obx=2 in top 10 for dr. beach

Ocracoke and Lighthouse Beach Make the cut; Outer Banks sets the pace for rest of the nation

Surprising no one who has experienced the Outer Banks, Dr. Beach has ranked two of our beaches in his annual top ten beaches in the country. Sam Walker, writing for OBX Today, does a great job of describing what it means and how Dr. Beach goes about ranking the country’s beaches.

Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, #3 on Dr. Beach’s top 10 list. (Photo: NPS)

“The Outer Banks is again the only place in the United States to have two of the top five best beaches in the United States according to renowned coastal expert Dr. Beach.

Stephen Leatherman, professor at Florida International University, released his 30th annual ratings of the ten best beaches in the United States on Thursday.”

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