We love the beach and the coast
but we can only visit once a year. So we  built this site to cover the beaches within a reasonable driving distance from our home in Atlanta. The maps and links on this site lead to all kinds of beach sites. We dedicate it to landlocked beachcombers, like us, everywhere. Created July 15, 2000
Please visit our Hall of Fame before you leave.
Site Map Here is what you can find at the beach house:
Maps This site is mostly about maps of the beaches. We have maps that can get you to the beach, but we really enjoy looking at maps of the beach itself.
- Beach Tour Maps We've tried to find the best maps of our favorite beaches. There are more than 90 maps on this page. We prefer maps hosted on local beach websites. You might want to explore them.
- Islands without bridges.
- Between the Beaches, Inlets, Rivers, Islands, Lighthouses This is a strange page that wishes it was a map. We've tried to show all the coastal features. The last column lists all of the lighthouses
- Aerial and Topographic Maps From here you can quickly find an aerial photograph of your favorite beach. You might even find your own beach house.
- Boats Ports Planes We like boats, aviation, and military museums. You can find the links here.
- Bridge Maps We went overboard on these pages. We have TopoZone.com topographic maps and a few pictures of all the bridges. You can use these maps to explore the coast even if the bridges bore you. You can find South Carolina Bridge Maps, Georgia Bridge Maps, Florida Atlantic -Bridge Maps, and Gulf Bridge Maps.
- Slow Bridges You should probably ignore this one unless you have DSL.
- Fishing Piers Here is a list of all the ocean fishing piers we can find with links and some pictures.
- Beaches In Atlanta If you can't get to salt water, at least you can get to a beach.
- Map Sources This is where to find maps on line.
- GLIS maps are ordering templates from the federal government. We used them to create maps of an entire state's coastline.
Places Our places pages overlap with the map pages but, who cares?
Departments If the page isn't a map or a place, it must be a department.
- Hall of Fame Our list of superlatives. You can find the sites we love and things we hate about the beach.
- Beach Books Our favorite beach books.
- Beach Media Radio, newspapers, and magazines about the beach. You can find the Charleston News and Courier, and the Apalachicola Times and every news paper in between.
- Links If we can't classify a beach site, we put it here. You can find some nature sites, fish, and lighthouse information here. Lots of odd sites such as the Virtual Sand Collection.
- Log We keep a complete log of changes we make to the site.
Let's eat! Where do you like to eat at the beach? This is a forum where you can post your own restaurant reviews. If you know of a good place to buy fresh seafood, tell us about it.
Us A little about us and the purpose (if any) of this site.
Work in progress: We want to build these out:: Beach Critters, Fishing, Driving to the Beach, Ancient Shorelines, and Environmental links.
Beach Critters
Fishing
Ancient shorelines Archaeological and geological studies of sea level fluctuation along the South Carolina Coast suggest that over the past 20,000 years sea level may have risen as much as 330 ft (100 meters). At 10,000 ybp the coast may have been as much as 50 miles to the east. Within the past 2,000 years, sea level has fluctuated within a range of less than 12 ft. See the cool but giant diagram ( 586 kb).
This is a good if big page about Florida geology. It has good diagrams.
Environment links
Potential Hall of Fame Sites from outside the area
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News from the Coast:
*Jasper Port to get second look
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-24-02
*Audit rekindles hopes for Jasper port
*Scientists target sites for research on river
-Island Packet Online, 3-24-02
*Bridge hits new delay
Brunswick -News, 3-23-02
*Official takes up fishing
-Florida Times Union
, 3-24-02
*Stop, go: Daytona battles Break cruise traffic
*Odd fish thrive in St. Sebastian River
*Ailing manatee seeks aid
-Daytona News Journal, 3-24-02
*Beach growth at crossroads
*Condos are 'one storm from disaster'
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-24-02
*Sitting in the Okatie River, about 25 yards from the Riverbend subdivision, an uninhabited 2.4-acre island casts its shadow over the river's marsh.
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-23-02
*Bridge illustrates statewide debate
*Scientists target sites for research on river
-Island Packet Online, 3-23-02
*Letters to the Editor: Tybee Light deserves stable, loving care
-Savannah Morning News, 3-23-02
*Porsche to use Brunswick's port
*For Sea Island caddies, the course is the office
Florida Times Union, 3-23-02
*New manatee act satisfiessea-cow friends, developers alike
Daytona News Journal, 3-23-02
*Bay Coliform Readings
'Shock'
Pensacola Beach News, 3-23-02
*Panel discusses ferry service
*Container terminal proposal outrages Summery: Lawmakers suggest using former Navy base site and nullifying city zoning efforts
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-22-02
*Duo saves stranded swimmers
*Agency recommends trawling regulation
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-21-02
*Commission to take up user fee at Tybee Pier
*Jasper port gets boost
-Savannah Morning News, 3-22-02
*St. Petersburg man arrested for killing alligator
-Daytona News Journal, 3-22-02
*Port Members Sign 1st Shipping Contract
-Port St. Joe Star, 3-22-02
*How to save seagrass
-Apalachicola Times, 3-22-02
*Fort Sumter Tours' ferry service contract is extended
*Latest 6-mile section of The Palmetto Trail beats a path to the ocean
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-21-02
*Bridge, dock measure stalled
-Island Packet Online, 3-21-02
*Mayport Road 'flyover' opens to Beaches traffic
-Florida Times Union, 3-21-02
*Net mesh size ruling
-Apalachicola Times
, 3-21-02
*Serious case of spring fever brings out crowds
*Health of St. Johns River at issue
-St Augustine Record, 3-21-02
*Arvida gets OK, minus marina
-Tallahassee Democrat, 3-20-02
*Small shark bites Ocoee vacationer
*Bill requires local review of waterway speed zones
-Daytona News Journal, 3-20-02
*Darien relives days of its Scottish settlers
-Florida Times Union, 3-20-02
*Beach matting to get trial run
*Early spring fools azaleas
*Group OKs river study grant
-Island Packet Online, 3-20-02
*Signs point to smooth storm evacuation
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-20-02
*Hurricane Center to issue forecasts five days in advance, giving more time to prepare
-Savannah Morning News, 3-20-02
*Thunderbolt not bluffing on marina height
-Savannah Morning News, 3-19-02
*All eyes on Florida flag system
Lifeguard associations around the world are watching to see if Florida becomes the first state in the nation to adopt a uniform warning and flag safety code to inform swimmers of surf conditions.
Panama City News Herald, 3-18-02
*First Cobia of Season Caught Off Pensacola Beach Pier
*Sewage Spills Into Sabine Bay
Pensacola Beach News, 3-19-02
*Developers in limbo over Perdido Key
Pensacola News Journal, 3-19-02
*Lazy days by the river appeal to locals, drifters
Daytona News Jounral, 3-19-02
*Port helps feed world
Brunswick News, 3-18-02
*Dock decision reviewed
Island Packet Online, 3-19-02
*Casino boat plan draws no comment
Chrleston Post and Courier, 3-19-02
*Old bomb off Georgia coast raises fears in wake of Sept. 11
-Atlanta Journal Constitution, 3-18-02
*Running bait shop a family affair
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 3-18-02
*Professors counting on Blue Spring's future
*A master plan for Volusia's beaches that was over a year in the making and that will be presented to the County Council later this week may fall short of what the panel was expecting.
*Next wave of Spring Breakers hits the beach
-Daytona News Journal, 3-18-02
*A decision by the S.C. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the development of Bay Point Island near Beaufort.
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-18-02
*Schooner shipyard under way
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-18-02
*A claim to homeland
Evicted by Army 60 years ago, families want Harris Neck back.
-Atlanta Journal Constitution, 3-17-02
*Marina idea worrying researchers
Tallahassee Democrat, 3-17-02
Watercraft ban will get hearing
*Region`s aquifer a fragile source of water
Pensacola News Journal, 3-17-02
*Erosion answer still elusive for Flagler Beach
Daytona News Journal, 3-17-02
*Developer says businesses should be allowed to develop land (Grayton Grand)
-Walton Sun, 3-16-02
*Shark nips surfer, but injuries minor
A shark bit a surfer in the leg Friday in an area near Ponce de Leon Inlet
*As suds flow more freely, city beefs up Break patrols
*South of the action: Uncrowded beaches beckon Breakers
*Spring Break special section
-Daytona News Journal, 3-16-02
*Winter beach weather
*Coast Guard squad now armed for war on drugs
-Florida Times Union, 3-16-02
*Cutter's sharpshooter helps disable drug boat
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-16-02
*Dying pygmy sperm whale was pregnant, scientists say
*Majestic oaks are safer from saws than they used to be
*Not just any fish-bait
-Savannah Morning News, 3-16-02
*What's In The Future for the Port
*Trees Thinned At Cape Site
Port St Joe Star, 3-15-02
*Defendant remembers fatal boating accident
Northwest Florida Daily News, 3-15-02
*Beaches building up safety
-Florida Times Union, 3-15-02
*Jekyll Island has reason to cheer
-Florida Times Union, 3-15-02
*Boat still a hazard
-Brunswick News, 3-15-02
*Port Royal hooks aquarium
-Island Packet Online, 3-15-02
*Architect preserves Barker Field slave cabin ruins
*Community aquarium finds a home
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-15-02
*Fight looms over Tybee Light ownership:
City Council wants to wrest control of the historic beacon from the island's historical association.
*You'd never imagine it, but the Savannah River is home to 108 species of fish.
-Savannah Morning News, 3-15-02
*Cleanup set to scrub St. Johns River
-St Augustine Record, 3-15-03
*St. George Island bridge milestone, Lighthouse Exibition
-Apalachicola Times, 3-14-02
*Councilors discuss new paths to the beach
*Resorts say numbers good for spring break
-Destin Ft Walton Log, 3-14-02
*NAS likely to see bigger ships
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-14-02
*Army Corps of Engineers halts beach renourishment
*Company nets profit from tiny shrimp
-Daytona News Journal, 3-14-02
*Consultant preserves historical tabby ruins on island
-Island Packet Online, 3-14-02
*From vehement criticism to profuse appreciation -- the Bridge of Lions rehabilitation plan definitely drew strong opinions from local residents Wednesday night.
-St Augustine Record, 3-14-02
*Gusty thunderstorms leave trail of damage
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-13-02
*Dead beavers -- oh, the humanity! Kingsland busy battling beaver blockage
-Tribune and Georgian, 3-13-02
*Family reports rare northern sighting of painted bunting
*Dock limits disputed
-Island Packet Online 3-13-02
*Judge hears dock law arguments
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-13-02
*Small crowd divided on Ashley marina plans
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-13-02
*Proposals for the future of the Bridge of Lions will be on display in the St. Johns County Auditorium on Lewis Speedway today.
-St Augustine Record, 3-13-02
To older beach and coast news links
To beach media page. Click here to see how I do this. It's a shame but many of these links don't last very long. If a link is dead, you may be able to search the media source's site.
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