Parking
DCR lots along Nantasket Beach, what they cost in summer, how to pay, and where visitors can park in town.
DCR runs the lots along Nantasket Beach (Nantasket Beach Reservation, 212 Nantasket Avenue). In 2026 it charges from 8am to 4pm daily between May 23 and September 7: $15 a day for Massachusetts plates and $40 for out-of-state plates. Outside those dates and hours, parking is free. Massachusetts residents can buy a $60 annual pass, and residents 62 and over a $10 lifetime senior pass, from DCR rather than at the park. The DCR site has current rates.
Pay for DCR beach parking with the YODEL app or at the lot's kiosk, by card only: no cash, and no American Express. Install the app before you arrive, but buy the day pass once you are in the lot. DCR closes lots when they fill, and buying ahead does not guarantee a space. The app also lets you extend a session without walking back to the car.
Every residential street in Hull is permit parking for residents, all year, unless a sign says otherwise; the restriction lifts from 10pm to 6am. Visitors can pay to park in the town's PayByPhone zones at A Street, Kenberma and Surfside ($1 an hour, two hours at most, enforced 9am to 5pm daily), and ferry riders can use the Helen Street lot for $2 a day. A resident's $20 visitor pass covers only the street in front of their home.
From May 23 to September 7 (2026 dates), between 8am and 4pm, the DCR lots along Nantasket Beach charge $15 a day for Massachusetts plates and $40 for out-of-state plates. Outside those dates and hours they are free.
DCR beach lots take the YODEL app or a card at the kiosk, with no cash. The town's paid zones at A Street, Kenberma, Surfside and the Helen Street ferry lot use PayByPhone. DCR's annual and senior passes are bought from DCR, not at the park.
Yes, on every residential street, all year, unless a sign says otherwise; the restriction does not apply from 10pm to 6am. Visitors should use the DCR beach lots or the town's PayByPhone zones.
At the Helen Street lot, at the corner of Helen and Channel streets, which costs $2 a day through PayByPhone (zone 398603); Hull residents with a valid sticker park there free. The Pemberton ferry commuter lot is for resident-sticker holders only.