Sandbridge Beach
Virginia Beach, VA
The quiet end of Virginia Beach, where the high rises stop and the houses on stilts start. Locals drive the twenty minutes south specifically to avoid the resort strip and just sit on wide, uncrowded sand with a clear shot at the ocean.
Bring your own everything. There are no boardwalk concessions like the main Virginia Beach strip has up north.
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