ORLANDO, Fla. — Two of Florida’s Gulf Coast beaches have been recognized among the top 10 beaches in America, according to an annual ranking from Dr. Beach.

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The 2025 list includes Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in Naples at spot number four and St. Andrews State Park in Panama City at spot number seven. Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York, took the top spot in this year’s annual ranking that Dr. Stephen Leatherman has been compiling since 1991.

The Florida International University professor considers 50 factors when selecting the nation’s best beaches each year. Some of the criteria are beach material (fine sand ranks highest), air and water temperature, number of sunny days, wildlife, litter and development.

Hawaii’s beaches took four of the top 10 spots on the lis

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