Posted on 02/24/2017 7:12:36 AM PST by blam
• TripAdvisor has released its 2017 Travelers' Choice Awards, naming the 25 best beaches in the US.
• Florida's Siesta Key Beach claims the title of America's best beach, followed by coastal stretches across the country in Hawaii, California, Georgia, and more.
• TripAdvisor also found the cheapest month to visit each beach destination, and the average rate for a hotel room there.
The world is full of gorgeous beaches, so it's easy to forget that the US has some spectacular beaches of its own — especially if you don't live along the coast.
TripAdvisor's 2017 Travelers' Choice Awards, which names the 25 best beaches in the country, serves as a reminder. The selected beaches — based on millions of reviews from travelers using the website between 2015 and 2016 — are sprinkled across the nation in places like Cape Cod and Honolulu.
TripAdvisor has also figured out the cheapest month of the year to travel to each destination, as well as the average cost of a night in a hotel, to help you organize a trip.
Here are the top-rated beaches to prompt your vacation planning:
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When I was a kid, there was a place out near Ft Morgan that had a small (natural)natural gas leak and a flame burning in the sand 24/7. Don't know if it's still there.
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There used to be a bronze plaque there commerating the visit of Prince Madoc in 1170AD but was destroyed by hurricane Frederic in 1979... the state won't put it back up.
Alabama fights to reinstate plaque celebrating Welsh ‘Columbus’
Seacrets is on the bay side. Lots of booze and music, but not much in the way of beach.
'Sound like more than a little of the wrong kind of clammy.
The right kind are mainly gone...
What man didn't use up (and sometimes in the past, waste) the sea otters have just about finished off.
Well I’m from Jax so Jax beach, Daytona Beach and St Augustine beach (which made the list) are nostalgic for me. Then on the Gulf is Sanibel Island which I would put on the list.
What about Amelia?
Amelia Island is good too.
Why drive all the way to Provincetown-Race Point Beach when the Cape Cod Seashore beaches are much more beautiful. Same with the Dennis, MA and Falmouth beaches.
Horseneck State Park in Westport is a long drive but one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester is the best for kids. Slow tides in and out so can watch them play safely. Small pools let children see crabs, clams, snails and multi-colored worms. Further out, big waves when you get chest high. No riptide but a moderate current across so you can swim with or against the current for long swims.
Several weathered rocks that kids love to play on. A clean brackish river enters on the east end with a canal that opens its gates and drawbridge allows Atlantic Ocean fishing boats safe harbor or access to Ipswich Bay.
Caution: small parking lot so get there before 9:30 am.
Bonus: small parking lot means a lot of space to yourself and for long walks.
Keep off the fragile plants.
Gloucester is the place for lobster and clam chowder. Great restaurants and bars. Pratty’s on the fishing pier is the bar where ocean-going fishermen and women congregate. Fun place for pool and Red Sox games on the big screen and several TVs above the bar.
In May and June you might see the Bruins in the playoffs if they get their s**t together.
added plus, avoid all the kooks in Provincetown.
Wow, that’s fascinating!
What did you do with it?
Had a huge crush on a guy who played with Papa Joe and the Rest for a while and he took me there.
Love that area of the world.
any beach kate upton is on is number 1
We go to Horseneck State Park in Westport, only an hour 10 minute drive. Water hits 70 degrees in early July. Beautiful beach and dunes and no traffic problems unlike the Cape.
Really need to just combine all the Panhandle beaches. Grew up there. Still go there fishing mostly. I’m spoiled, I guess. Don’t forget Gulf Shores State Park beaches though. Perdido Point either. Might as well be part of the Panhandle. How did Alabama get screwed out of the Panhandle to Apalachicola anyway?
I am very familiar with the two California beaches. Carlsbad and La Jolla.
IMO the beaches in both cities are two narrow. In high tide everyone gets pushed off the beach. The beaches to the north are wider and more space but dirtier (example KFC buckets floating in the surf and people swimming in street clothes.)
I live in Oceanside which has a long enough beach to surf, longest pier in the US, but still narrow like Carlsbad.
Tourists come here for the general weather and the beach included. If you plan to come try Carlsbad with a nice walk around village vibe downtown.
La Jolla is upscale and pricy, with a scientific educated community. Harder to park and crowd on the beach in good weather.
If you want san died o to Mission Bay area. bigger beaches more people but mor space and near the main San Diego attractions. Plenty of hotels various price ranges (unique La jolla).
Oceanside has space for surfers and swimmers at the same time.
Lived in SD (Rancho Bernardo area) before we left CA.
We traded the ocean for the Sierras.
I formed it into interesting hand size pieces and took confirming documents (from the U of Florida) to a print shop along with a list of the major things in history that had occurred in the past 7,000 years....laminated that detailing sheet and connected it to each piece of wood with a small gold chain and gave them away as Christmas presents.
The Ice Age ended in three major spurts, the last spurt was about 7,000 years ago and this Florida forest went underwater then. Everything has been pretty much the same since then. I think the last 'spurt' may have been Noah's Flood too.
If you like this sort of 'stuff', you'll probably like this: Sundaland
Honorable mention goes to Three Rooker Bar visible to the south in this photo. It's a big party island but split in two last year. Some boaters put two boats in a V to block the waves. They sit belly deep in beach chairs between the boats and float coolers with drinks between each other as they drink the day away.
No kidding.
A number of people from there tell people that they're from LA = Lower Alabama. - Roll Tide -
Anyway....
John Gorrie from Apalachicola invented air conditioning back in the mid-1850's.
It was actually Florida that got robbed.
West Florida used to extend to around Biloxi. They took a lot of it to give Alabama a port.
Apparently waves are not factors, since so many E. Coast location came in high, versus California with excellent surfing spots.
Likewise for overall weather, since Florida would be uncomfortably humid, by California standards.
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