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Red sand and dune grass along Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park

Beaches

The Best Beaches in Prince Edward Island

From the famous red sand of Cavendish to the squeaking white quartz of Basin Head's Singing Sands, PEI has some of the warmest swimming north of the Carolinas.

Photo by Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Cavendish Beach — Red sand and dune grass along Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park
Cavendish / North Shore

Cavendish Beach

The island's signature red-sand beach backed by sculpted sandstone cliffs.

~35 min drive from the property

Prince Edward Island National Park — Panoramic view of red cliffs and shoreline in Prince Edward Island National Park
Cavendish / North Shore

Prince Edward Island National Park

60 km of protected coastline: beaches, dunes, wetlands, and coastal trails.

~25–40 min from the property

Basin Head Provincial Park (Singing Sands) — Turquoise water meeting the sandy shoreline of a Prince Edward Island beach
Points East

Basin Head Provincial Park (Singing Sands)

White quartz beach whose sand squeaks — often ranked among Canada's best.

~1 hr 15 min drive east from the property

Greenwich Dunes (PEI National Park) — Boardwalk winding through parabolic dunes at Greenwich, PEI National Park
Points East

Greenwich Dunes (PEI National Park)

Rare parabolic dunes reached via a floating boardwalk over a pond.

~50 min from the property

Panmure Island Lighthouse — Panmure Island Lighthouse — a white wooden octagonal tower on PEI's eastern shore
Points East

Panmure Island Lighthouse

PEI's oldest wooden lighthouse (1853) between two long white-sand beaches.

~55 min from the property

Argyle Shore Provincial Park — Red-sandstone cliffs and pebbly beach at Argyle Shore Provincial Park
South Shore / Central

Argyle Shore Provincial Park

Quiet red-sand south-shore beach with warm swimming water.

~30 min from the property

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