American Seaside Resorts
American seaside resorts developed along the New England coast in the late 19th century with the Mid-Atlantic region developing slightly later. Southern seaside resorts did not develop until the 1890s. In Miami, Florida, the community of Cocoanut (now Coconut) Grove began development as a resort town in the 1880s with the building of the Bayview House (aka Peacock Inn) which closed in 1902. Visitors to the greater Miami area then flocked to Camp Biscayne (in Coconut Grove), the Royal Palm Hotel in Downtown Miami, and other resort hotels in Miami, as well as in smaller numbers to the Florida Keys, particularly to Long Key where the Long Key Fishing Camp was particularly active in the 1910s.
Some examples of well-known and sought-after American coastal resort towns are:
- Carlsbad, California
- Corona Del Mar, California
- Coronado, California
- Dana Point, California
- Laguna Beach, California
- Los Angeles, California (Venice district)
- Montecito, California
- Newport Beach, California
- Pebble Beach, California
- San Diego, California (La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach neighborhoods)
- Santa Monica, California
- Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
- Clearwater, Florida
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Flamenco Beach, Puerto Rico
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Key West, Florida
- Marco Island, Florida
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Panama City, Florida
- Pensacola Beach, Florida
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Siesta Key, Florida
- Tampa, Florida
- Martha's Vineyard
- Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Cape May, New Jersey
- Seaside Heights, New Jersey
- Wildwood, New Jersey
- Fire Island, New York
- The Hamptons, New York
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Galveston, Texas
- South Padre Island, Texas
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
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