Ways to explore
Beaches & islands
Sand, coves and islands worth the boat ride. 562 picks across 209 destinations.
The best of the best
Cape Cod & the IslandsCape Cod National Seashore
Forty miles of wild Atlantic beach, dunes, heathland and lighthouses from Chatham to Provincetown, protected since 1961.
Egmont KeyCaladesi Island State Park
The other island you take a boat to — a short ferry from Honeymoon Island lands you on one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on the Gulf coast: white sand, a mangrove paddling trail, and no condo in sight.
Fort LauderdaleFort Lauderdale Beach
Seven miles of the state's most civilized sand — the wave-wall promenade, clear Atlantic water, volleyball and snorkel coves north, café rows across the boulevard, and a beach culture that grew up without losing the tan.
HawaiiHawaii Volcanoes National Park (Big Island)
Walk on one of Earth's most active volcanoes — Kilauea's summit caldera and crater, steam vents, a walk-through lava tube, and the Chain of Craters Road down to the sea.
Hilton Head IslandDaufuskie Island Day Trip
A bridgeless island across Calibogue Sound with sandy roads, Gullah churches and cemeteries, a winery in an 1883 lighthouse cottage and folk-art studios.
Lake TahoeSand Harbor State Park
Tahoe's most beautiful beach — Caribbean-clear coves between granite boulders on the Nevada east shore, with white sand, kayak rentals, a boulder-scramble shoreline, and July's lakeside Shakespeare Festival.
MiamiSouth Beach Art Deco Walking Tour
A 90-minute guided walk through the largest concentration of Art Deco architecture in
Monterey17-Mile Drive & Pebble Beach
The famous private coast road through Pebble Beach — the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock's seals, white-sand Spanish Bay, ghost-tree Pescadero Point, and the 18th at Pebble, all for a gate fee refunded against resort lunch.