Wilmington, North Carolina is located between the Cape Fear river and the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North Carolina, and the residents of the city have the distinct advantage of a beach just a 20-minute drive from the downtown area. Wilmington is subtropical; the winters are mild, and the summers have high humidity and temperatures usually….
Myrtle Beach is located mostly on a barrier island between the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the East. To the east of the waterway, the land is on a sandbar or dune area. West of the waterway, the land is mostly pine forest with a normal high water table,….
Charleston is the oldest city in the state of South Carolina and the second largest city in the state. It’s known as The Holy City because of the amount of churches and church steeples seen on the skyline, and also because it was one of the few cities in the founding thirteen colonies to supply….
Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a resort town located on an island of the same name in South Carolina. The year-round population is about 34,000 year round, but can top out around 275,000 during the summer months, when tourists flood the island city to take advantage of the 12 miles of beaches and….
Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1733 and is an old city, and it is steeped in history. The city has one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States, and the Savannah of today is an industrial center and a very important Atlantic seaport. Summers in Savannah tend to be humid with….
Brunswick Georgia is a port city, located right on the Gulf of Mexico. The city has the lowest elevation in Georgia; it’s only 10 feet above sea level. It has a long history of hurricane damage; one of the past most damaging never even made landfall; Brunswick was flooded in 1893 when a Category 3….
Perdido Beach is located on the northern shore of Perdido Bay, in Baldwin County, Alabama, and just recently became a town on June 10 of 2009. The fantastic growth in Baldwin County in recent years spurred this action; several coastal cities had been looking at incorporating Perdido Beach into their townships, and the local beach….
Orange Beach is part of the Alabama Gulf Coast, right on the Gulf of Mexico. Tourism is big business there: Orange Beach has championship golf courses, and fishing charters are a big attraction, along with the dolphin sightseeing tours offered with some of these charters. It’s a wonderful area, and a great place to live,….
Dauphin Island is a barrier island right on the Gulf of Mexico. It has fine beaches, lots of tourists, and fishing is, of course, a popular activity in the waters around the island. The island is connected to mainland Alabama by the Gordon Persons Bridge. The island has several bird sanctuaries, because Dauphin Island is….
New Brunswick and the Canadian Atlantic waters are threatened by an average of six tropical storms a year, some of them of hurricane force. Because of the devastation caused by the high winds and excessive rain that often come with these extreme events, knowing exactly when and where they will strike is vital. If you….
