Beach· Long Island· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Lochabar Beach (south of Clarence Town)
23° 4.1′ N · 74° 54.9′ W
A long, empty sweep of sand on Lochabar Bay between Clarence Town and Dunmore, divided by a rocky point into a smaller northern beach and a much larger southern section that almost nobody visits.
Practical
Position is the OpenStreetMap 'Lochabar Beach' node on Lochabar Bay. The Beaches of Long Island guide (2018): heading south from Clarence Town, pass Tommy's Tourist Inn and the health clinic, then take the next paved road left after a little under two miles (power line along it) to the north end, parking north of the house; a quarter mile further south, Ridge View Drive has a 'Beach Access' sign, but the path over the ridge was overgrown in 2017 (bring a machete). From Dunmore heading north, the southern-section road is about 0.9 miles and Ridge View Drive 1.4 miles. Dunmore beach lies just beyond the rocky point to the south. No facilities. A car trip, not a dinghy trip, from Clarence Town. Some locals use the name Lochabar for the blue-hole beach at Lochabar Point further north; see that entry.
Best for
A deserted beach walk on a road trip south of Clarence Town
Nearby
- Great Harbour Club (Harbour Breeze, Clarence Town)2.3 NM away
- Lochabar Point beach and blue hole (Clarence Town)2.3 NM away
- Clarence Town East Anchorage (Strachan Cay / Sandy Point)2.8 NM away
- Clarence Town Harbour Anchorage2.8 NM away
- Clarence Town Government Clinic2.9 NM away
- True Value Food Store (Clarence Town)2.9 NM away
- Rowdy Boys Bar & Grill (Winter Haven, Clarence Town)3 NM away
- St. Paul's and St. Peter's churches (Father Jerome)3.1 NM away