The house is great, and you can technically walk to the beach, but we pretty much never did, because it's actually a pretty far walk, especially with beach stuff. However, the way this beach works is that everybody drives and parks their vehicles right on the beach, very close to where they want to set up their beach gear. You pay a small, one-time fee to park on the beach their entire trip, and it's actually very convenient. We ended up liking this way almost better than just walking directly from a house that might be closer to the beach. It worked well. Also, there are many excellent fishing opportunities nearby, and the ferry to the mainland works very well btw.