Getting Around

The following links provide access to several websites that are excellent resources for information on travel and tourism in eastern North Carolina.

HomeGrownHandMade.com presents a series of self-directed, driving tours that allow visitors to experience the region's diverse cultural and agricultural assets.  HomegrownHandmade.com is a project aimed at stimulating statewide sustainable tourism and showcasing the state's rural riches.  The Web site grew out of a project funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation that uses agri-Cultural tourism to encourage travel to areas hit by the decline in tobacco.  Partners include the North Carolina Arts Council, Duplin County Cooperative Extension, and HandMade in America.

Historic Albemarle Trail offers guides to historic sites and trails in eastern North Carolina that will take you on a journey through 400 years of American history, culture, and environment.  Visit this site to find maps and other valuable resources to help you plan your vacation in eastern North Carolina.

NC Coast Host was formed in 1981 to facilitate a cooperative effort between visitor bureaus, attractions, accommodations, historic sites, and other tourism related businesses along North Carolina's 300 mile coastline to promote this area as the preferred vacation destination in the southeast.  Members of NC Coast Host enjoy the benefits of cooperative advertising, internet presence, bimonthly meetings, a comprehensive network of contacts, participation in familiarization tours, as well as representation at state tourism meetings and in the Travel Council of North Carolina.

Coast News, the boating newspaper, is based out of Pirate Island, NC and published by Pirate Island Publications.  The staff has nearly 50 years of combined magazine, newspaper and publishing experience, ranging from small town weeklies to magazines to metro newspapers.  Readers turn to Coast News for vital information and commentary to make important and informed decisions about their waterfront activities, identify market and recreation trends and focus on new boating opportunities. Coast News reaches the region's premier boating and maritime audience in the Pirate Coast region - an area that stretches from Fernandina Beach, Fla., north to Coinjock, N.C.

Visitnc.com is the official site for travel and tourism throughout the state of North Carolina.  The site provides a calendar of events, brochures, and travel guides for areas in eastern North Carolina.  Visitnc.com is provided by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development.

Also visit our Links page for more useful information on planning your vacation in eastern North Carolina.