This hotspot is best saved for the winter months. A spotting scope is especially helpful here to locate Purple Sandpipers on the rocks just off the shoreline, and various species of scoters and overwintering ducks.

This hotspot is a reliable place to find Purple Sandpipers and Harlequin Ducks during the winter months.

Minot Beach is a sandy beach with beautiful views of Minot Ledge Light and Massachusetts Bay. Access is at the corner of Gannett Road and Glades Road, via a passageway on the left side of the Minot Post Office, or from two lots on Bailey’s Causeway.

The beach is named for Minots Ledge located in the ocean about a mile offshore. The rocky ledge was named for George Minot, a prominent Bostonian in the mid-1700s after one of his ships was wrecked there.

There are no trails, but you can walk along the beach for quite a distance. In the winter months, parking is available in a small lot at the intersection of Gannett Road and Glades Road (space for approximately 4 cars). Portions of this hotspot are private, do not venture past any posted private property signs.