Day trip beaches
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Anonymous
| What beaches can you get to from NW DC for a day trip? I'm thinking max 2 hours away... |
Anonymous
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Ocean City is 2. hr. 40 min from Alexandria on a no-traffic day. If you live in Maryland, it might be close to your 2 hr. limit.
If you are looking for a sort-of-beach, you can do SandyPoint State Park --at the entrance to the Bay Bridge. Otherwise, there aren't any other beaches closer. |
Anonymous
| Forgot to mention St. Michaels area -- not ocean, but bayside. |
Anonymous
2 hours max you are looking at lakes or the Chesapeake bay. If you want an ocean front beach, I'd budget at least 3 hours to get to the DE/MD/VA shore line. OC, MD is the closest and you can get there under 3 hours if you time the drive right. |
Anonymous
| Thanks PPs. Very helpful! |
Anonymous
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We like getting a beach fix at Kentmorr restaurant in Stevensville, Maryland, just over the Bay Bridge.
Or go the other way to Calvert County - Chesapeake Beach, North Beach. Only about an hour away, depending where in NW you live. |
Anonymous
| Rehoboth, DE, is closer and nicer than Ocean City. |
Anonymous
Over 3 hours each way. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| Stay in a motel halfway the night before |
Anonymous
| If you leave before 6:30AM on a weekday you can be at the Delaware beaches in 2.5 hours. |
Anonymous
That's ridiculous. |
Anonymous
Aren't the Delaware beaches all closer than OC MD? |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks again! We did Brownie beach in the end and it was great. Only an hour there (longer on the way back). |
Anonymous
Is it fresh water or salt water? When I think "beach", I think "salt water" - which is why I am asking. |
Anonymous
Calvert County for the win! |