Travel Photography > Photos taken in USA and tagged as scenery and beaches
This is how close we were to the beach. The small dune is man made to try to protect the island from erosion.
We have these in Oakland Bay in Shelton, WA where I live, but these were smaller. I put the quarter near the egg sack to show the size.
The mature tree's near the shoreline of a beach indicate a beach subject to erosion. But it was sure lovely!
You can see the top of the lighthouse to the right
Hunting Island is home to a maritime forest dominated by slow-growing, salt-tolerant, evergreen trees and shrubs and palmettos.
On many of the NC Outter Bank Islands, it is legal to drive on the beach. 4WD and fat tires are advised as the sand can be quite soft.
The North Carolina outter banks are very long, often very thin sandy islands. This view is facing south so the Atlantic Ocean is on the left, Pamlico Sound on the right.
This was our first glimpse of Chesapeake Bay; however it seems misnamed. At high tide there's no beach here. There's no public access and the locals don't like outsiders.
It rained last night, so the sand had these interesting erosion patterns
I sort of prefer beaches without all the apartments up against them, but any beach is better than no beach at all.
This beach is on the west side of the Delaware Seashore State Park, a long peninsula separating Rehoboth Bay from Atlantic Ocean.
This is on the Atlantic side of Delaware Seashore State Park, just a couple hundred yards from the Beach on the Bay side (with no waves)