I can't help you with getting there, a friend drove me from cypress cove their for 4th of July. My wife and I liked it a lot. It's a Very pretty beach. There were about 300 hundred people there by my estimate so parking and walking from the lot a mile or so away was required. The crowd was much younger than I expected. As50/60 year olds we were a very small minority. No problems with rangers or gawkers. Also no beach concessions, you bring what you need. I would like to go back one day.