Conrad's Beach: A hidden gem of the HRM

If you are driving out to Lawrencetown Beach, which is THE beach to go to for big waves and surfing, you should do yourself a favour and check out the local hidden treasure, Conrad's Beach. Seriously, I might get into trouble for writing about this beach, there seems to be zero talk about it. I think the locals are going to get mad at me for sharing this information with you. I myself am hesitant since I want to keep this place a secret too but it is too amazing not to write about.

While driving to Lawrencetown you will come across a street named Conrad. We missed it the first time but not to worry, you can turn around at the convenience store that also sells lots of ice cream (no public washrooms though). If you go by that, you have gone too far. If you go past the MacDonald Tea House, you have definitely gone too far. Just drive down the street and soon you will see cars parked on the side of the road. Park and start walking towards the boardwalk. The area around it is marshy and lush!



Look at what is just over the little hill, completely hidden from view! I swear, it is like a private beach. Beautiful fine red sand and very few people. The water is ridiculously warm for the Atlantic Ocean, I may actually be able to go into this water one day!



You can walk all along the beach and then there is a path of stones leading to what must be an old wharf. Walking along this path you can watch the waves come in and really see the circumference of the waves swimming towards the beach!



We did not walk all the way to the end to check out the old posts of the wharf that the seagulls seem to love perching on. I will next time though! It would be like walking out into open ocean. It was at this point we realized that if you kept walking along the left-hand side, the beach continued! Again, a complete surprise!



When we arrived I noticed a woman who was walking with her invisible dogs (lost in the tall wild grass) along a path so when we got to the other side of the beach I wanted to see if I could find it. You know I love walks in nature! What I was not expecting was a huge grove of pine trees and then some sporadic pine trees that were drowning in giant grass:



Unfortunately this path is not at all taken care of so if you go through here I suggest doing so while wearing pants, not shorts. My calves were bare and there was a ton of clover with many buzzing bees. My poor friend Kelly who is the one who discovered this secret beach is terrified of insects and this was a long walk but she did great! We all came through the walk unscathed.



My wild unruly hair went crazy in the salty windy air by the ocean and I don't care. I was so happy to discover such a fantastic gem in Nova Scotia that I had never heard of before. What a magical local discovery. I will be back!