Parking at Wallis Sands costs from $15/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 · 870 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
0 metered spaces · No street parking · Parking is by state-beach lot only along Route 1A; residential streets are posted no-parking. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Local moves
Wallis Sands' 500-car lot fills fast on hot weekends -- reserve by phone through NH State Parks or arrive before 10 AM.
There is no street parking near the beach; the posted residential streets are actively enforced.
Jenness Beach metered parking is the nearest overflow, 2 miles south, but it fills too.
Weekday mornings are dramatically easier than summer Saturdays for a spot near the sand.
Parking at Wallis Sands costs from $15/day. The cheapest paid lot is Wallis Sands State Beach Lot at $15/day passenger vehicle.
Parking at Wallis Sands is paid — there is no free beach lot. Lots start at $15/day. Arriving early or late in the day is your best bet for a spot.
Wallis Sands has 4 lots within walking distance; the largest is Wallis Sands State Beach Lot (500 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 Wallis Sands 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 Wallis Sands: Wallis Sands State Beach Lot ($15/day passenger vehicle) and Jenness State Beach Metered Lot (Metered), plus street parking at No street parking. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.