Southern Living magazine announced their “The South’s Best,” a compilation of surveys voted on by the magazine’s readers. 

Here is their 2025 list from over 10,000 people who submitted their favorite beach towns in the South:

1. St. Simons Island, Georgia
2. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama
3. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
4. Tybee Island, Georgia
5. Jekyll Island, Georgia
6. Sanibel Island, Florida
7. St. Augustine Beach, Florida
8. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
9. Fairhope, Alabama
10. Fernandina Beach, Florida
11. Anna Maria Island, Florida
12. Rosemary Beach, Florida
13. Isle of Palms, South Carolina
14. Kiawah Island, South Carolina
15. Siesta Key, Florida
16. Beaufort, South Carolina
17. Ocean Springs, Mississippi
18. Seaside, Florida
19. Folly Beach, South Carolina
20. Pawleys Island, South Carolina
21. Port Aransas, Texas
22. Naples, Florida
23. Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
24. Perdido Key, Florida
25. Captiva Island, Florida
26. Navarre, Florida
27. Islamorada, Florida
28. Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
29. Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
30. Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina
31. Grayton Beach, Florida
32. Nags Head, North Carolina
33. Chincoteague, Virginia
34. Edisto Beach, South Carolina
35. Emerald Isle, North Carolina
36. Cocoa Beach, Florida
37. Palm Beach, Florida
38. Beaufort, North Carolina
39. Duck, North Carolina
40. Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
41. Apalachicola, Florida
42. Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
43. Ocracoke, North Carolina
44. St. Michaels, Maryland
45. Rockport, Texas
46. Topsail Beach, North Carolina
47. New Smyrna, Florida
48. Hatteras Island, North Carolina
49. Alys Beach, Florida
50. Oak Island, North Carolina

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