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8 idyllic islands in the United States

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Anna Maria Island, FL

Anna Maria Island has no chain restaurants, and you’ll likely see as many golf carts and beach cruiser bicycles as cars cruising the island’s sandy streets.

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Jekyll Island, GA

The Georgia coastline is small in miles (it’s roughly 100 miles long) but mighty in views. And Jekyll Island, part of the Golden Isles, is a favorite place to find yourself on island time here

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Mount Desert Island, ME

Summer is the sweetest time of the year to visit the beautiful coastal islands of Maine, and Mount Desert Island is always a favorite.

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Beaver Island, MI

Michigan residents live for the lazy, warm days of summer and all the fun to be had on the state’s centerpiece lake, Lake Michigan.

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Little St. Simon’s Island, GA

A gem along the Georgia coastline, Little St. Simon’s Island encapsulates how this stretch of oceanfront has always looked, with its beautiful salt marshes busy with birdlife

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Sanibel Island, FL

So littered with seashells are the beaches of Sanibel Island that there’s something called the “Sanibel stoop” here—the position one takes when hunched over on the beach looking for treasures.

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Kiawah Island, SC

About 25 miles southwest of Charleston, Kiawah Island is a favorite destination for a South Carolina beach vacation.

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Martha’s Vineyard, MA

In much of New England, summer means taking an island vacation to the Cape, aka Cape Cod. And Martha’s Vineyard—an island off the Atlantic Ocean side of Cape Cod

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