Anonymous wrote:There are crappy beaches within two hours. Beautiful beaches within 4-6. You are closest to the Chesapeake bay here, not the ocean, so the beaches that are truly close aren't that nice.

Another fellow Californian here. This sums it up.

Fellow beach snob here. Myrtle beach, NJ beaches, NE beaches are all a great bet. Ocean City is too commercial and OBX is kind of dumpy (though people here are nuts about it).

There are crappy beaches within two hours. Beautiful beaches within 4-6. You are closest to the Chesapeake bay here, not the ocean, so the beaches that are truly close aren't that nice.

Anonymous wrote:Fellow Californian here. I'd try to find a lake or riverfront town/park. Beaches here suck!

But we have jobs in DC.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I want a clean beach with some basic ammenities close by (restaurants etc). I am from California so my beach standards are high- not expecting much from beaches around here! Just looking for fun atmosphere within a 2 hr drive from dc. Sorry i was not more specific!

I was going to help before you revealed yourself to be a beach snob. Figure it out your own damn self.

Haha so you agree the beaches here are bad?

Anonymous wrote:Fellow Californian here. I'd try to find a lake or riverfront town/park. Beaches here suck!

Which ones? Open to any body of water

Fellow Californian here. I'd try to find a lake or riverfront town/park. Beaches here suck!

You definitely sound Californian.

Every beach is going to be more than a 2-hour drive. Rehoboth is the closest.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I want a clean beach with some basic ammenities close by (restaurants etc). I am from California so my beach standards are high- not expecting much from beaches around here! Just looking for fun atmosphere within a 2 hr drive from dc. Sorry i was not more specific!

I was going to help before you revealed yourself to be a beach snob. Figure it out your own damn self.

Ouch.
Rehoboth beach is nice but it's over a 2 hr drive.

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I want a clean beach with some basic ammenities close by (restaurants etc). I am from California so my beach standards are high- not expecting much from beaches around here! Just looking for fun atmosphere within a 2 hr drive from dc. Sorry i was not more specific!

I was going to help before you revealed yourself to be a beach snob. Figure it out your own damn self.

Op here- I want a clean beach with some basic ammenities close by (restaurants etc). I am from California so my beach standards are high- not expecting much from beaches around here! Just looking for fun atmosphere within a 2 hr drive from dc. Sorry i was not more specific!

What do you want?

We have little kids. Bethany is worth it.

From what I've been reading if you went really nice beach you gotta go a bit down south others you can check out the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia beaches. I was thinking about Myrtle beach. Yes, it's far but I'm picky and my past beach experiences have been at Destin, Maui and Long Beach. I want beaches that are close to that in quality. I'm not sure if there's really anything good from VA all the up the East coast.

Thats worth spending a wknd at?