Your favorite beaches in Massachusetts

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Recently, we asked you to rank your favorite beaches in Massachusetts, and the results were hardly a surprise. Here's how Boston.com readers listed their favorite beaches in the Commonwealth.



Recently, we asked you to rank your favorite beaches in Massachusetts, and the results were hardly a surprise. Here's how Boston.com readers listed their favorite beaches in the Commonwealth.


Recently, we asked you to rank your favorite beaches in Massachusetts, and the results were hardly a surprise. Here's how Boston.com readers listed their favorite beaches in the Commonwealth.


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1. Crane Beach, Ipswich



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FILE- This file photo provided by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce shows Coast Guard Beach in Cape Cod, Mass. Coast Guard Beach is number nine on the 2013 list of Top 10 Beaches produced annually by coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research. (AP Photo/Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Margo Tabb, File)

2. Coast Guard Beach, Eastham



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WELLFLEET:11/4/01- A couple calls it a day after walking the beach at Marconi Beach on a brisk autumn day. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO BY TOM HERDE Library Tag 11112001 TRAVEL Library Tag 09252006 National/Foreign Page One - Skybox

3. Marconi Beach, Wellfleet



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08/13/2012 GLOUCESTER, MA Beachgoers walk along a sand bar off Wingaersheek Beach (cq) in Gloucester. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

4. Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester



08/13/2012 GLOUCESTER, MA Beachgoers walk along a sand bar off Wingaersheek Beach (cq) in Gloucester. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)


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Gloucester, MA 072111 Gloucester's Good Harbor Beach, Thursday, July 21 2011. (Globe Staff Photo/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 23water reporter: Vivienne Yee Library Tag 07232011 Metro Library Tag 07232011 Business

5. Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester'



Gloucester, MA 072111 Gloucester's Good Harbor Beach, Thursday, July 21 2011. (Globe Staff Photo/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 23water reporter: Vivienne Yee Library Tag 07232011 Metro Library Tag 07232011 Business


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6. Race Point Beach, Provincetown



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Newbury, MA: 03-03-2012: Lot at the rear of Northern Blvd. in the town of Newbury section of Plum Island Mass. March, 2012. (Note there was nothing to identify this as the site of Geraldine Buzzotta's former home, and nobody was around to verify the site, but the lot is immediately behind 16 Northern Blvd.) photo/Jo6hn Blanding, Boston Globe staff story/Taryn Plumb, North ( 22noplum )

7. Plum Island, Newbury



Newbury, MA: 03-03-2012: Lot at the rear of Northern Blvd. in the town of Newbury section of Plum Island Mass. March, 2012. (Note there was nothing to identify this as the site of Geraldine Buzzotta's former home, and nobody was around to verify the site, but the lot is immediately behind 16 Northern Blvd.) photo/Jo6hn Blanding, Boston Globe staff story/Taryn Plumb, North ( 22noplum )


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8. Nauset Light Beach,. Eastham



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Children play on Chatham Light Beach in Chatham Wednesday, August 15, 2007. Two shark-bitten seals were found on Chatham beaches within the last two weeks. One man reported there was hardly anyone in the water Tuesday, following the most recent seal found dead on South Beach, next to Chatham Light Beach, Sunday. (Vincent DeWitt for the Boston Globe) Library Tag 08162007

9. Chatham Light Beach, Chatham



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10. South (Katama) Beach, Martha's Vineyard



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