America's Most Crowded Beaches

Scott Tucker / Alamy

No. 1 Venice Beach, CA

Annual Visitors: 16,000,000

It can be hard to tell the sunbathers from the fortune-tellers, artists, vendors, and assorted street life that populates America’s most crowded beach. Whether you’ve come to surf the Venice Breakwater, play a little basketball, or people-watch while strolling the boardwalk, it helps if you’re not claustrophobic.

Source: L.A. Beaches & Harbors

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America's Most Crowded Beaches

No. 1 Venice Beach, CA

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