The 12 Best Southern Beaches On The East Coast

You'd be insulted—and argue otherwise—if someone claimed every Southern state is exactly alike, right? Well, we're here to mount a similar defense of the South's coastal beaches. The region tends to get lumped together, as if 1,300 miles of the Southern Atlantic coastline only contains a single landscape or beachgoing culture. But the truth is, the eastern seaboard is as varied as the people that make it up. Which means you're only cheating yourself if you declare, "Seen one beach, seen 'em all." From Florida to Virginia, we've put a pin in the can't-miss Southern stretches of East Coast shoreline. With everything from sea turtles to powdery sand to dunes that'll leave you breathless, these 12 spots prove that every beach has its own identity.