New York's Secret Beaches, Here are The Top 3 Ranked

Do you have a secret swimming spot? A place so special you want to keep it to yourself? Lake George, Skaneateles Lake and Lake Placid, to name a few, are no longer secrets but with more than 7,600 freshwater lakes, ponds and reservoirs in New York State according to the DEC, there are a few gems you might not know about.

Here are New York States Top 3 - Best Secret Beaches.

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Family Destinations Guide surveyed approximately 3,000 families across the United States to see which beaches they most wanted to visit this summer. As you might guess, Hawaii dominates this list with 3 beaches in the Top 5 but New York State has 3 in the Top 100, including an upstate beach.

The biggest surprise for me is that Alaska made the Top 100 twice! Our neighbors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont made the list as well. As for New York State here are the Top 3 - Best Secret Beaches.

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#3 Best Secret Beach in New York State - Chimney Bluffs State Park, Wolcott, NY.

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Chimney Bluffs State Park is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and features dramatic rock formations that look similar to a chimney. This is a good place to bring the kids and the dogs.

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#2 Best Secret Beach in New York State - Orient Beach State Park, Orient, NY.

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Orient Beach State Park is located on the far eastern tip of the north fork of Long Island. Great place for swimming, fishing, kayaking, you name it.

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#1 Best Secret Beach in New York State - Amsterdam Beach Preserve, Montauk, NY.

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Amsterdam Beach Preserve is located in Montauk, Long Island, refer to by the locals as the Montauk Moorlands, features nearly 1,300 feet of undeveloped ocean frontage.

Top 10 Notable Beaches In Upstate New York

Beaches in Upstate New York offer you the perfect escape during the summer months. What are the top beaches in all of Upstate New York to check out and enjoy?

We decided to ask ChatGPT to highlight 10 of the best beaches in Upstate New York. Here's the list that ChatGPT provided to us:

See Which New York Beaches Made America's Best Beach Towns

A trip to the beach when the weather is warmer is always incredible. Maybe this year you can visit one of these 14 in New York State that were the Top Rated in America.

WalletHub compared 191 cities across America to find the best beach towns. Here's how they determined the winners:

WalletHub compared 191 cities across 62 key indicators of livability. We split our comparison into two categories, towns located by the ocean and by lakes. Our data set ranges from housing costs to share of for-sale waterfront homes to quality of beach water."

Here's a look at how New York scored:

LOOK: See America's 50 Best Beach Towns

Every beach town has its share of pluses and minuses, which got us thinking about what makes a beach town the best one to live in. To find out, Stacker consulted data from WalletHub, released June 17, 2020, that compares U.S. beach towns. Ratings are based on six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. The cities ranged in population from 10,000 to 150,000, but they had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Read the full methodology here. From those rankings, we selected the top 50. Readers who live in California and Florida will be unsurprised to learn that many of towns featured here are in one of those two states.

Keep reading to see if your favorite beach town made the cut.