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List of beaches in the United States

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The following is list of beaches in the U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.

Beaches occur both on the ocean shoreline and inland on lakes, rivers, etc. This list is organized by major coastline. States with large numbers of beaches are listed on linked subarticles.

Mainland Atlantic states and federal

Maine

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Gay Head Cliffs in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York

Montauk, Long Island

New Jersey

District of Columbia

The District of Columbia does not currently have a true beach; several areas (such as Georgetown Waterfront Park) have boundaries along the Potomac River, but lack a true beach. From 1914 to 1925, there was a beach at the District of Columbia’s Tidal Basin.[1]

Delaware

Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

Cape Hatteras from space, still showing sediment displaced by Hurricane Hugo, October 1989

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

St. Pete Beach sunset
South Beach in Miami, Florida

Gulf of Mexico states

Mainland Pacific states

(northwest to southeast)

Alaska

Washington

Oregon

Oregon Coast at Cannon Beach

California

Ocean Beach Pier, San Diego

Island states and territories

American Samoa

Ofu Beach on Ofu Island in American Samoa (National Park of American Samoa)

Guam

Tumon Beach, Guam

Hawaii

D.T. Fleming Beach, Maui, Hawaii

Northern Mariana Islands

Micro Beach, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

Beach in northern Palmyra Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands

Magens Bay beach in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Great Lakes states

Other inland states

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