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Dog beach rules by state
We're checking the US state by state, starting on the coast. Each state goes live only once its beaches are checked against official sources.
Coastal states
- MassachusettsLive: Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Ann, Boston and state beaches
- New HampshireLive: the Seacoast
- MaineLive: southern Maine and the state park beaches
- Rhode IslandLive: state beaches and Narragansett
- ConnecticutLive: state park beaches
- New YorkLive: New York City and Long Island
- New JerseyLive: the Jersey Shore from Sandy Hook to Cape May
- DelawareLive: state parks and Rehoboth Beach
- MarylandLive: Ocean City
- VirginiaLive: Virginia Beach and Shenandoah
- North CarolinaLive: the Outer Banks, southern beaches and the Smokies
- South CarolinaLive: the Grand Strand, Charleston, Hilton Head and Congaree
- GeorgiaLive: Tybee, Jekyll, St. Simons and Atlanta's river trails
- FloridaLive: official dog beaches from the Panhandle to the Keys
- AlabamaLive: Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
- MississippiLive: Gulf Islands (Davis Bayou)
- LouisianaLive: Grand Isle
- TexasLive: Galveston and Port Aransas
- CaliforniaLive: dog beaches from San Diego to Point Reyes, plus Yosemite
- OregonLive: the North and Central Coast
- WashingtonLive: the Long Beach Peninsula
- AlaskaLive: Anchorage
- HawaiiLive: the main beach rules
Great Lakes states
Inland states
- VermontLive: Niquette Bay (Lake Champlain)
- West VirginiaLive: New River Gorge
- KentuckyLive: Mammoth Cave
- TennesseeLive: the Great Smoky Mountains
- ArkansasLive: Hot Springs
- MissouriLive: Gateway Arch
- IowaLive: Effigy Mounds
- OklahomaLive: Chickasaw
- KansasLive: Tallgrass Prairie
- NebraskaLive: Scotts Bluff
- South DakotaLive: Wind Cave
- North DakotaLive: Fort Ransom
- MontanaLive: Glacier
- WyomingLive: Jackson Hole
- ColoradoLive: Great Sand Dunes
- New MexicoLive: White Sands
- ArizonaLive: Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest
- UtahLive: Zion and Bryce Canyon
- NevadaLive: Great Basin
- IdahoLive: Eagle Island
- District of ColumbiaLive: Rock Creek Park