Sandy Beach Opening Date Update!

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Due to staffing, there will be NO life­guards on duty Memo­r­i­al Day week­end. Bath­rooms will be closed. 

Staffing at Sandy Beach on week­ends only will begin on June 8th. Week­ly staffing will begin on June 22nd. Please see below for full information.

Use of the Sandy Beach Park, includ­ing access to the boat launch, will be lim­it­ed to Hop­kin­ton res­i­dents only from Memo­r­i­al Day week­end through Labor Day week­end. Dur­ing this time, access to the park will require a sea­son­al pass or a dai­ly pass. The sea­son pass cov­ers every­one in your imme­di­ate family. 

Start­ing April 1st, you will be able to buy beach and trail­er sea­son pass­es to Sandy Beach online at HopkintonRec.org . Start­ing May1st, you can pick up the pass­es at our office, 6 Wal­cott Street, dur­ing reg­u­lar busi­ness hours or direct­ly from the staff at Sandy Beach when the beach is open.

You can also pur­chase sea­son pass­es direct­ly from the staff at Sandy Beach when the beach is open . 

2024 Sandy Beach Sea­son Pass
$50  Fam­i­ly vehi­cle or walk in sea­son stick­er 
$10  Each addi­tion­al fam­i­ly stick­er. Lim­it of 2
$100 Boat trail­er, this includes one vehi­cle stick­er
Seniors 65+ free

Day pass­es are only avail­able for pur­chase from the staff at Sandy Beach.
2024 Sandy Beach Day Pass
$10 Fam­i­ly day pass up to 5 peo­ple
$10 Boat trail­er day pass. “Launch and leave” is NOT per­mit­ted.
Seniors 65+ free.

New this year, the Parks and Recre­ation Com­mis­sion has approved a pol­i­cy regard­ing pass pur­chas­es at Sandy Beach. Pass­es can only be pur­chased with a cred­it card or check. Cash will not be accepted.

Gen­er­al Infor­ma­tion
Beach Staff Onsite from 10:00am — 5:00pm
Week­ends Only: June 8 — June 16; August 18 — Sep­tem­ber 2
Week­ly: June 22 — August 18

All cars parked at Sandy Beach dur­ing this time, includ­ing hours when beach staff is not present, MUST have a pass dis­played on the wind­shield. Any vehi­cle with­out a pass is sub­ject to a $100 fine.

Bath­rooms and out­door show­er are only open while staff is present
Park­ing is locat­ed at 4 Lakeshore Dri­ve, Hopkinton