Posted July 20th, 2005 @ 09:16pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: How far are you from the nearest beach?
My Answer: Seven miles (five or so as the crow flies). Lake Erie (duh). I'm not quite as close as I was in Florida where I was four and two (and to a much bigger body of water).
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Posted 20 Jul 2005 at 9:38pm #
On Long Island, I am 1 mile from some very nice town beaches, facing Long Island Sound. 15 miles away is Jones Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world facing the Atlantic Ocean.
I hate the beach in the summer. Too hot, too crowded.
I'm a Spring/Fall beach goer.
Posted 20 Jul 2005 at 9:54pm #
Hmm, I'm not sure about the actual distance, but it's only a 15 minute or so train ride.
Posted 20 Jul 2005 at 11:04pm #
Slightly less than 3 miles to Lauderdale-by-the-sea.
Posted 20 Jul 2005 at 11:13pm #
I think there's a beach ten miles or so from me in Revere, MA, but I never go there. I'm not a huge beach person, it's typically too bright to read and I burn pretty easily. However, when I stay in York, ME, which is a couple weekends a summer, I do go to the beach just because that's what you do there.
Posted 21 Jul 2005 at 3:41am #
*checks map* slightly more than 10 kilometers to the ocean from here. That's 6-7 of your crazy miles.
Posted 21 Jul 2005 at 7:54am #
About 1/3 of a mile away from the beach here in Beverly, MA.
Posted 21 Jul 2005 at 8:50am #
Five minutes by foot. 🙂
Posted 21 Jul 2005 at 3:14pm #
Around 40 miles. I grew up less than a mile from the beach, and living this far inland is strange for me. I'll never fully get used to it.
Posted 22 Jul 2005 at 2:27pm #
I live just over 4 miles from the beach! Hey! Don't you live with me?
Posted 23 Jul 2005 at 5:55am #
"Beach" as meaning where the land ends and the big water starts, and excluding any lakes of course... uhm
Genova, Italy, estimated 500km
to the north, it would be northsea, ~900km
to the west, its across entire france, not counting how long it would take to reach the atlantic *hehe*
east.. nothing except balkan, asia, etc *gg*
But.. I got beaches in my head 😛