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Yes, all or almost all of the Hawaiian islands have rural beaches. The Black Sand beach on the Big Island is definitely in the boonies.
My favorite Big Island beach was Richardson's. It was only about a mile from downtown Hilo, but there was nothing commercial anywhere near it. Great place to swim. It had almost no sand though, being what the Hawaiians term a Beach Park.
Plenty of area to lay on the grass, but don't do it under the coconut trees! If one falls on your head they may as well bury you under that tree. To their credit, they have plenty of signs on the trees warning you about laying under them. Unfortunately, the signs are so small you have to go under the trees to see what they say. Sorta defeats the whole purpose, which is the kind of thing you run into every day in Hawaii.
A 2 hour ferry ride from Charlevioux, MI.
You disembark at the town/village of St James.
Then rent a mountain bike with 'mudder' tires, and pedal ~3 miles on dirt roads to Donegal Bay, a west facing long expanse of sandy public beach with incredible sun sets.
I think one would have to distinguish between beach and coastal. If you want to stick w/ beach, then you need sand I would think. The Hawaiian islands have some very, very remote beaches. You'd need the land owner's permission to even get to some of them, and in some cases you would have to deal w/ multiple land owners, all having locked crossing gates. You'd need a 4 wheel drive vehicle too because it would just be very rocky dirt roads or lava. No emergency cell phone coverage, no electricity, no potable water, no nuthin.
In my area [Maine] we have many rural townships [most have less than 10 people in these townships], with huge freshwater lakes and beaches.
Check out these:
Sebago lake,
Moosehead lake,
Damariscotta lake,
Jordan Pond,
Coleman pond,
Ellis pond,
Big lake,
Great pond.
It is very easy to have a house with water frontage, in a township where you will be the only person on the beach.
The township where I live has only 235 people. My back property line is a river, I have one-quarter mile of riverfrontage on my land.
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Beaver Island, MI
