MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - As the summer beach season finally begins, the Department of Environmental Quality is reminding people about its interactive public beach and waterfront access map. The ...

North Carolina’s sandy shores are making national headlines again, with multiple beach towns earning spots on two recent lists of the best summer vacation destinations in the United States. A visitor ...

I grew up often visiting the Gulf Coast, where beach days meant soft white sand, slow sunsets, and the hum of cicadas in the pine trees just beyond the dunes. However, something about the North ...

Nine Wilmington-area beaches were nominated for the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Award for best North Carolina beaches. Seven of the nominated beaches made the top 10. Carolina Beach, Holden Beach ...

Stay at the Atlantis, a vintage 1960s lodge in Pine Knoll Shores with ocean-view rooms and complimentary beach chairs. See the wild horses on Cape Lookout National Seashore. Rent a kayak or ...

If you drive down the coast of Southeastern North Carolina, you'll come across one beach after another. There's around a dozen different beaches that are an hour or less drive from Wilmington, all of ...