Little Island Park - North Beach

Located in the southern portion of Virginia Beach, Little Island Park – North Beach is a 775-feet-long beach with light brown sand and a wooden pier named Little Island Fishing Pier on its southern end.  This beach is a part of a recreational park namedLittle Island Park.  In addition, Little Island Park – North Beach is also a part of a larger beach named Sandbridge Beach.

Little Island Park – North Beach is open between sunrise and sunset.

Little Island Park – North Beach has lifeguards between 9:30 am to 6 pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  In addition to lifeguards, this beach and the area around it also have many other amenities including a pier, picnic areas, restrooms, showers, vending machines, beach volleyball nets, a playground, volleyball courts, basketball courts, pickleball courts, and tennis courts.

Dogs on leash are allowed in Little Island Park – North Beach before 10 am and after 6 pm between the Friday before Memorial Day and the Labor Day weekend.  Dogs on leash are allowed in Little Island Park – North Beach at any time for the rest of the year.

Little Island Park – North Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, fishing, basketball, volleyball, pickleball, tennis, surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, skimboarding, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, boating, jet-skiing, wildlife watching, surf-skiing, kayaking, and canoeing.

If you are planning to kayak, surf, canoe, or paddleboard near Little Island Park – North Beach, we recommend being careful because the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves.

If you are planning to launch your kayak, canoe, surf-ski, or any other watercraft from Little Island Park – North Beach, please visit the city of Virginia Beach’s website for more information on the local seasonal watercraft launching and landing restrictions. 

Please also note that swimming is usually prohibited near this beach.  If you want to swim, you can visit a nearby beach named Little Island Park – South Beachwhere swimming is allowed.

If you like fishing, the 400-feet-long Little Island Fishing Pier – located on the south end of Little Island Park –North Beach – is an ideal fishing site and offers a great fishing experience.  If you are planning to fish near Little Island Park – North Beach, please note that fishing is only allowed in the water that is located towards the south of Little Island Fishing Pier.  In addition, please also note that non-local visitors fishing from Little Island Fishing Pier need to pay a $10 fee.

If you like birdwatching, you can see many kinds of birds near Little Island Park – North Beach, particularly during the winter including gulls, starling, terns, and ducks.

Little Island Park – North Beach has a wheelchair-friendly beach access for visitors with disabilities.  In addition, Little Island Park also has three beach wheelchairs that are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.  You can visit Little Island Park’s office building to enquire more about booking the beach wheelchairs.  In addition, you can also contact the local park authorities through phone at (757) 385-7324 for more information regarding the beach wheelchairs.

Getting to Little Island Park – North Beach is easy – this beach is located near 3820 Sandbridge Road and it is easily accessible from Interstate 64.  There is a parking lot near the beach that has 725 parking spaces – between May 1^st and September 30th, this lot charges a $5 fee per day.  Parking at Little Island Park’s parking lot is free between October and April.

If you like taking pictures with beautiful views, Little Island Fishing Pier – located at the southern end of Little Island Park – North Beach – offers amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean and the southern Virginia Beach shoreline.  In addition, this pier also hosts a fun event named Party at the Pier, which offers amazing live music and great food options.

There are many attractions near Little Island Park – North Beach within a 35-minute drive.  Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge that has a beach named Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Beach and it has many kinds of habitats including woodlands, scrubs, sand dunes, and wetlands – this refuge also has a visitor center and it also offers many fun activities including hiking, biking, wildlife watching, kayaking, canoeing, and fishing.  False Cape State Park is a state park that has a beach named False Cape State Park Beach and it also has many  habitats including salt marshes, maritime forests, swamps, sand dunes, and woodlands.  In addition, this park offers many fun things to explore including remnants of a long-abandoned settlement, a visitor center with interesting exhibits, and a gift shop. 

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is home to more than 10,000 animals from over 500 species including sharks, crabs, turtles, snakes, and cuttlefish.  This aquarium also has an adventure park and it also offers fun educational programs.  Naval Aviation Monument– also sometimes called Naval Aviation Monument Park – is a monument that has multiple bronze statues depicting the history of aviation – this monument also offers interesting insights on the evolution of aviation.  If you are looking for another attraction near Little Island Park – North Beach,  Red Wing Park is a 97-acre recreational park that offers many amenities including restrooms, grassy recreational areas, vending machines, picnic areas with grills, two playgrounds, racquetball courts, tennis courts, a basketball court, and volleyball court.  This park also has multiple gardens and it also hosts the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. 

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Little Island Park – North Beach within a 35-minute drive.  The Bee & Biscuit offers many amazing dishes for breakfast and lunch including eggs, pancakes, wraps, sandwiches, salads, and oats.  Il Giardino Ristorante is an Italian restaurant that offers amazing dishes including Italian-style pork chops, pasta, chicken Tuscany, frutti di mare, and veal chops.  Lager Heads is a restaurant and bar that offers many delicious dishes for breakfast and lunch including burgers, sandwiches, flatbread, pastas, and seafood – this restaurant also serves amazing cocktails and also offers live music performances.  Commune has a casual ambience and it also serves a variety of excellent dishes for breakfast and dinner including honey chicken biscuit, sandwiches, burgers, eggs, biscuits-and-gravy, and shrimp-and-grits.  If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Little Island Park – North Beach, Bay Local Eatery is known for serving excellent dishes for brunch including sandwiches, eggs, burritos, wraps, salads, and burgers.

If you are looking for a hotel near Little Island Park – North Beach, there are many great nearby options within a 50-minute drive.  The 4-Star Cavalier Virginia Beach, Autograph Collection is a historic hotel that offers many amenities including a beach club, a spa, a bourbon distillery, a pool, multiple restaurants, a hot tub, gift shop, bike rental facilities, and a fitness center.  The 4-Star Delta Hotels by Marriott Virginia Beach Waterfront is another that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a pool, a fitness center, rental facilities for bikes and watercraft, and a convenience store.  The 4-Star Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront is another great upscale hotel that offers many amenities including multiple pools (including an infinity pool), fitness center, and a restaurant.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Sandcastle Resort – On the Beach that offers many amenities including a cocktail lounge, a gym, a gift shop, bike rental facilities, a pool, and a hot tub.  If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Little Island Park – North Beach, the 3-Star The Breakers Resort Inn offers many amenities including a seasonal pool, a coffee shop, and seasonal bike loaner facilities.