The snow is melting and Memorial Day is just around the corner. It’s time to start planning trips to the beach and this new list from TheTripAdvisor.com says we don’t have very far to travel to experience the best of what beach life has to offer.
Congrats to the THREE Western New York entries that made it in to this year’s list of America’s best beaches.
AMAZING!
9) Coast Guard Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
This beach is about as close as you can get to touching the history of the United States. If you’ve had a couple of drinks and squint, you might be able to see the Mayflower approaching on the horizon.
8) Gallagher Beach, Buffalo, New York
Gallagher’s striking contrast between the beauty of the beach and the harshness of an industrious past leaves visitors with a unique and lasting impression. The newly built pier and boardwalk offer a beautiful locale to watch the sunset over Lake Erie.
7) Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
The iconic Cape Hatteras lighthouse sits upon a beach that, in 1953, was named America’s first National Seashore. We’re talking about 72 miles of vistas, fishing villages, surfing, and often choppy waters that remind you to respect the ocean.
6) Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Florida
Set on a barrier island off Miami, Cape Florida State Park earns bragging rights as one of the few places on the East coast to let you watch both the sunrise and the sunset over the water.
5) Woodlawn Beach State Park, Buffalo, New York
Most of America’s top beaches are on the ocean, but they don’t call these the Great Lakes for nothing. Nestled just a stone’s throw from resurgent downtown Buffalo, Woodlawn Beach features clean sand, competent lifeguards, and plenty of other visitor amenities.
4 – St. George Island State Park, Florida
You can fish, walk the dunes, swim, and sunbathe in the “snow” of this barrier island in the Florida Panhandle, southwest of Tallahassee.
3 – Evangola Beach, Irving, New York
Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of city life, Evangola Beach boasts one of America’s most storied (and accessible) contiguous freshwater shale abutments. It a relaxing getaway for the common man… and a geologist’s dream!
2 – Kahanamoku Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii
How great is Hawaii? You don’t even need to leave the state capital to visit this wonderful beach. It’s great for families thanks to an offshore reef, and if you ever decide to leave, the beach is flanked by boat and catamaran piers.
1 – Main Beach, East Hampton, New York
You’ve probably heard of the Hamptons but there’s a good chance you haven’t been there– it’s the Long Island playground of New York City’s elite.
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TrendingBuffalo yea sure, this can’t be real.
TrendingBuffalo Not closing for bacteria not a requirement, eh?
TrendingBuffalo Ha. Far to much work you went through to make the joke tho.
TrendingBuffalo WNY could make the list of top beaches in WNY… I call BS.
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TrendingBuffalo *couldn’t
TrendingBuffalo not a single California beach? Rhode Island has nicer beaches. Wait, were these best beaches on polluted waters?
TrendingBuffalo ha!
TrendingBuffalo think sunset bay would gave beaten Gallagher beach
TrendingBuffalo 20 minutes from downtown Buffalo… http://twitter.com/AuthBuffalonian/status/586548115915808768/photo/1
TrendingBuffalo I no idea how that happened
TrendingBuffalo I have no idea how that happened
I don’t know how Buffalo beaches made the list when they are always closed due to contamination! #TrendingBuffalo
A couple of years ago, Sunset Bay was voted the best beach in WNY including beaches on Lake Ontario. Not only is the beach clean and beautiful, you have food, booze, and music there. WTF – they couldn’t cross over to Chautauqua County. Grandview Bay (Mickey Rats/Capt. Kids) is even better than these and that still can’t compare to Sunset.
Gallagher beach is discusting. There is no sand …just little pebbles that hurt your feet when u walk on them and you can’t go in the water bc of contamination. Smh…