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In June, with an average of 32 degrees Celsius, the heat is bearable in this point of northwest Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, already very close to Alabama. It's where Grayton Beach stretches out, a sandy beach so white that forgetting sunglasses could be a fatal mistake.

This beach, far from the mythical Californians or the best-known resorts in the United States, has been voted the best in the entire country by a person who knows everything about beaches. This is Stephen Leatherman , a coastal scientist and professor at the Florida International University, who has spent 30 years making an annual ranking of all the beaches in the United States.

"Grayton Beach can boast sugar white sand and emerald green waters . Urban development is limited, so large sand dunes still dominate the landscape," says Leatherman.

Professor Dr. Beach

A regular on television programs, the peculiar Dr. Beach, as he is already known, studies beach erosion and the impact of storms. He knows them so well that many people are knocking on his door: from television crews who want to film the dangerous rip currents to millionaires seeking advice on the best place to build their mansion by the water.

It was in 1989 when a journalist from a travel magazine asked him to compile a list of the ten best beaches in the United States. Since then, his ranking has been a classic when summer arrives.

Grayton Beach is located within the homonymous state park. A small paradise of sugar-white beaches, coastal lagoons between steep dunes and a forest of scrub and magnolias through which a path winds. On any given day of summer, this landscape attracts between 500 and 1,000 people a day. But they are 2.4 kilometers of beach so it does not feel overwhelmed.

"pure quartz crystal"

Although the most surprising thing about Grayton and its albino sand is the sound it makes when walking. "It is one of the best white sands in the world . Some people think it is snow. No, that is not snow!" Leatherman told the Associated Press. "The sand is of the highest quality in the world. It is pure quartz crystal."

In addition to Grayton, the top ten 2020 comprise the beaches of Lifeguardded Beach (North Carolina); Coopers Beach (Southampton, New York); Duke Kahanamoku Beach (Oahu, Hawaii); Lighthouse Beach (North Carolina); Caladesi Island State Park (Florida); Hapuna Beach (Big Island, Hawaii); Coast Guard Beach (Cape Cod, Massachusetts); Coronado Beach (San Diego, California) and Beachwalker Park (Kiawah Island, South Carolina).

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