Map

Water Type: Salt water

Type: Calm

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Good for: Swimming, Walking

About

Requires daily fee between Memorial & Labor Days. A very popular beach, Red River is large a fun place for swimming, playing in the waves, and boogies boarding. In addition, there is a kayak and canoe launch.

Reviews

26 rated reviews | 38 total reviews


Clifton Park, NY
4 reviews
Member since: Aug 2020

8/10/2024

Clean, soft sand with access to restrooms and daily ice cream truck stops! Family beach. Fun beach for kids to crab on the rock jetties, if they bring a bucket.


Valatie, NY
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2023

7/27/2024

Great beach, good parking, bathroom facilities, attentive lifeguards, and a food truck. Also, the ice cream truck comes by!


United Kingdom
7 reviews
Member since: Dec 2011

9/23/2023

Clean, lots of parking, safe to swim and a great family location.


Glastonbury, CT
3 reviews
Member since: Mar 2012

8/5/2023

Red River provides lots of parking, restrooms, and snack options.


Pittsfield, MA
4 reviews
Member since: Oct 2013

7/8/2023

Good sized beach for walking and plenty of room to spread out. Food truck most days and has bathrooms and shower. Parking lot is very large.


Jamaica Plain, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2023

6/24/2023

We love Red River Beach but we also love Fernandes Bog at Long Pond for the little ones.


Natick, MA
4 reviews
Member since: Apr 2007

8/13/2022

Nice beach, with easy parking and beach access.


2 reviews
Member since: Jan 2023

8/8/2022

great vibe, clean, pretty white sand, nicely sized (not too big), bathrooms available.


Weatogue, CT
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2022

7/15/2022

Large beach with plenty of parking (get there early on super hot days/weekends)! There is a "quieter" side and a more lively side. They have bathrooms (okay...but better than porta-potty) and a food truck on site. The ice cream truck comes a few times a day and goes up and down the beach! Lifeguards are on duty and the beach is super clean!


East Longmeadow, MA
3 reviews
Member since: Jun 2020

7/9/2022

Red River Beach is long with plenty of room to spread out. The town cleaned the beach almost every day so that the sand was soft and easy to walk on. The views are spectacular and parking is fairly easy.


USA
2 reviews
Member since: Apr 2022

6/25/2022

Plenty of parking near the beach with restrooms and outdoor shower (sticker required from Harwich Chamber of Commerce).


Beachwood, OH
3 reviews
Member since: Jul 2018

5/28/2022

Red River beach is terrific. Lots of parking, clean restrooms, food trucks, and a lovely beach with good options for wading or swimming.


Claremont, CA
2 reviews
Member since: Sep 2021

9/11/2021

Softest sand and not over crowded more like a neighborhood beach Great for
All ages


Hillsborough, NJ
20 reviews
Member since: Sep 2009

8/21/2021

Great facilities including both food and ice cream trucks - best kept secret.....Tidal Marshes. You're children will put down their phones, won't complain about the connectivity and play like we all used too.


USA
2 reviews
Member since: Aug 2020

7/10/2021

Red River beach is our favorite to visit when we are down here! Very clean, parking is so close and has bathrooms. The tide does not come in or out here so it is perfect to bring the kids to!


Dedham, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Mar 2013

6/26/2021

Daily fee parking and weekly passes available at Harwich. Bathrooms and cocktails available at beach.


Ludlow, MA
2 reviews
Member since: May 2021

5/22/2021

Flat Sandy beach with a calm and beautiful view of the ocean. Perfect for a long walk


Wayland, MA
5 reviews
Member since: Aug 2007

5/14/2021

White powdery sand


South Glens Falls, NY
2 reviews
Member since: Sep 2020

9/10/2020

White sands up close parking lots of shells


Stoughton, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Feb 2011

8/15/2020

Nice off beat beach


Queensbury, NY
2 reviews
Member since: Sep 2019

8/1/2020

We could see the beach from our deck [Vacation Rental ID 5382] - very calming view. People complied with social distancing on the beach so it did not feel crowded at all. There is a food available also.


USA
2 reviews
Member since: Mar 2018

6/20/2020

Clean, beachgoers observed Covid-19 precautions, has restrooms, snackshack and ice cream truck visits multiple times per day. Water warm in June! We noodle floated each day.


2 reviews
Member since: May 2020

4/20/2020

The beach is vast, with many different areas including a river for crabbing with children.


Oak Park, IL
2 reviews
Member since: Jun 2020

8/3/2019

We like to hang out on the far end (towards Chatham). Less people, amazing views and great swimming.


Acton, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2018

7/7/2018

This is a smaller beach, but it wasn't crowded and we were able to park easily -- even arriving very late in the morning (11:30). I loved that the beach is right next to the parking lot as it can get tiring to schlep chairs, bags, etc. to some of the beaches with a longer walk from parking lot to sand. And being on the sound, the water was about ten degrees warmer than the ocean-side beaches.


Buffalo, NY
4 reviews
Member since: Jul 2008

6/9/2018

Usually not crowded. A beautiful, large sandy beach, calm, warm water for swimming, plenty of parking, clean rest rooms available.


Phoenix, AZ
2 reviews
Member since: Sep 2017

8/13/2017

We've been coming here for over 30 years. There is almost always a breeze. There are bathrooms, a snack shack and the ice cream truck always always shows up. You need a pair of water shoes because there are small rocks as you walk in, but the water is clean. You can fish off the piers. If you haven't brought lunch with you, we recommend The Mason Jar in Harwich.


Acton, MA
3 reviews
Member since: Dec 2017

7/29/2017

Red River beach continues to be our favorite beach . It is ideally located on Nantucket Sound, clean, has restrooms, plenty of parking, visiting vendors and jetties for fishing.


Lynnfield, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2017

7/1/2017

Very Close! [Harwich Harwich Vacation Rental ID 28274] Parking easy, very clean


Wilbraham, MA
2 reviews
Member since: Apr 2016

7/30/2016

It is home to me! Been taking my family there for 15 years


Durham, CT
2 reviews
Member since: Apr 2013

7/16/2016

Smaller beach that is never too crowded. Some waves. Lots of shells. It is worth getting the parking pass from the town if you are going to be there for a week or more!


Bainbridge Island, WA
2 reviews
Member since: Jul 2016

7/9/2016

Plenty of parking with multiple entrances to the beach. It is a long beach so we were able to find a not so crowded area on a pretty busy day. Also had a bathroom, food truck and icecream truck! I great beach day.


Milford, CT
3 reviews
Member since: Jun 2011

7/11/2015

Very clean beach as it gets raked daily. Parking lot will fill up on busy days


United States
2 reviews
Member since: Mar 2015

4/18/2015

Long beach front with plenty of parking. Excellent for walking the shoreline.


Belmont, MA
4 reviews
Member since: May 2011

8/9/2014

wonderful for children and families. best family beach around. New snack truck was added bonus


United Kingdom
7 reviews
Member since: Dec 2011

8/2/2014

Clean, big, nice sea to swim in, nice sand for building castles, lots of parking, toilets and this year a great outside catering van this year, staffed by some very charming and friendly U.S. army veterans.


Brooklyn, NY
2 reviews
Member since: Feb 2012

8/17/2013

Wonderful beach with almost 200 parking spaces. Even during busy times of the day we always found this to have plenty of room. Very clean and convenient. Cars can drive up almost right on top of it. Best in the vacinity imho.


Belmont, MA
4 reviews
Member since: May 2011

8/10/2013

great family beach, short distance from the cottage [Property ID 7091]. Easy parking, clean beach and restrooms.

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