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There’s nothing quite like the sight of land meeting water. The United States boasts some beautiful stretches of coastline (making for some scenic road trips). Our featured image is Cannon Beach in Oregon by quiltsalad.)

Here are our picks for the top 10 most spectacular pieces of coastline here in the States.

Cape Cod

Massachusetts

 

Cannon Beach

Oregon

 

Cumberland Island

Georgia

 

Kiawah Island

South Carolina

 

Ogunquit

Maine

 

Newport Beach

Rhode Island

 

Waipiʻo Valley, Big Island

Hawaii

 

Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park

Washington

 

Tongass National Forest

Alaska

 

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur

California

 

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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