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East End Beach

Portland, Cumberland County · 04101

Portland's town beach below the Eastern Promenade, where the gravel at the rocky end gives up harbour glass at low tide.

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View over Casco Bay from Portland's Eastern Promenade with moored sailboats and shrubs in the foreground
Photo: “IMG 4117 - panoramio” by Brian Feathers, CC BY-SA 3.0

About East End Beach

East End Beach lies below the Eastern Promenade on Portland's peninsula, facing Casco Bay. About a century of harbour traffic has left glass in the bay, and the rocky end of the beach is the place to look.

Sea glass at East End Beach

Whites, ambers and greens, with the occasional soft blue. Work the gravel rather than the sand at low tide.

Visiting East End Beach

Getting there
Below the Eastern Promenade, Portland.
Safety
Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and only take sea glass and other man-made rubbish: pebbles, sand and shells should stay on the beach.
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      Last updated 24 October 2026

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