Ah, what a lovely question! While St. Louis is a bit far from the ocean, the closest ocean beach you can visit is in Gulf Shores, Alabama. It's about an 8-9 hour drive, but oh my, the journey will be filled with beautiful sights and the anticipation of feeling the sand between your toes and hearing the waves crash gently on the shore. Just imagine the happy little memories you'll create there!
KC is marginally closer to the East Coast than the West, so if it has to be an ocean, Rehoboth Beach, DE is roughly the same latitude. If it just has to be salt water, head south to Galveston.
The closest ocean beach is Folly Beach just off of Charleston, South Carolina.
The Closest Ocean Beach to Lancaster is Peasant Beach.Which was very beautiful and attractive beach.
Oh, dude, the closest ocean front beach to Omaha, Nebraska is like, a solid thousand miles away. You're gonna have to pack a lot of snacks for that road trip! But hey, who needs the ocean when you've got the mighty Missouri River nearby, am I right? Beach day, anyone?
Missouri
The closest beach to Akron Ohio is probably in Maryland or Delaware. Ocean City is more than likely one of the closest ocean beaches.
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Pacific Ocean
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 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.
The Atlantic