A straight shot would probably be one in Jersey.
ocean city md
The closest beach to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is one hundred and sixty eight miles away. The closest beach to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Gulf Coast is the closest but it's not technically an ocean (specifically Gulf Shores Alabama). The Atlantic Ocean is the closest ocean beach to Illinois.
The closest ocean to Ohio is the Atlantic ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean is closest to Illinois.
The closest ocean beach to Pennsylvania depends on what part of Pennsylvania you are in. If you are in northeastern PA, the closest may be the beaches of the New Jersey Shore. From the southeast part of PA, the closest ocean beach may be in Delaware or Maryland. Pennsylvania has a Lake Erie coastline, and there are probably some beaches there, although that is a big lake rather than an ocean.
It depends to some extent on where in Ohio you're starting from, but somewhere along the Atlantic from Virginia Beach to the Jersey Shore.
Atlantic Ocean
The closest ocean to Gainsville, Florida would be the Atlantic Ocean.
Probably Atlantic City NJ
Chicago is closer to the Atlantic Ocean