Best of Nantucket's Beaches

Best of Nantucket�s Beaches

Tourists, vacationers and coastal residents flock to beaches every year. What is it about the world�s beaches that attract people from all over the globe? The answer is obvious � the warm sand, clear skies, hot temperatures and cool water.Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6727188&lang=enFor information on other areas, contact the Bureau of Land Management. They can tell you what's available under their jurisdiction. Also, the Woodall's campground guide lists campgrounds that are free. Keep your eyes open for other RVs parked out in the desert or forest. Finally, ask around. Other RVers will give you the best information on RV camping.If you ask around when you are in the desert southwest, you'll find there are RV communities that form every winter. Some of these temporary towns like "Slab City" in California, have bookstores, grocery vendors, and other businesses run by RVers. Once summer returns, these boondock communities disappear, and reappear again the following winter.Just look around, and you'll find "hidden" places where you can park your RV for a week or a month in the desert southwest. Some are inexpensive, other's free. The Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area, for example, north of Bowie, Arizona, costs $3 per night, and has nice hotsprings and plenty of wildlife. An annual permit costs $30, but you're limited to two weeks per month (permits are sold at the BLM office in Safford). You can stay outside the fenced area free, but then you don't get the hotsprings and shaded picnic tables.There are other beaches such as Siasconset or just �Sconset for short and Madaket Beach. Madaket beach is a great place to catch the sunset and hang out, but dangerous and strong surf makes swimming difficult. �Sconset Beach also has strong a strong undertow but it is still worth visiting. It has a nice view and is just a short walk from town.Nantucket, Massachusetts just off the Southern Massachusetts coast has 82 miles of beaches. What makes it unique is that while many of the beaches are privately owned the owners keep them open for the public to enjoy. While the Island is home to some 10,000 year-round in the summer the population on the island rocket to 50,000. There are beaches for all likes and types. There are private beaches with cottages, beaches for surfing, marinas, beaches for chilling out, there�s the wharf and Nantucket Harbor and even a child beach for children and families.Dionis Beach is on the Nantucket Sound and is perfect for swimming and smaller children because of the calmer waters.RV camping is common in Winter in Arizona. One of the largest gatherings of "boondockers" is in Quartzite. Several hundred thousand people spend at least part of the year in their RVs here. It's near the California border, on Interstate 10, only 20 miles from the Colorado River. Surrounded by BLM lands, Quartzite is famous for gem shows, swap meets, and the multiplying of its population each winter.

No matter what the personality there�s a Nantucket beach to match.

Author: Rick Laurensen