Little Island Park — Attraction in Virginia Beach

We really enjoyed our visit to Little Island Park!

The Beach, the Water, the Sand Dunes...ahhhhhh just STUNNING!!!!

The area is absolutely BEAUTIFUL and was clean and free of trash and debris. The lifeguards were vigilant and alert. I really appreciated them using very simple hand signals that were simple enough to understand quickly, their voice and the whistle, to make sure that everyone could hear and see their instructions and keeping everyone safe. I am partially deaf, so being able to see their hand gestures and read their lips, as they signaled their instructions to the beachgoers, was extremely helpful for me.

Just a helpful bit of info...when you head to the beach follow the path up the pier and follow the blue walking mats. Your feet and legs will thank you especially if you are carrying a lot of stuff for your day at the beach. The sand is HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! Be careful and wear sand/water shoes if you have them. I wish I had a pair because I would have worn them for sure. Protect your feet!!! Protect any little ones little feet too!!!!!!

They have bathrooms, changing room, shower-off stations(outside) and picnic table areas.They have plenty of trash bins and cigarette-out stations to minimize the trash left behind. They also have reminders posted that say things such as leave nothing behind on the beach, other than the beach itself and your own footprints. There is a public playground as well.....if the little ones still have energy to burn after a day at...

This is my favourite place to go when visiting Virginia Beach for a day. The admission price is $3 for VA Beach residents and $5 for non-residents, which is really a nominal fee. Amenities include a basketball and tennis court, two sets of showers and restrooms (had a shower shaft where one could wash the sand off their feet outside), and had ample parking. The beach itself is split between the usable beach and the surfing beach. I love both equally, and in the summer, both will be full for most of the day. The surfing section which backs to the pier by the lot is almost always full as anyone wanting to surf in public beach between Memorial Day to Labour Day must go there, but the rest of the shoreline is good for surfing in the cooler months when the crowds leave but the waves increase in size. It should be noted that the pier is not part of the park’s admission fee, so even if you’d like to walk down and look at the fishermen, it’s a charge (of course there’s a charge for fishing as well). There are lifeguards there for the summer season, but they will blow their whistles and point into a large crowd dictating directions but no one understands who they are taking about or referring to. Fishing can be done wherever there are not people in the non-surfing side, which is nice. Definitely worth a visit, and I will be back over winter...

One approaches a public beach with a certain trepidation, a lingering suspicion that the masses, in their pursuit of leisure, often trample the very essence of tranquility. Little Island Park, however, manages to rise above such pedestrian expectations, offering a segment of coastline that, while not entirely devoid of humanity, retains a surprising degree of composure. The sand, a fine, almost silken expanse, yields gracefully beneath the foot, a far cry from the coarse aggregates one often endures. The true triumph, if one is to call it such, lies in the ocean itself. Its rhythms are predictable, its embrace consistent—a refreshing simplicity in a world that often overcomplicates. The waves, neither ostentatious nor timid, break with a satisfying regularity, a gentle insistence that reminds one of nature's enduring, understated power. There are no garish amusements, no shrieking distractions, only the steady murmur of the sea. In summary, Little Island Park's beach is not a revelation, nor is it a grand pronouncement of coastal perfection. It is, rather, a quiet affirmation of what a public beach, when unburdened by excessive ambition, can be: a clean, unassuming stretch of shore where one can, for a fleeting hour, observe the unadorned beauty of the natural world. And for that, one offers a grudging, yet sincere, nod...