Island Beach State Park

• Located in Seaside Park, New Jersey, Island Beach State Park stretches for 10 miles in Barnegat Bay. Visitors can see over four hundred types of plants and the largest colony of Osprey in the state along with other wildlife. Besides miles of sand dunes, the park has diverse landscape including tide marshes and wetlands. As of July 2011, the daily fee for the park is $6.00 during the week and $10 on the weekends. The park is open from sunrise to sunset.
  
  

Coronado Beach

• One of the few beaches with sand dunes in the San Diego area, the dunes at Coronado Beach are actually man made. Since 1988, Armando Moreno has been controlling the seaweed problem at the beach by burying it under sand. After a few years, dunes started forming from the pile up of sand. Covered with ice plant, the dunes found outside the Hotel Del spell out Coronado. Today the Navy uses the dunes for training exercises. Coronado was voted as the number two beach in the U.S. for 2011 by Dr. Beach, coastal expert Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, Director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal Research.
  
  

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

• With over forty miles of area for activities from climbing the sand dunes, to hitting the beach and kayaking, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area extends along the Oregon Coast. It is the largest set of coastal dunes in the United States, constantly changing from the rain, wind and other factors. Day use fees are collected for visiting the recreational area, accessible through different areas including the South Jetty, the Umpqua Dunes Area and the Siltcoos Area.
  
  

Roaring/Barking Sands

• Some sand dunes, based on their composite of sand, naturally make sound. Located on the west coast of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, the Barking/Roaring sands off the coast at Polihale Beach are a tourist attraction for those interested in this natural phenomenon. Close to Mana, the dunes are made of a mixture of coral and shell fragments, unique compared to other booming dunes that are made of quartz. The sound comes from people walking across the hot sand.