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The Carolina ocean beaches offer many
flavors from the rugged, weather-beaten outerbanks of North Carolina to the tropical
island ambience of the low country beaches of South Carolina. And not all Carolina beaches
face east. You must enjoy the experience of relaxing in a beach chair while the sun rises
over your left shoulder. And if you were to be in the same chair at the same spot at
sunset, Old Sol would disappear over your right shoulder. Where? North Carolina's
Crystal Coast (Morehead City area) and Brunswick Islands (Long Beach area) are both
south-facing beaches.
- NC Outerbanks Public Access
Beaches
This is the group of islands extending from the
Virginia border to the southern tip of Ocracoke Island (mouth of the Pamlico River).
Swimming is very dangerous, and is discouraged, along the Cape Lookout National Seashore.
- NC Central Coast Public
Access Beaches
This area is popularly known as the Crystal Coast.
Here the Atlantic Ocean beaches face south. The beaches on Bogue Banks (which extends from
Bogue Inlet eastward to Beaufort Inlet) accessed from Beaufort and Morehead City are
included here.
- NC Southern Coast Public
Access Beaches
We have included the beaches on Topsail Island
(Jacksonville area), Wrightsville (Wilmington) and Pleasure Island (south of Wilmington),
collectively known as the Cape Fear Coastal Area. Also included in this section are the
south-facing beaches off the south coast of Brunswick County (Southport area).
- SC Grand Strand
Public Access Beaches
The Grand Strand is a series of islands separated from the
South Carolina mainland by the Inland Waterway and extends from the North Carolina border
(North Myrtle Beach), through Myrtle Beach, to Georgetown in the south.
- SC
Charleston area Public Access Beaches
This includes the beaches in the Charleston -
Mount Pleasant to the Edisto River.
- SC Resort
Islands Public Access Beaches
This includes the beaches extending from the Edisto River
to the Savannah River (Harbor Island to Hilton Head Island near the Georga border).
Carolina
Lakes
Carolina
Lakes Listed by NAME
- Baden Lake - Albemarle NC
- Belews Lake - Pine Hall NC
- Falls Lake - Raleigh NC
- Fantasy Lake - Hope Mills NC
- Fontana Lake - Fontana Village NC
- Gaston, Lake - Roanoke Rapids NC
- Greenwood, Lake - Ninety Six SC
- Harris Lake - Apex NC
- Hartwell, Lake - Anderson SC
- Hickory, Lake - Hickory NC
- High Rock Lake - Salisbury NC
- Hiwassea, Lake - Murphy NC
- Hyco Reservoir - Roxboro NC
- James, Lake - Marion NC
- Jocassee, Lake - Salem SC
- Jones Lake -
Elizabethtown NC
- Jordan Lake - Pittsboro NC
- Kerr Lake - Henderson NC
- Kewowee, Lake - Walhalla SC
- Lure, Lake - Chimney Rock / Lake Lure NC
- Marion, Lake - Santee SC
- Mattamuskeet, Lake - Swan Quarter NC
- Mayo Reservoir - Roxboro NC
- Michie, Lake - Durham NC
- Moultrie, Lake - Moncks Corner SC
- Murray, Lake - Columbia SC
- Nantahala Lake - Andrews NC
- Norman, Lake - Mooresville NC
- Phelps Lake - Plymouth NC
- Rhodhiss, Lake - Morganton NC
- Rixen Smith Lake - Fayetteville
NC
- Russell Lake - Calhoun Falls SC
- Strom Thurmond Lake - McCormick SC
- Thorpe Lake - Cashiers NC
- Thurmond Lake, Strom - McCormick SC
- Tillery, Lake - Albemarle NC
- W Kerr Scott Reservoir - Wilkesboro NC
- Waldo's Beach - Fayetteville NC
- Warren, Lake - Hampton SC
- Wateree, Lake - Great Falls SC
- White Lake - White Lake NC
- Wylie, Lake - Lake Wylie SC
North
Carolina Lakes Listed by LOCATION
- Albemarle: Baden Lake
- Albemarle: Lake Tillery
- Andrews: Nantahala Lake
- Apex: Harris Lake
- Cashiers: Thorpe Lake
- Chimney Rock: Lake Lure
- Durham: Lake Michie
- Elizabethtown: Jones
Lake
- Fayetteville: Rixen Smith Lake
- Fayetteville: Waldo's Beach
- Fontana Village: Fontana Lake
- Henderson: Kerr Lake
- Hickory: Lake Hickory
- Hope Mills: Fantasy Lake
- Lake Lure: Lake Lure
- Marion: Lake James
- Mooresville: Norman, Lake
- Morganton: Lake Rhodhiss
- Murphy: Lake Hiwassea
- Pine Hall: Belews Lake
- Pittsboro: Jordan Lake
- Plymouth: Phelps Lake
- Raleigh: Falls Lake
- Roanoke Rapids: Lake Gaston
- Roxboro: Hyco Reservoir
- Roxboro: Mayo Reservoir
- Salisbury: High Rock Lake
- Swan Quarter: Lake Mattamuskeet
- Wilkesboro: W Kerr Scott Reservoir
- White Lake: White Lake
South
Carolina Lakes Listed by LOCATION
- Anderson: Hartwell, Lake:
- Calhoun Falls: Russell Lake
- Columbia: Murray, Lake
- Great Falls: Wateree, Lake
- Greenwood, Lake Ninety Six:
- Hampton: Warren, Lake
- Lake Wylie: Wylie, Lake
- McCormick: Strom Thurmond Lake
- Moncks Corner: Moultrie, Lake
- Salem: Jocassee, Lake
- Santee: Marion, Lake
- Walhalla: Kewowee, Lake
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