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Coastal Plain & Rivers
Regional history, gardens and Cape Fear discoveries bring three eastern cities into view.
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Coastal Plain & Rivers, a little closer.
Regional history, gardens and Cape Fear discoveries bring three eastern cities into view. These are separate destinations with different journeys and visitor arrangements.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
Three places to begin.
Choose a local stop, then find food and a place to stay.
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Browse published places around Coastal Plain & Rivers. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real North Carolina photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Fayetteville, NC Downtown Skyline.jpg — Public domain, City of Fayetteville. Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- New Bern Municipal Building (City Hall).jpg — Tradewinds. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- BRIDGE 2024-05-07 Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Press Conf-831-155 (cropped).jpg — NCDOTcommunications. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
Independent visitor sources; inclusion is not a paid placement or an endorsement by the source.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, North Carolina FIPS 37, all 100 counties. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not North Carolina’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.