Middletown

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Middletown

Bayshore Waterfront Park

Date visited: 5/26/2023

This is a great dog friendly beach, located in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown Township New Jersey! Like Plumb Beach in Brooklyn, NY, leashed dogs are allowed here all year, but this is a much nicer beach. We walked the length of the beach and back, about 3 1/2 miles on a truly gorgeous day. The waves are small, as the beach opens out to Sandy Hook bay. You can see the New York City skyline in the distance. Besides dog walking, fishing is a popular activity on this beach, with many people fishing on the end near the marina. The sun-bathers are generally found in the middle section where the beach is less rocky and shelly. My GPS directed us to the Marina end, where there was a lot with only a couple of cars, but there is a main parking area near the middle of the beach that was about 80% full. The beach and the parking is completely free, and there is even a real bathroom as well. The only negative is that there was a fair amount of trash on the beach, mostly on the more natural beach parts used by the people fishing. I saw bottle caps, and plastic containers. Other than that, this was a very fun visit that was worth the 3 to 4 hour commute from Connecticut!