America's Best Beaches (2006)

	Name	Location
1.	Fleming Beach Park	Maui, Hawaii
2.	Caladesi Island State Park	Dunedin, Fla.
3.	Ocracoke Island	Outer Banks, N.C.
4.	Coopers Beach	Southampton, N.Y.
5.	Hanalei Bay	Kauai, Hawaii
6.	Main Beach	East Hampton, N.Y.
7.	Coast Guard Beach	Cape Cod, Mass.
8.	Coronado Beach	San Diego, Calif.
9.	Hamoa Beach	Maui, Hawaii
10.	Barefoot Beach Park	Bonita Springs, Fla.

Source: Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman (a.k.a. Dr. Beach), author of America's Best Beaches and professor of environmental studies at Florida International University.