Parking at Hampton Beach costs from $16/day. Compare 4 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
4 lots · 1,230 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
0 metered spaces · Metered lots only · Metered parking along Ocean Blvd (Route 1A); $2/hr in season, meters run 8 AM to midnight. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Local moves
Metered parking runs 8 AM to midnight in season at $2/hr -- pay by app or coin and keep an eye on time; enforcement is active late.
The state park south lot ($16/day) can be reserved online through NH State Parks -- worth it on holiday weekends when the strip is full.
Arrive before 10 AM on hot Saturdays or plan to park several blocks back and walk in.
For fireworks Wednesdays and Seashell concert nights, the whole strip jams up -- come early and make an evening of it.
Parking at Hampton Beach costs from $16/day. The cheapest paid lot is Hampton Beach State Park (South) at $16/day (reservable).
Parking at Hampton Beach is paid — there is no free beach lot. Lots start at $16/day. Arriving early or late in the day is your best bet for a spot.
Hampton Beach has 4 lots within walking distance; the largest is Hampton Beach State Park -- Main Beach (600 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Hampton Beach lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
More Hampton Beach
happy hunting
Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Hampton Beach: Hampton Beach State Park -- Main Beach ($2/hr metered) and Hampton Beach State Park (South) ($16/day (reservable)), plus street parking at Metered lots only. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.