North Carolina Beaches

by Morris, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9780807856185
• ISBN10: 0807856185
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

Long hailed as the best guide to enjoying the state's 320 miles of coastline, Glenn Morris's North Carolina Beacheswill help you find just the right spot for a long vacation or a one-day getaway. In this completely revised third edition, Morris takes a fresh and timely look at North Carolina's ever-changing coastal landscape, with its national seashores, state parks, public beaches, wildlife refuges, and historic sites as well as the beach communities where people live, work, and play. In a beach-by-beach tour, Morris details attractions and activities and provides phone numbers, addresses, and websites to help with your trip planning. Maps show the best places to park and what facilities--campgrounds, showers, restrooms, and more--to expect. Short features on topics from bird life to tidal forces inform and entertain. This book should be the first thing beachgoers pack for a visit to our coast.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction	3	(20)
Geomorphology of the Coast	4	(2)
Historical Perspective	6	(3)
Historical Touring	9	(1)
The Access Issue	10	(1)
Handicapped Access	11	(1)
Beach Rights Issues	12	(1)
Parks, Preserves, Reserves, and Refuges	12	(1)
Your Child and the Coast	13	(1)
Highways to the Coast	14	(2)
The Bicycle Option	16	(2)
How to Use This Book	18	(5)
ACCESS GUIDE
Currituck County	23	(26)
Knotts Island	27	(1)
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge	28	(3)
Knotts Island Ferry	31	(1)
Currituck Banks	31	(1)
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge	32	(3)
Currituck Banks National Estuarine Research Reserve	35	(1)
Corolla	36	(5)
Currituck Beach Lighthouse and Lightkeeper's Quarters	41	(2)
Currituck Heritage Park/Whalehead Club	43	(2)
Mainland Ferry	45	(1)
Ocean Sands	45	(1)
Currituck Shooting Club	45	(1)
Pine Island Club	45	(1)
Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary	45	(4)
Dare County	49	(51)
The North Banks	57	(2)
Sanderling	59	(1)
U.S. Army Research Pier	59	(1)
Duck	60	(5)
Southern Shores	65	(1)
Aycock Brown Visitors Center	66	(1)
Kitty Hawk	66	(4)
Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve	70	(1)
Kill Devil Hills	70	(5)
Wright Brothers National Memorial	75	(1)
Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve	76	(1)
Nags Head	77	(5)
Jockey's Ridge State Park	82	(2)
Whalebone Junction	84	(1)
Washington Baum Bridge	84	(1)
Roanoke Island	84	(4)
Manteo	88	(2)
North Carolina Maritime Museum	90	(1)
Roanoke Island Festival Park	91	(1)
North Carolina Aquarium, Roanoke Island	92	(1)
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	93	(1)
Wanchese	94	(6)
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	100	(44)
Whalebone Junction Information Center	104	(2)
Bodie Island	106	(1)
Coquina Beach	106	(1)
Bodie Island Lighthouse and Visitors Center	107	(1)
Oregon Inlet Campground	108	(1)
Ramp 4: Oregon Inlet Off-Road-Vehicle Access	108	(1)
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center	108	(1)
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge	109	(3)
Oregon Inlet Jetty	112	(2)
Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station (Retired)	114	(1)
Pea Island, North End	114	(1)
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge	114	(3)
Rodanthe	117	(2)
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station	119	(2)
Waves and Salvo	121	(1)
Salvo to Avon	122	(2)
Avon	124	(1)
Canadian Hole	125	(2)
Buxton	127	(3)
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Hatteras Island Visitors Center	130	(1)
Buxton Woods Nature Trail	131	(1)
Cape Point Campground and Cape Point Beach	132	(1)
Cape Point	133	(1)
Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve	134	(1)
Frisco	134	(1)
Frisco Day Use Area	135	(1)
Diamond Shoals	136	(1)
Hatteras	136	(3)
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum	139	(1)
Fort Hatteras	139	(1)
Hatteras Ferry	140	(1)
Hatteras Inlet	141	(3)
Hyde County	144	(22)
Ocracoke Island	146	(3)
Ocracoke North End	149	(3)
Ocracoke Pony Pen	152	(1)
Ocracoke Campground	153	(1)
Ocracoke Beach	153	(1)
Ramp 70 Access Area	153	(1)
Southpoint Road	154	(1)
Ocracoke Village	154	(4)
Ocracoke Lighthouse	158	(1)
Silver Lake	158	(1)
British Sailors' Cemetery	159	(1)
Teach's Hole	159	(1)
Ocracoke Island Visitors Center	160	(1)
Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum	160	(1)
Ocracoke to Portsmouth Island	161	(1)
Ocracoke Toll Ferry	162	(1)
Swan Quarter	162	(4)
Cape Lookout National Seashore	166	(12)
Cape Lookout National Seashore Concession Ferries and Cabins	172	(1)
Portsmouth Island	173	(5)
Carteret County	178	(49)
Cedar Island	182	(1)
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge	183	(1)
Atlantic	183	(3)
Davis	186	(1)
Harkers Island	186	(2)
Shackleford Banks	188	(4)
Beaufort	192	(4)
North Carolina Maritime Museum	196	(1)
Carrot Island and Bird Shoal	197	(1)
Duke University Marine Laboratories	198	(1)
Radio Island	198	(1)
Newport River Regional Access Area	199	(1)
Morehead City	199	(3)
The History Place---Carteret County Historical Society	202	(1)
Bogue Banks	203	(4)
Fort Macon Museum and State Park	207	(3)
Atlantic Beach	210	(4)
Pine Knoll Shores	214	(3)
Iron Steamer Pier Access	217	(1)
Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area	217	(1)
North Carolina Aquarium, Pine Knoll Shores	217	(1)
Indian Beach (East)	218	(1)
Salter Path	218	(2)
Indian Beach (West)	220	(1)
Emerald Isle	220	(4)
Cape Carteret to Cedar Point	224	(3)
Onslow County	227	(16)
Swansboro	231	(2)
Hammocks Beach State Park	233	(2)
Camp Lejeune	235	(1)
Sneads Ferry	236	(1)
Topsail Island	236	(3)
North Topsail Beach	239	(1)
Permuda Island Coastal Reserve	240	(3)
Pender County	243	(11)
Surf City	246	(2)
Topsail Beach	248	(2)
New Topsail Inlet and Lea-Hutaff Island	250	(1)
Hampstead	250	(1)
Poplar Grove Plantation	251	(3)
New Hanover County	254	(32)
Wilmington	257	(2)
Figure Eight Island	259	(1)
Wrightsville Beach and Shell Island	259	(6)
Masonboro Island National Estuarine Research Reserve	265	(1)
Snows Cut Park	266	(1)
Pleasure Island	266	(1)
Carolina Beach State Park	267	(4)
Carolina Beach	271	(3)
Wilmington Beach/Hanby Beach	274	(1)
Kure Beach	274	(3)
Fort Fisher State Historic Site	277	(1)
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area	278	(2)
North Carolina Aquarium, Fort Fisher	280	(1)
Federal Point	281	(1)
Zeke's Island National Estuarine Research Reserve	281	(2)
Fort Fisher Toll Ferry	283	(3)
Brunswick County	286	(43)
Southport	290	(3)
Smith Island Complex	293	(4)
Bald Head Island State Natural Area	297	(1)
Oak Island	297	(2)
Caswell Beach	299	(1)
Oak Island Lighthouse and U.S. Coast Guard Station	300	(1)
North Carolina Baptist Assembly Grounds/Fort Caswell	301	(1)
Town of Oak Island	301	(3)
Green Swamp/Boiling Spring Lakes Preserve	304	(1)
Lockwoods Folly Inlet	305	(1)
Shallotte	306	(1)
Holden Beach	306	(3)
Ocean Isle Beach	309	(2)
Sunset Beach	311	(2)
Bird Island	313	(1)
Calabash	314	(3)
Appendixes
Appendix A: Information	317	(4)
Appendix B: Festivals and Events	321	(3)
Appendix C: Saltwater Fishing Tournaments	324	(5)
Index	329