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It only takes one 80 degree day before we start to think about heading to the beach. The long haul between the PQ and the shore isn’t any fun so it makes choosing the right beach important. We at PQ Living like all beaches from family friendly Ocean City to the tax-free Delaware shore. If we’re gone for a week or more, we even make the 4+ hour drive to the Outer Banks.
What are your favorite DC area beaches? Is it worth fighting the traffic for a day at the beach or do you always have to stay overnight?
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I stopped going to the Atlantic beaches on weekends after it took 5 hours to get back from Dewey Beach one Sunday. weekdays are fine but not on the weekends.
for quiet, Lewes is nice. for raucous, Dewey. for families, Bethany or Fenwick Island.
Virginia Beach is a mixed bag – i wouldn’t go there for a weekend – too long of a drive. Have some family down there. The tourist area where the hotels are is tacky and would not recommend it. The north end of the beach is residential and much more pleasant.
I love Ocean City precisely because it is tacky. Lots of taffy, fudge, hot dogs, t-shirts, arcades, ice cream, cotton candy, and jewelry with your name on it. It’s also cheap. It’s a nice antidote to DC, which I think is often pretentious and overly trendy (even when considering the tourist trap stores.)
Rehoboth Beach can be done in under 3 hours if you time it right. A nice mix of tacky and quiet. They’ve also got a Dogfish Head Brewpub.
I stopped going to Ocean City when I gave up vomiting Mickeys Big Mouths after three-day benders.
I stopped going to the Purple Moose Saloon in Ocean City as soon as I hit the legal drinking age. I mean really … how much fun is that?
It’s not the ocean, but the Chesapeake beaches are great for a day trip – the drive is only about 45 minutes. There’s Sandy Point, next to the Bay Bridge (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/sandypoint.html) and North Beach (http://www.ci.north-beach.md.us/Pages/index), which is much quieter.
I just wrote a piece for a travel blog about the Eastern Shore of MD — some beautiful places — and at about 2 hours, close.
http://www.donnetempo.com/donnetravels/files/eastern-shore-maryland.php
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dont have a favorite, but id recommend everyone NOT going to virginia beach.