Seacoast NH beach parking 2021: What's back to normal, what's changing Angeljean Chiaramida From Rye to Seabrook, many of last summer’s COVID-19-related parking restrictions are expected to be lifted for this year. But that doesn’t mean things are completely back to pre-pandemic parking status for beachgoers along the Granite State’s short coastline. During the 2020 tourist season, to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly coronavirus in crowded situations, both state and local authorities used parking restrictions to limit the number of people congregating along the Seacoast. Working with the region’s police chiefs, the state banned all parking along the entirety of state-owned coastal Route 1A in Rye, North Hampton and Seabrook. The state closed its parking lot in Seabrook completely. New Hampshire also reduced the available parking spaces at state-owned beaches in Hampton, North Hampton and Rye, with enforcement of the new rules by both state and local authorities.