Best and Worst Beaches in the US (Read 655 times)

Sister Bay Beach in WI is in my home town--it's really not all that exciting a beach by any stretch of the imagination. But the Grand Haven, MI beaches are gorgeous (as are pretty much all the beaches along this side of MI). The second "American Pie" movie was set in a fictionalized version of GH (the film writer is from Grand Rapids, so a TON of those movies make references to things in our area--stuff that only the natives would notice). k

Is that the sign in front of the tourist info. cabin? My grandpa manned that office for many years (and if people think I'm chatty they need to meet Winfield--holy crap could he talk). When I was in town in June I made certain to take Dane there. I was SO happy to meet the guy who was working that day. He was almost like my grandpa reincarnated. So friendly...it was really a treat. k

I haven't met a beach I didn't like. Since I grew up in Florida, I'm sort of partial to those.

Steve, since you're not familiar, this is a beach: But, that's no Hawaii. That's the Redneck Riviera's finest. And they don't have earthquakes. But, I guess there was (and still is) Ivan.

I've only been to two - NJ and MD. MD is my favorite of those.

Well, some beaches in New England are awfully rocky to me, but at least the water's nice!

Here is one of our favorite beaches during the Winter:

Here's one of those rocky New England (sort of) beaches in the winter. Took this at the end of my street at the end of one of my runs. Same beach recently during an approaching storm.

Bob, that boulder is really neat! We get a lot of photographers who do year-round photos of the lighthouses in the area. It's amazing to see them coated in ice in Feb., then 6 months later surrounded by people in bathing suits. k

It's neat living in an area with a change of seasons like that. To get some scale as to the size of that big boulder, here's the mutt in front of that smaller boulder in front of it. The smaller one is about 6 ft tall. The big one is about 12 feet tall. Same big boulder looking in the opposite direction.

Man, that looks like MI, only with big rocks instead of tons of sand. k

I'll take the sand any day! Your beaches look wonderful! What's unique about the area I am in is that on one side of the island, it's all rocky and has cliffs and hills, yet just a few miles across on the other side of the island, it's flat and has nice sandy beaches.