Our beaches rock - we know it!

The St. George Island state park has once again made the list of America’s top 10 beaches according to Doctor Stephen Leatherman.

The beach at the St. George Island state park was ranked the 3rd best beach in the US in the 25th Annual Top 10 Beaches ranking produced by coastal expert Dr. Stephen Leatherman better known as “Doctor Beach.”

The local state park has ranked 3rd on the list for 3 years in a row.

This is actually the fifth time St. George Island has made the top ten list – the state park was ranked in the 1990’s but was taken off after a hurricane damaged the island.

This year’s top beach is Waimanalo Bay Beach Park in Oahu.

Barefoot Beach in Bonita Springs, Florida came in second for the second year in a row.

St. George Island State Park came next followed by Hamoa Beach in Hawaii and Cape Hatteras in North Carolina.

Cape Florida State Park in key Biscayne, Coast Guard beach in Cape Cod, Beachwalker Park in South Carolina, Delnor Wiggins Pass State park in Naples and East Beach in Santa Barbara, California rounded out the top 10.

The continued Top 10 beach ranking is good news for the St. George Island State Park which has seen attendance increase by nearly 10 percent each year since the island park has made Dr. Leatherman’s list.  

In 2014, park attendance topped 225,000, people.

“Dr. Beach,” uses fifty criteria to evaluate the beaches, including water and sand quality, as well as the number of facilities nearby and environmental management.

And don’t forget our other world-class beach while you are out and about this Summer – the beach at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park in Gulf County was ranked the top beach in the nation in 2002.

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