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National List of Beaches: Interactive Version
National List of Beaches: Interactive Version
This interactive report contains data for 2024. Previous PDF only versions:
2010,
2008,
2004
Number of total and monitored coastal and Great Lake BEACH Act Beaches by Jurisdiction (state/tribe/territory)
6,415
Total BEACH Act Beaches*
3,492
Total Monitored Beaches
Totals
Total Jurisdictions
Total Beaches
Monitored
Not Monitored
Tier 4 (B)**
Beach Length (Mi)
39
6415
3492
1601
1316
5529.95
This list contains the most recent information reported to EPA by coastal and Great Lakes states, territories, and eligible tribes. The number of Total Beaches is the sum of Beach Act Beaches, including those with only Private Access (non-public). It does not include beaches that the Jursidiction has marked Historic. More information for prior year data and additional details can be found in the EPA’s
BEACON 2.0 - Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification system
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Jurisdiction: States
Jurisdiction
Total Beaches
Monitored
Not Monitored
Tier 4 (B)**
Beach Length (Mi)
ALABAMA
24
24
0
0
28.29
ALASKA
209
10
0
199
316.79
CALIFORNIA
254
254
0
0
323.96
CONNECTICUT
73
73
0
0
15.44
DELAWARE
24
24
0
0
24.01
FLORIDA
575
263
4
308
909.24
GEORGIA
38
28
0
10
84.45
HAWAII
408
175
233
0
289.2
ILLINOIS
57
51
6
0
16.74
INDIANA
24
24
0
0
26.49
LOUISIANA
24
23
0
1
21.86
MAINE
105
66
0
39
40.4
MARYLAND
65
65
0
0
20.11
MASSACHUSETTS
576
574
2
0
152.82
MICHIGAN
598
205
393
0
469.23
MINNESOTA
81
38
3
40
58.64
MISSISSIPPI
21
21
0
0
34.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
16
16
0
0
8.75
NEW JERSEY
454
214
187
53
196.82
NEW YORK
353
337
16
0
122.54
NORTH CAROLINA
216
216
0
0
335.87
OHIO
79
5
74
0
45.83
OREGON
89
20
0
69
226.43
PENNSYLVANIA
13
7
1
5
3.12
RHODE ISLAND
82
69
0
13
28.08
SOUTH CAROLINA
21
21
0
0
90.95
TEXAS
168
168
0
0
331.85
VIRGINIA
46
46
0
0
35.98
WASHINGTON
1228
62
667
499
1053.63
WISCONSIN
195
107
7
81
53.74
Jurisdiction: Territories
Jurisdiction
Total Beaches
Monitored
Not Monitored
Tier 4 (B)**
Beach Length (Mi)
AMERICAN SAMOA
48
48
0
0
7.3
GUAM
32
31
1
0
15.93
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
87
83
1
3
32.95
PUERTO RICO
35
35
0
0
16.11
VIRGIN ISLANDS
45
45
0
0
7.99
Jurisdiction: Tribes
Jurisdiction
Total Beaches
Monitored
Not Monitored
Tier 4 (B)**
Beach Length (Mi)
BAD RIVER BAND
15
15
0
0
65.21
GRAND PORTAGE
18
18
0
0
2.42
MAKAH
13
5
6
2
14.71
SWINOMISH TRIBE
6
6
0
0
1.56
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*BEACH Act Beaches include “Program Beaches” part (A) and “non-program beaches” part (B).
**CWA SEC. 406 ”(g) LIST OF WATERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of publication of performance criteria under subsection (a), based on information made available to the Administrator, the Administrator shall identify, and maintain a list of, discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that— ‘‘(A) specifies any waters described in this paragraph that are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a); and ‘‘(B) specifies any waters described in this paragraph for which there is no monitoring and notification program (including waters for which fiscal constraints will prevent the State or the Administrator from performing monitoring and notification consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a)).
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