Fire Pits, Water Skiing Beaches

Beaches

Galveston, TX

Galveston Island is 32 miles long and the southern city limit is the Gulf of Mexico. The sea has shaped this island city. In 1900, a hurricane...

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Jacksonville Beach

380 Pablo Ave., Jacksonville Beach, FL

The wide, mileslong beaches east of Jacksonville could turn anybody into a professional loafer. Stay the weekend at one of the middle-of-the-road...

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Port Aransas

Port Aransas, TX

Port Aransas is the 8-mile-long gateway to the oceanfront luxury of 18-mile-long Mustang Island. This oceanfront community occupies the northern...

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Gulf Shores beaches

Gulf Shores, AL

Dixie meets the Gulf of Mexico on this sunny, south-facing, 32-mile-long island about 50 miles southeast of Mobile on the east side of Mobile Bay....

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Wilmington beaches

Wilmington, NC

While Wilmington is 17 miles from the closest beach, visitors have 27 miles of recreational oceanfront a short drive away. There’s a beach for...

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Orange Beach

23685 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, AL

Sunrise on Alabama’s Gulf Coast first comes to the 7-mile-long playground of Orange Beach at the eastern end of the gorgeous, white-sand fronted...

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Mission Bay beaches

Mission Bay, CA

Mission Bay is a 4,200-acre water sports entertainment playground. There are two components: the ocean beaches of Mission Bay State Park and Pacific...

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North Myrtle Beach beaches

North Myrtle Beach, SC

This is the quieter, more sensibly developed and family-friendly end of the Grand Strand. It's accessible to family activities galore, from Myrtle...

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Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach, FL

Panama City is as diverse as you want it to be. Take your pick of vacations -- this is a bring-the-family, party, snooze-until-noon, find...

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St. Pete Beach

St. Pete Beach, FL

The pink Don CeSar Beach Resort rises out of the dunes in St. Pete Beach, holding court over 4 miles of superb gulf shoreline. Work your way south,...