by Jim Morekis
lighthouses: general discussion 22; Charleston 210; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 160; North Carolina Central Coast 81-82; Outer Banks 32, 42, 43, 46, 54; South Carolina Lowcountry 285, 296, 310; Wilmington and Cape Fear 104
Litchfield Beach: 150
Littlest Church in South Carolina: 150
Lodge at Lake Mattamuskeet: 58
Lost Colony: 39, 333-335
Lost Colony, The: 38
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum: 21, 94
Lowcountry boil: 277
Lowcountry Estuarium: 283-284
Lowcountry Oyster Festival: 218
Lowcountry Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fleet: 159-160
Lowcountry Winery: 275
Lowry, Henry Berry: 109
Lumber River State Park: 111
M
McClellanville: 159-160
MagiQuest: 122
Magnolia Cemetery: 203, 204
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens: 200-201
manners: 351-352
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island: 284
Marion, Francis: 158
Marion Square: 193
Marshlands: 273
Mary Field School: 310
Masonboro Island: 98
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge: 24, 58
Medieval Times: 122, 131-132
mental institutions, early: 68-69
Merchant’s Millpond State Park: 49
Middleton Place: 19, 201-203
Middleton Place House Museum: 202
Miles Brewton House: 178
Mill Creek Oyster Festival: 77
Milton Maxcy House: 272
Missiles and More Museum: 101
MOJA Arts Festival: 221-222
money: 363
Montford Point Marine Museum: 101
Moore’s Creek National Battlefield: 92-93
Morehead City: 75-77
Morris Island Lighthouse: 22, 210
Moss House: 56
motorcycles: 133
Mount Pleasant: 205
Museum of the Albemarle: 49-50
Museum of the Cape Fear Regional Complex: 112
Museum of the Native American Resource Center: 108
Myrtle Beach: 16, 17, 115-149; map 122
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand: 115-164; map 118
Myrtle Beach Bike Week: 133
Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade: 124
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (baseball): 141
Myrtle Beach Speedway: 141
Myrtle Waves Water Park: 123-124
N
Nags Head: 15, 17, 24, 30-37; maps 30, 35
Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve: 31
Narrow Gauge Locomotive: 315
Nathaniel Russell House: 176-177
National Estuarine Research Reserve System: 286
national parks: Cape Hatteras 42-48; Cape Lookout 79-82
National Shag Dance Championships: 129, 132
Navy Flight Simulator: 206
New Bern: 15, 20, 64-69; map 5
New Bern Firemen’s Museum: 66
Newbold White House: 50
New Play Festival: 96
Night of a Thousand Candles: 151
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher: 103-104
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores: 24, 77-78
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island: 39
North Carolina Central Coast: 59-83; map 63
North Carolina Coast, map of: 2-3
North Carolina Estuarium: 56
North Carolina History Center: 65-66
North Carolina Maritime Museum (Beaufort): 15, 71
North Carolina Maritime Museum (Manteo): 38-39
North Carolina Maritime Museum (Southport): 105
North Carolina Oyster Festival: 105-106
North Carolina Seafood Festival: 76
North Charleston: 203-205
North Charleston and American LaFrance Fire Museum and Educational Center: 205
North Charleston Arts Festival: 220
North Charleston Coliseum: 235
North Charleston Riverfront Park: 230-231
North of Broad: 188-192
O
Oakdale Cemetery: 93-94
Oaks, The: 273
Ocean Drive Beach: 16, 127
Ocean Isle: 105-106
Ocracoke Island: 17, 20, 45-48; map 46
Ocracoke Lighthouse: 22, 46
Ocracoke Village: 46
Old Bethel United Methodist Church: 197
Old Bluffton: 307-308
Old Burying Ground: 15, 20, 71-72
Old City Jail: 192
Old City Market: 21, 191
Olde North Charleston: 205
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon: 180-181
Old Powder Magazine: 188
Old Sheldon Church Ruins: 282
Old Slave Mart Museum: 21, 188
Old Village: 206
Opera House Theatre Company: 96
Original Benjamin’s: 20, 147
Outer Banks: 25-58; map 29
Outer Banks Brewing Station: 33
Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education: 32
Outer Banks Wine University: 32-33
Oyotunji Village: 282-283
P
Palace Theatre: 132
Palmetto-Peartree Preserve: 55
Palmetto Trail: 162, 234
Pamlico Sound: 56-58
parasailing: Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138; Outer Banks 34, 44
Park Circle: 205
parks and gardens: Charleston 172, 181, 193, 196-197, 203, 256, 259-260, 261; South Carolina Lowcountry 270; Wilmington and Cape Fear 95-96
Parris Island: 284
Parris Island Museum: 284
Patriots Point Fourth of July Blast: 221
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum: 18, 205-206
Pavilion Nostalgia Park: 122-123
Pawleys Island: 150
Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art: 152
Pawleys Island Historic District: 151-152
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge: 24, 43-44
Peninsula Grill: 16, 243-244, 247
Penn Center: 21, 280, 282, 311
Penn Center Heritage Days: 274
pets, traveling with: 359
Pettigrew State Park: 54-55
Philip Simmons Garden: 21, 196-197
phones: 364
Piccolo Spoleto: 220, 221
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge: 293, 302
Pirate’s Voyage: 132
Pitt Street: 206
planning tips: 12-14
Plantation Days at Middleton Place: 222
Plantation Home Tour: 160
plants: 324-326
Plymouth: 54
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: 55
politics: 347-348
Poogan’s Porch: 20, 244
population: 349-350
Port O’Plymouth Museum: 54
Port Royal: 283-284
Port Royal Sound: 300
Portsmouth Village: 80-81
Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church: 157
pronunciation, Outer Banks: 33
PURE Theatre: 217
QR
rail travel: 355
Rainbow Row: 16, 175-176
Randolph Hall: 194
RBC Heritage Classic Golf Tournament: 298
recreation: 356-358; see also specific activity; place
Red Barn Studio Theatre: 96
religion: 350
rental cars: 355
resources: 365-366
Rice Museum: 21, 156
Riley, Joseph P.: 224
Ripley’s Aquarium: 16, 123
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium: 126
Riverfront Park: 203
Riverwalk: 149-150
Roanoke-Cashie River Center: 52
Roanoke Island: 37-42; map 37
Roanoke Island Festival Park: 39-40
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sp; Roanoke River Lighthouse and Maritime Museum: 54
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge: 52
Robert Smalls House: 21, 273
Rosehill Inn: 15, 99
S
safety: 359-362
sailboarding: 44
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church: 281
St. Helena’s Episcopal Church: 270-271
St. James Place Museum: 52
St. James-Santee Episcopal Church: 159
St. John’s Lutheran Church: 191
St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church: 196-197
St. Mary of the Annunciation Church: 192
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church: 178-179
St. Philip’s Anglican Church: 106
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church: 185
Saltus House: 281
Sands, The: 283
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 316
scuba diving/snorkeling: Charleston 231; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 137-138; North Carolina Central Coast 72, 73, 77; Outer Banks 33, 40
Sculpture in the South: 256
Seabrook Island: 262
Sea Pines Forest Preserve: 18, 296
Sea Pines Plantation: 295-296
senior travelers: 359
Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center: 258
Shackleford Banks: 81
shag dancing: 129, 130
Shaggers Hall of Fame: 129
Singletarry Lake State Park: 110-111
Skull Creek: 300
Skywheel: 124
Slave Relic Museum: 314
Smith Island Museum: 104
Society of Stranders Fall Migration: 129, 134
Society of Stranders Spring Safari: 129, 133
Soleto Festival USA: 220, 221
Somerset Place Historic Site: 54
Sottile Theatre: 218
South Carolina Aquarium: 181-182
South Carolina Artisans Center: 312-313
South Carolina Bluegrass Festival: 134
South Carolina Coast, map of: 4-5
South Carolina Lowcountry: 21, 263-316; map 266
South Carolina Maritime Museum: 156
South Carolina Stingrays (hockey): 235
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition: 218
South of Broad: 172, 174-179
Southport: 105
Southport Fourth of July Celebration: 105
spectator sports: Charleston 234-235; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 141; Outer Banks 52; Wilmington and Cape Fear 98
Spoleto: 221
Spring Bike Rally: 133-134
Spring Games and Kite Flying Contest: 133
state parks: general discussion 356; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 151; North Carolina Central Coast 78; Outer Banks 31, 49, 54-55, 57; South Carolina Lowcountry 284-285, 287, 288; Wilmington and Cape Fear 101-102, 103-104, 109-111
Stoney-Baynard Ruins: 281, 296
Sullivan’s Island: 17, 208-209, 229
Summerall Field: 197
Summerville: 256, 258
Summerville-Dorchester Museum: 256
Sun Fun Festival: 134
surfing: Charleston 231; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 137; North Carolina Central Coast 78; Outer Banks 34, 47; Wilmington and Cape Fear 98, 106
sustainable food: 247
Swamp Fox (Francis Marion): 158
Swan Quarter National Wildlife Refuge: 58
Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival: 220-221
swimming: Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 137; North Carolina Central Coast 78; Wilmington and Cape Fear 110
T
tabby art: 281
Tabernacle Baptist Church: 21, 271
Taste of Charleston: 222
telephones: 364
tennis: Charleston 233, 262; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 140; South Carolina Lowcountry 303
Thalian Hall: 96
Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area: 78
39 Rue de Jean: 20, 248
Thomas Fuller House: 272
tipping: 363
Topsail Beach: 17, 101
tourist information: 362-363
train travel: 355
Train Wreck: 231
transportation: 354-356; see also specific place
Tristan: 16
Trott’s Cottage: 188
Tryon Palace: 15, 64-66
Turnage Theater: 56
Tuskegee Airmen Memorial: 21, 314, 315
U
Union Baptist Church: 310
Union Cemetery: 21, 294
Union Church: 283
Unitarian Church: 190-191
University of South Carolina Beaufort: 274
Upper King: 18, 20, 192-197
USCG Ingham: 206
U.S. Highway 17: 106-107
USS Clamagore: 206
USS Laffey: 206
USS North Carolina: 16, 93
USS Yorktown: 206
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Village of Cedar Island: 82-83
Waccatee Zoological Farm: 126-127
Wadmalaw Island: 261
Walterboro: 312-315
Wambaw Creek Wilderness Canoe Trail: 162
Ward House: 152
Warren Lasch Conservation Center: 204
Washington: 56-57
Waterfront (Charleston): 179-184
Waterfront Park: 181
Waterfront Park City Gallery: 181
water parks: Charleston 231-232; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 123-124, 125-126
Water Street: 16
weather: 321-323
West Ashley: 198-203
West Ashley Greenway: 234
Weston House: 152
White Point Gardens: 172
wildlife refuges: general discussion 356; Charleston 258-259; North Carolina Central Coast 83; Outer Banks 43-44, 48-49, 52, 55, 58; South Carolina Lowcountry 286, 293, 316
wildlife/wildlife-watching: general discussion 95, 326-330; Charleston 262; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138, 150, 151; North Carolina Central Coast 73; Outer Banks 31, 34, 40, 49, 55, 57, 58; South Carolina Lowcountry 285, 287, 296; Wilmington and Cape Fear 101, 110
William Rhett House: 191-192
Williamston: 52-53
Wilmington: 15, 20, 21, 89-102; maps 90, 91
Wilmington and Cape Fear: 84-114; map 87
Wilmington Historic District: 89, 91-92
Wilmington Railroad Museum: 94-95
Wilmington Sea Dawgs (basketball): 98
Wilmington Sharks (baseball): 98
Windsor: 51-52
windsurfing: Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 138; Outer Banks 44
wine/wineries: Charleston 261; Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand 127; Outer Banks 32-33, 40; South Carolina Lowcountry 275, 298
Winyah Bay: 162
Winyah Bay Heritage Festival: 162
women travelers: 358
Wonderworks: 121
Woodard’s Pharmacy: 50
Wooden Boat Show: 162
Wormsloe Plantation: 281
Wright Brothers National Memorial: 15, 30-31
Wrightsville Beach: 16, 17, 92
Yuletide Madrigal Singers: 218
Zebulon Latimer House: 15, 91-92
Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery: 294
ziplining: 303
zoos and animal parks: 126-127, 356-357
List of Maps
Front maps
North Carolina Coast 2-3
South Carolina Coast 4-5
Discover Coastal Carolinas
chapter divisions map: 12
The Outer Banks
The Outer Banks: 29
Nags Head and Vicinity: 30
Nags Head to Bodie Island: 35
Roanoke Island: 37
Ocracoke Island: 46
North Carolina Central Coast
North Carolina Central Coast: 63
New Bern: 65
Beaufort and Vicinity: 70
Wilmington and Cape Fear
Wilmington and Cape Fear: 87
Gre
ater Wilmington: 90
Wilmington: 91
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand: 118
Myrtle Beach: 122
Georgetown: 155
Charleston
Charleston: 169
Charleston Sights: 173
Charleston Accommodations: 236
Charleston Entertainment and Food: 242
Greater Charleston: 257
South Carolina Lowcountry
South Carolina Lowcountry: 266
Beaufort: 268
Hilton Head Island: 292
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