North River Road, Aylesford Lake
Features a boardwalk, public boat launch, boat docks, walking trails, canteen, change houses, washrooms, grass field and playground. The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service supervises a section of the beach.

 3138 Pereau Road, Canning
A great spot to beach comb. This park also features 70 camping sites and hiking trails.

 Blue Beach Road, Hantsport
The rocks exposed contain many fossils.

 Bayview Road, Grand Pré
For stunning views of Blomidon Ridge check out this beach, but be warned, you can only swim at high tide.

 Stewart Mountain Road, Canning
This is a red sand beach along the Minas Basin. Take a walk along the shore at low tide to explore the sedimentary cliffs and rock formations.

 Route 221, Canning
Red sedimentary cliffs rise high on the shore while tides produce large sand and mud flats at low tide.

 125 North River Road, Aylesford
A freshwater, sandy beach with adjacent launch for canoes and kayaks and a designated supervised swimming area.

 2530 Corkum and Burns Road, Black River
Escape the hot Valley temperatures with a swim in this pond. Surrounded by hardwoods, canoe or kayak the pond in autumn and enjoy the leaf show.

 Medford Beach Rd, Canning
Medford Beach is a great place to check out the shipwrecked Hattie McKay, or a number of beautiful sandstone formations including Paddy’s Island. To access the beach, visitors should park at Kingsport Beach, and walk North following the cliff faces. Please be aware of the tide times as a walk to Paddy’s Island will take upwards of three hours to complete at a moderate pace – there are no easily accessible public access points along the hike, so a full walk of the beach should begin shortly after high tide to be safe.

 16 Wharf Road off Route 358
A small park offering access to the bay near Cape Split. Watch the world’s highest tides rise and fall before your eyes.

 Lakeville off Route 221
Known locally as Lakeville Lake, this small lake is a great spot for swimming, picnics and fishing.