Where is the clearest beach in the US?

Beaches With Clear Water: The Best in the United States
  • Waimea Bay Beach Park, Hawaii. ...
  • Crandon Park Beach, Florida. ...
  • Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia. ...
  • Clearwater Beach, Florida. ...
  • Carmel Beach, Carmel by The Sea, California. ...
  • Cannon Beach, Oregon. ...
  • Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada. ...
  • Clear Water, Clear Skies, Good Times.




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25 Best Beaches in the USA
  • Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii.
  • Ocean City, Maryland.
  • Coronado Beach, San Diego, California.
  • Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe, California.
  • Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, Florida.
  • Harris Beach, Oregon.
  • Glass Beach, Port Townsend, Washington.
  • Oak Street Beach, Chicago, Illinois.


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6 Places with the Bluest Water in the U.S.
  1. Blue Hole – Santa Rosa, New Mexico. ...
  2. Chena Hot Springs – Fairbanks, Alaska. ...
  3. Las Olas Beach – Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...
  4. Grand Lake – Grand Lake, Colorado. ...
  5. La Jolla Cove & Sail Bay – San Diego, California. ...
  6. Lake Conway – Edgewood, Florida.


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10 Places Where You Can See the Bluest Water in the U.S.
  • 01 of 10. Crater Lake, Oregon. ...
  • 02 of 10. Tenaya Lake, California. ...
  • 03 of 10. Devil's Den, Florida. ...
  • 04 of 10. Lanikai Beach, Hawaii. ...
  • 05 of 10. Lake Tahoe, Nevada and California. ...
  • 06 of 10. Molokini, Hawaii. ...
  • 07 of 10. Jenny Lake, Wyoming. ...
  • 08 of 10. Havasu Falls, Arizona.


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Clearwater Beach, Florida — One of the Most Famous Beaches in the US. Clearwater Beach is definitely one of the most dream-worthy white sand beaches in the US. Located on a barrier island, this beach features a gorgeous 2.5-mile stretch of white sand.

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Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada The snowmelt from these mountains is how Lake Tahoe has some of the freshest water in the world. The water itself is crystal clear, and the tap water sourced from the lake has been voted the number one tasting tap water in the country.

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1. St. George Island State Park, Florida: The No. 1 beach in the United States, which is on the Gulf of Mexico, has miles of pristine sand.

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This year, St. George Island State Park—on a barrier island near the Florida Panhandle—was named the number 1 beach in the United States in Dr. Beach's annual Best Beaches awards, which is published just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.

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Just east of Destin on Hwy 98, Panama City Beach marks the end of the beaches of South Walton. These beaches are widely considered to be the clearest and pure in the country. There is nearly no river runoff in the area and the St. Andrew Bay filters much of the sediment out.

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Matira Beach, Bora Bora, French Polynesia Stretching for one mile on the southern end of Bora Bora, this is the largest public beach on the island. Perfectly white sand is juxtaposed with the clear blue Polynesian water just steps away.

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Naples, Florida Out of 145 oceanside beach towns, Naples, Florida, took the top spot with its sunny weather and low crime rate. Located on Florida's Paradise Coast along the Gulf of Mexico, the town offers lots to see and do, including pristine, white-sand beaches and day trips to nearby Everglades National Park.

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There is an ongoing debate about which beach is the oldest in the US, but there is a general consensus that puts St. Augustine Beach, Florida; Sound View Beach, Massachusetts; and Revere Beach, Massachusetts, as the oldest beaches in the US.

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10 Best Beaches in Florida
  • Fort Zachary Taylor State Park.
  • Sanibel Island.
  • South Beach.
  • Grayton Beach State Park, South Walton.
  • Siesta Beach.
  • Pensacola Beach.
  • Fort Lauderdale Beach.
  • Caladesi Island State Park.


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One reason is that 40 percent of the precipitation falling into the Lake Tahoe Basin falls directly upon the Lake. Much of the remaining precipitation drains through marshes and meadows, which are an effective filtration system that remove fine particles before water enters the Lake.

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Pink sand beaches are a rarity; there are only a few in the world. Luckily, California's Pfeiffer Beach is one of them. So what makes the sand here so colorful? It gets its beautiful tint from garnet in the cliffs surrounding the beach.

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