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I'm going to repeat what I said in an earlier post. You can get from the New Hampshire sea coast to the mountains in an hour . Lots of skiing /snow boarding, etc. in NH in winter and lot of mountain camping /hiking/fishing in the summer
There is no place in NY, NJ or CT that will get you ocean front to mountains in an hour.
There is no "cold" beach in NJ anyway. Of course during the winter it is cold, but you can comfortably sit on the beach between April and October. It is obviously hottest in the summer from June, maybe even May, to about mid-September. Our beaches tend to lack humidity though and have a nice breeze, but it is hot. The water even is warm, reaching up to 75 by August. If you're looking for a cold area, you'll be more likely to find it in New England but even New England summers are hot. On the East Coast, we have warm to hot summers. you won't really find too many mild days, where it's barely above 75 with little to no humidity.
I still stand by my recommendation of Maine, but just to be clear nowhere on the East Coast is "cold" because we have hot summers. If you're fine with a warm summer and cold late falls and winters, then anywhere in the Northeast would suffice.
I'm going to repeat what I said in an earlier post. You can get from the New Hampshire sea coast to the mountains in an hour . Lots of skiing /snow boarding, etc. in NH in winter and lot of mountain camping /hiking/fishing in the summer
There is no place in NY, NJ or CT that will get you ocean front to mountains in an hour.
If access to a beach is the main objective, then, the OP has more options than he/she thinks and could do all of those things within minutes, depending on the location and season. It may be a matter of what the OP is open to. Vermont could even work in this regard.
With this said, if it is strictly coastal beaches, then this is the best situation. Hampton Beach comes to mind. You may have communities in those states in between beaches and mountains, but I don't know if traffic would allow for access to both within an hour.
Last edited by ckhthankgod; 07-11-2014 at 11:10 AM..
If its gotta be cool weather, beaches and mountains Oregon/Washington would give you more options than the Northeast. http://wikitravel.org/en/Oregon_Coast
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