The Texas Beach Now Named Among Top 20 ‘Secret Beaches’

Texas is better known for BBQ and football than it is for pristine beaches. I mean, we can be honest here, most outsiders never associate the Lone Star State with swimming at the beach. But hey, now we've got one of the best secret ones in the country, so maybe it's time for that to change.

Of the top five beaches that make this list, how many would you guess are in Hawaii? If you said four, you're wrong. But if you said three, you're correct. Which certainly ties into the draw of that beautiful state.

San Jose Island Now Named Top 20 'Secret Beaches'

Of course, three of the Top 5 best secret beaches in the U.S. are found in Hawaii, but you know Texas is always gonna get ours, right? Ok, so we're not in the Top 5. We're not quite inside the Top 10, either. But one of our fabulous secret beaches, located just outside of Corpus Christi, TX, did come in at No. 16.

As you'd expect, Hawaii, California, and Florida beaches make up a big chunk of this list. But if you look down there, sandwiched between Virginia's Sandbridge Beach and Florida's Crescent Beach, is Texas' own San Jose Island, located in the Gulf of Mexico right outside of Corpus.

And, yes, it may be Texas's only beach to make the list, but the simple fact that you can chow down on Texas BBQ while you enjoy our best top-secret waves moves it straight up the list to No. 1, at least in our hearts.

The top 20 “secret beaches,” according to the poll:

1. Hawaii – Awahua Beach
2. Florida – Shell Key Preserve
3. Hawaii – Lanikai Beach
4. Hawaii – Kauapea Beach
5. New Jersey – Sedge Island
6. Florida – Lovers Key State Park
7. California – Salt Creek Beach
8. California – Wildcat Beach
9. Florida – Dry Tortugas National Park
10. Florida – Boneyard Beach
11. Hawaii – Gray’s Beach
12. California – Hollywood Beach
13. Florida – Navarre Beach
14. Hawaii – Pa’ako Cove
15. Virginia – Sandbridge Beach

16. Texas – San Jose Island

17. Florida – Crescent Beach
18. South Carolina – Kiawah Island
19. New York – Amsterdam Beach Preserve
20. Alaska – Lowell Point Beach