In most coastal states, including New Hampshire, the public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide. Maine is one of just two coastal states where private ...

The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in Massachusetts. Antiquated colonial laws give private property owners ...

If you like strolling on Seacoast beaches, you might need to watch where you step. Maine is one of just two coastal states where private property owners own the beach area down to the low tide line ...

The Colonial Ordinances of 1941-47 make it so the public is not allowed to walk on private beaches in Massachusetts above the low water tide. But private property owners technically cannot interfere ...