Take 16 straight to Savannah Georgia. A few miles north of Savannah is Hilton Head island. I live where you live and the Hilton Head beaches is my beach of choice. FL beach is 274 miles from Macon Ga. Savannah, GA is 164 miles from Macon.
Shell Point Beach in Crawfordville
Panama City Beach in Florida
Middle Georgia Regional Airport is nine miles from downtown Macon.
Tanner's Beach
Colemans Lake, GA.
What is the closest beach to dalton ga
165 miles up I-75 NORTH.
That would be Macon, GA
Same day.
Mistletoe State Park has a sandy beach.
About 4 hours. Map quest and GPS work wonders :)