Crane Beach

Castle Hill dusk -- dunes turn gold, shorebirds on the tidal flats, the Crane mansion silhouetted

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse

SUNSET CAM

LIVE cam

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Animated preview · watch the live Crane Beach cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers

🦀

Horseshoe Crabs

dusk (May-June)

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Castle Hill

golden hour

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Piping Plovers

before sunset

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White Dune Sand

all evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Parking

$10-$25

members pay less -- Trustees of Reservations

Best view

dune ridge

the Castle Hill estate from below at golden hour

Water temp

65-70F

June-August, cooler than South Shore

Golden hour

dunes

white sand goes amber -- spectacular photography

applause at the dip

Sunset time, countdown and the Sunset Score are computed live from Open-Meteo’s real cloud forecast at each day’s sunset hour. The in-page cam is an animated preview — tap “live cam” for the real Crane Beach webcam. The Crane Beach Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.