Wells Beach — Local services in Wells

One of the best places to chase a retreating low tide for a few hours, fly a kite, or find no Beach at the stairway stormwall access at high tide whatsoever. Plus the jetty! The ever-present beauty is as persistent as the breeze. Friendly, accessible, and if you don't come at the very height of the tourist season there are places to park, ample blanket space, and cold water at your feet. (The water is cold even in July.) The rock jetty (protecting the beach/estuary) at the north end is a fun flat walk challenge -- a calm place to be while otherwise surrounded by the...

Wells Beach is absolutely beautiful. The beach is several miles long and great for beach combing. It has many access points. Many areas of sandy beach, great for bocce, frisbee and other beach activities. Wells Beach has great facilities close by: stores, restaurants and various types of accommodation. Close to Rachel Carson environmental preserve, Ogunquit and Kennebunk. A tip: set yourself high up on the beach and consult the tide charts. The tide comes up quite a ways. Last summers' tides were the highest I've ever...

Great place to see (and photograph) the difference between high tide and low tide. Not much available (free) parking right at the beach but there is a lot (fee) nearby. A couple of smaller hotels and a restaurant (with walk up window) that serves ice cream as well. Public benches and restrooms available. Huge beach (space) at low tide but watch out! Tides turn quickly and beach dissappears as water comes all the way back to the parking lot seawall. Do not get trapped...