Good beaches near Maryland to buy a vacation home?

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But the topic of this thread isn’t “where do the wealthiest families have weekend homes.” (and I’m guessing the wealthiest DC area families, of which I most certainly am not, don’t have homes at the DE beaches, period)

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

Literally no one is getting from DC to Bethany in 2 hours. You are soo full of sh*t it's laughable. I'm 51, grew up in Old Town, and had tons of friends that had condos at Sea Colony. I can't even begin to count how many times I did that drive. Google maps has it at 2 hours and 51 minutes with a hypothetical 1030pm departure on a Tuesday in June.

Why the urge to lie to strangers on an anonymous board?

Get help.

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Anonymous wrote:Atlantic beach
Holden beach

No. We don't want any more poeple from DC here.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.

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Stone Harbor/Avalon are lovely!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.

A weekend as in Friday night to Sunday afternoon, I agree.

But a 'weekend' in sense of Thursday after work to Sunday afternoon or Monday morning, hell yeah tons of people do that. I don't even own a place but I hit up Hatteras island for world class fishing every fall and that is excatly what I do.

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Save your money and just go to Hawaii several times a year

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.

Totally! Just find a parking spot with all your beach gear, kids and dog and go hit up Smorgasburg in Prospect Park for a few hours while traffic calms!

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?

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Anonymous wrote:Deep Creek Lake has beaches

Bumping this because there's nice beach, and you can ski in the winter. Year round fun!

Are you seriously putting deep creek on the same level as Bethany and the DE beaches. No, just no.

Different poster. I wouldn't want to go to any of these places; but if I had to, I'd much rather go to Deep Creek Lake. I have home in Martha's Vineyard.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.

If you are going to go up north, Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard make way more sense than the Hamptons. Flights are daily from DCA and last time I looked were only $250. The flights are very short, too.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

Literally no one is getting from DC to Bethany in 2 hours. You are soo full of sh*t it's laughable. I'm 51, grew up in Old Town, and had tons of friends that had condos at Sea Colony. I can't even begin to count how many times I did that drive. Google maps has it at 2 hours and 51 minutes with a hypothetical 1030pm departure on a Tuesday in June.

Why the urge to lie to strangers on an anonymous board?

Get help.

JFC. You realize not everyone lives by you. I’m the PP, live in DC in NE, easy hop of BWI to 50 and YES it takes us 2.5 door to door.

It’s unbelievable that you are in denial about how easy it is to get to the DE beaches.

I suggest you eat your words and get a life.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

Literally no one is getting from DC to Bethany in 2 hours. You are soo full of sh*t it's laughable. I'm 51, grew up in Old Town, and had tons of friends that had condos at Sea Colony. I can't even begin to count how many times I did that drive. Google maps has it at 2 hours and 51 minutes with a hypothetical 1030pm departure on a Tuesday in June.

Why the urge to lie to strangers on an anonymous board?

Get help.

JFC. You realize not everyone lives by you. I’m the PP, live in DC in NE, easy hop of BWI to 50 and YES it takes us 2.5 door to door.

It’s unbelievable that you are in denial about how easy it is to get to the DE beaches.

I suggest you eat your words and get a life.

DP who also used to live in NE DC and yes, can be done in less than 2.5 hours. Can't speak to Bethany, but Rehoboth most definitely.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

Literally no one is getting from DC to Bethany in 2 hours. You are soo full of sh*t it's laughable. I'm 51, grew up in Old Town, and had tons of friends that had condos at Sea Colony. I can't even begin to count how many times I did that drive. Google maps has it at 2 hours and 51 minutes with a hypothetical 1030pm departure on a Tuesday in June.

Why the urge to lie to strangers on an anonymous board?

Get help.

JFC. You realize not everyone lives by you. I’m the PP, live in DC in NE, easy hop of BWI to 50 and YES it takes us 2.5 door to door.

It’s unbelievable that you are in denial about how easy it is to get to the DE beaches.

I suggest you eat your words and get a life.

DP who also used to live in NE DC and yes, can be done in less than 2.5 hours. Can't speak to Bethany, but Rehoboth most definitely.

The claim being denied is its doable in 2 hours, not 2.5 hours, dumbass.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

Literally no one is getting from DC to Bethany in 2 hours. You are soo full of sh*t it's laughable. I'm 51, grew up in Old Town, and had tons of friends that had condos at Sea Colony. I can't even begin to count how many times I did that drive. Google maps has it at 2 hours and 51 minutes with a hypothetical 1030pm departure on a Tuesday in June.

Why the urge to lie to strangers on an anonymous board?

Get help.

JFC. You realize not everyone lives by you. I’m the PP, live in DC in NE, easy hop of BWI to 50 and YES it takes us 2.5 door to door.

It’s unbelievable that you are in denial about how easy it is to get to the DE beaches.

I suggest you eat your words and get a life.

DP who also used to live in NE DC and yes, can be done in less than 2.5 hours. Can't speak to Bethany, but Rehoboth most definitely.

The claim being denied is its doable in 2 hours, not 2.5 hours, dumbass.

The post said 2 and a half hours. I’m in Arlington and also agree that is doable in 2.5. If you really want to speed, 2 hours and 15

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Anonymous wrote:OP, have you considered Duck, NC? It is 4.5 hr drive if you time it right, which if you owned a place (so aren’t subject to the Sat-Sat rental hours), you could do. I think the beaches are so much nicer and quieter there than DE. Also, town of Duck is small but cute. Before the haters come in, it is definitely a quieter scene than DE, no boardwalk, mini golf, less restaurants. But the beaches are quiet and nice, the area is great for biking, the sound is fun for paddle boarding, kayaking, etc., and there are a handful decent to good restaurants, plenty of options for ice cream, coffee, etc.

Neither Duck nor the Hamptons makes sense for a DC-based family. They're both too far.

Duck and Corolla are filled with DC area families (which is somewhat of a drawback ☺️). It is 3 hrs to Rehoboth, 4.5 hrs to Duck (both drives can be much worse on a Saturday in summer - we always try to come and go on Fri or even better a Thurs night). You can hire a property manager if you won’t get to your house for awhile or need it checked on after a storm.

You're comparing DC>Rehoboth with some traffic to DC>Duck with no traffic.

DC to Rehoboth is usually around 2.5 hours without major traffic. I've made the drive several times very early in the morning with no traffic in 2 hours and 5-10 minutes. DC to Duck is 4.5 hours also during very off hours with zero traffic. It would take much longer heading there on a Friday afternoon.

That’s fine, I haven’t done the Rehoboth drive as often. And it’s also fine if OP doesn’t want to look in the OBX, of course My response was meant to the comments saying that the OBX is too far for a second home for people in the DC region, which I don’t agree with.

It is too far because lots of people with houses at DE beaches like us use it as a weekend getaway which is great. It takes us 2 and 1/2 hours door to door to get to Bethany.

We travel to Caribbean in winter. That’s when it’s best for beaches. International in spring/summer.
There is nothing need to deal with any summer traffic to DE beaches. And if we decide to go down in summer, don’t go on Friday or Saturdays

What people are here don’t get is that the wealthier crowd don’t use their DE house as a beach house. The draw is it is close for a weekend house especially in spring and fall which is the best time at DE beaches.

No one is doing a weekend getaway to OBX. Plus there is nothing to do down there. Lastly, the 95 corridor in the summer is terrible because thousands of people are going south on vacation, much more than DE beaches.

And this is why the Hamptons are as convenient as the Outer Banks unless you live somewhere like Woodbridge or Fredricksburg. The traffic on 95 below DC on Friday afternoon and on the weekends at any time in the summer is brutal.

And if traffic backs up from NYC to the Hamptons I can always take a break and explore Manhattan or Brooklyn on the way. Where can I stop on the way to Nags Head? Richmond? Chesapeake? Please.

Totally! Just find a parking spot with all your beach gear, kids and dog and go hit up Smorgasburg in Prospect Park for a few hours while traffic calms!

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?

My beach gear is at the house and I don’t have a dog. You sound unhinged. The route to the Hamptons goes right through Brooklyn. I stop for great Italian seafood in Sheepshead Bay all the time.

If you want to drive through places with Dixie flags and trailer parks on your way to subpar beaches in Nags Head and the Eastern Shore be my guest. That’s not my thing and is depressing imo.

None of these beaches are even approaching the beauty of the best beaches in the Hamptons. Nags Head and Rehobeth are backwater s-holes compared to Sag Harbor and Southampton. There is a reason hedge fund managers and celebrities go to the Hamptons and not Duck. It’s because the beaches, towns, and homes are that nice. If Nags Head and Rehobeth were nicer, prices and tastes would reflect that.