Schools are down, temperatures are rising, and COVID-19 restrictions are falling. That means vacation time and for many a beach destination.
Here are some interesting facts about the country’s beaches to talk about during your car trip.
1. LONGEST BEACH COAST: California and Florida have the most famous beaches in the United States, but which one has the most beaches? Actually, it’s not both. The largest state in the country, Alaska, is 33,904 miles, which is more than a third of the country’s total of 95,439 miles. Florida is way behind in second place with 8,436 miles.
2. WILD HORSE BEACHES: You may know the beautiful Cumberland Island wild horses, but it’s not the only beach they gallop on. Assateague Island National Seashore, a beach south of Ocean City, Maryland, is known for the presence of wild horses roaming free.
3. THE SAND THAT “SINGS”: Singing Beach, about 30 miles north of Boston in the city of Manchester-by-the-Sea, doesn’t sing so much, it squeaks. Henry David Thoreau compared it to waxing a table, while writer Edmund H. Garrett said it seemed like “the crisp little note that snow gives in very cold weather.” Geology professor Joel S. Block said it sounded like sneakers on a gym floor. The noise, he said, is caused by the “angular and spherical grains (of sand) with no impurities”.
4. “PLANET OF THE APES” BEACH: When Charleton Heston falls on his knees in front of the remains of the Statue of Liberty and curses humanity, he is hit by the waves at Point Dume State Beach in Malibu. The replica of Lady Liberty was buried in the sand at the south end of Pirate’s Cove for the whole of the summer of 1968 when the film was shot.
5. COLORFUL BEACHES: We’re not talking about the people frolicking in the surf. If you think all beaches have white or sand colored sand, there are a few colors you need to add to your color palette. Here are US beaches with colored sand:
Purple: Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, Calif.
Gray: Ocean Cape Area, Gulf of Alaska and Shelter Cove, Humboldt County, Cali.
Dark brown: Rockaway Beach, Pacifica, California.
Red: Kaihalulu Beach, Maui
Green: Papakolea Beach, Big Island, Hawaii
Black: Punalu’u Beach, Big Island, Hawaii, and Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove, California.
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