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                                           Locator Map




                                              0 kilometers  100
            The Outer Banks (see p252) are a long chain of   0 miles  100
            narrow barrier islands that runs along North
            Carolina’s Atlantic Coast. Beside pristine beaches,
            the other attractions here include historic
 Louisville  lighthouses and the site where the Wright
 Lexington  Brothers launched their first successful flight.
 Owensboro  Elizabethtown
 KENTUCKY  Pikeville
 Paducah  (See pp270–73)  Somerset
  London
 Bowling Green
             Kingsport
 Union City
 Nashville  Cookeville  Winston-Salem  Greensboro  Rocky Mount
 Dyersburg  Knoxville                 Durham       Beaufort
 TENNESSEE  Asheville  NORTH CAROLINA   Raleigh
 Jackson  Columbia  (See pp264–69)  (See pp250–53)
                  Charlotte                        New Bern
 Memphis                               Fayetteville
 Chattanooga
                                                 Jacksonville
              Greenville          Laurinburg
  Dahlonega
                 SOUTH CAROLINA               Wilmington
         Greenwood  (See pp254–57)
                                Florence
                        Columbia
       Athens                          Myrtle Beach
 Atlanta
                         Orangeburg
     GEORGIA    Augusta
    (See pp258–63)
 La Grange  Macon               Charleston
           Dublin  Statesboro
 Columbus
                        Savannah
    Cordele
              Jesup
  Albany
                     Brunswick  Myrtle Beach (see p256),
         Waycross           South Carolina’s premier
 Bainbridge                resort, is the capital of the
        Valdosta          Grand Strand, a long sweep
                            of Atlantic coastline. The
                             beach and its environs
                              offer a wide variety of
                              seaside amusements.
                                   For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp276–8 and pp279–81


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