Parking at Popham Beach is free at several lots. 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 · 415 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
0 metered spaces · No beach street parking · Park in the state-park lot or the Fort Popham lot -- roadside parking is limited and enforced in season. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Local moves
The state-park lot charges a per-person day-use fee ($8 non-resident, $6 Maine adult) at the booth or self-serve station, collected all year.
The park lot is big but fills on hot summer weekends -- get there before 10 AM or come for the afternoon as morning crowds leave.
Fort Popham's lot is free but small; it is a great combine-with-the-beach stop for the fort and Hunnewell Beach.
For Seawall Beach, the Bates-Morse Mountain lot is tiny and fills early -- roadside parking there is prohibited and enforced.
Parking at Popham Beach is free at several lots. Some lots charge more in peak season or for non-residents.
Yes. Popham Beach has free parking at Fort Popham State Historic Site Lot, Bates-Morse Mountain Lot. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Popham Beach has 4 lots within walking distance; the largest is Popham Beach State Park Lot (300 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 Popham 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.
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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 Popham Beach: Popham Beach State Park Lot ($8 non-resident · $6 Maine adult) and Fort Popham State Historic Site Lot (Free), plus street parking at No beach street parking. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.