There is pull-off parking on the north side of the bridge over the inlet. There is a sidewalk on the bridge.

The Nantucket Sound shoreline of State Beach is a very popular beach for families because there is a gradual slope into deeper water and the waves are usually small. On a hot summer day, parking places along the paved parking lane adjacent to the road are mostly full by 10 am. The Sengecontacket Pond shoreline is popular for walking and accessing productive shellfishing beds (you will need a town permit to harvest them).

Running the length of this two-mile-long beach is a state highway, an essential and very scenic transportation link between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown.