Atlantic Coast NC to FL

Gulla Geechee

Gullah Wikipedia article. Geechee-Gullah, Gullah, Geechee.

• Gullah Gullah Island TV show. Prime Video, Paramount+, Apple TV.
• Gullah Virtual Library.
• Cultural Heritage Corridor.
• Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor NHA, 713 Craven St, Beaufort, SC.
• Jonathan Green, vibrant paintings of Gullah culture.

South Carolina Atlantic Coast

Charleston, SC

• Jonathan Green Studios, Charleston, SC.
• High Cotton – setting for movie The Notebook

Edisto Island, SC

• Emily Meggett, Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island.
• Kardea Brown, Delicious Miss Brown on the Food Network.
• Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area.

St. Helena Island, SC

• Daughters of the Dust, 1991 film.
• US 21 Scenic Byway from Beaufort to Hunting Island State Park.

Hilton Head Island, SC

• HHI Gullah Heritage Trail Tour, (bus tour info) 2.5 hours, dep HHI 10am, $50. Tour guide and founder Dr. Emory Campbell.
• HHI tours.
• Trip Advisor.
• HHI events 2025 Aug 1.
• Gullah Museum of HHI.
• Mitchelville Freedom Park.
• Tuesdays, evening cruise $53 to see dolphins and fireworks.
• Sundays, HHI Gospel Jazz Brunch, HHI, 11am to 2pm.
• Summer Sundays live music, 7 to 10pm, $0, Shelter Cove Community Park, HHI.

Georgia Atlantic Coast

Savannah

Visit Savannah. Trip Advisor Savannah.

• Telfair Museum (ROAM)
• Mercer Williams House Museum
• Davenport House (NARM)
• Andrew Low House Museum (NARM).
• King-Tisdell Cottage Museum.
• Restaurants: The Olde Pink House (not a great value but good and in an historic mansion), Treylor Park (funky eclectic but very good); Melody recs: Little Duck Diner, Rise Biscuit (but no seating)

Tours

Black History

• Black History tour – bus tour, Fr and Sa, Su Soulfood Tour.
• Saturday Slavery to Freedom tour, $69, 10:30am or 1:30pm, 2:30.
• Walk With Me Savannah Tours – including Rising Voices tour, $32, 10am or 1pm, two hours.
• Sundays, 6 to 8pm, Slaves in the City walking tour, Savannah, $65.
• Grey Line Gulla Geechee tour – Aug 1 (and every Friday), 1 hour bus tour starting at 10am followed by lunch at The Historic Second African Baptist Church with storytelling. Starts at $109.
• Friday Gullah Geechee Tour and Lunch.

Cuisine

• Walking (3 miles) food tour – either dinner or lunch.
• Saturday Culinary & Cultural Food Tour, walking, 3 hours, 11 11:30 12:45 1:15 starts, $93.
• Downtown Donuts and Sweet Treats Tour, walking, 2 hours, $70 – “yummy” per Melody.

Other

• Monday 7pm Gospel Music Dinner Cruise $78.
• Savannah Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise, 1:30, dep Sav 1:00m or 3:30pm, $42.
• Savannah Hop On Hop Off Trolley Tour, 9am to 5pm, $45.
• Savannah Bonaventure Cemetary golf cart tour, 1:00, $38, 9am 10:30am 12pm 1:30pm 3pm. (Reserve in advance)
• Grey Line tours.
• Savannah for Morons Trolley tour – per Melody “a lot of fun (and not the least bit informative)”

Southeast of Savannah

• Tybee Island – Hilton article.
• Pin Point Heritage Museum.

South of Savannah

• Sapelo Island. Hog Hammock, last known Gullah community.
• St. Simons Island – between Savannah and St. Augustine. Moores Creek.
• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Florida Atlantic Coast

• Fort Caroline National Memorial and Kingsley Plantation, 50 minutes north of St. Augustine.
• Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, Jacksonville, FL. 2:10 south of Savannah and 50 minutes north of St. Augustine.
• A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park (just north of Ormond-by-the-Sea).
• Florida Scenic Byways. Florida Byways highlights. America’s Byways. A1A Coastal Byway.

Jacksonville

• Six NARM museums

St. Augustine

• Fort Mose, northside of St. Augustine. $2 each museum admission.
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
• Ximenez-Fatio House Museum (ROAM)
• Lightner Museum (NARM)
• St. Augustine Historical Society (NARM)
• Father Miguel O’Reilly House Museum
• Old Spanish Coquina Quarry at Anastasia State Park; $8 vehicle admission.

Ormond Beach

• Florida Agricultural Museum (NARM), Palm Coast (30 min north)
• OMAM, Ormond Beach Memorial Art Museum and Gardens (NARM)
• The Casements (also The Casements) and Rockefeller Gardens Park
• Hotel Ormond Cupola
• Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail
• Ormond Beach Environmental Discovery Center
• The Three Chimneys – old British sugar plantation, sugar mill, and rum distillery
• Nathan Cobb Cottage
• Tomoka State Park
• Ormond Beach restaurants: Wild Rabbit Bistro, Rose Villa Southern, Chucherias

Daytona Beach area

• MOAS (Museum of Arts and Sciences) (NARM) and Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art (at MOAS)
• Daytona Beach restaurants: Mama Foo Foo, Ocean Deck (live music)
• Ponce Lighthouse and Museum and the Constance D. Hunter Historic Pacetti Hotel Museum, Ponce Inlet
• New Smyrna restaurants: Third Wave Cafe, Cafe Del Soul, Mason Bar

Cape Canaveral

• Holidays in Space. Closed Xmas Day
• NASA site.
• Wizard of Oz Museum
• Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum
• Sands Space History Center
• Kennedy site.
• Titusville restaurants: Third Culture Kitchen, Indian Sizzler, Vine and Olive (Italian), Playalinda Brewing Company, El Leoncito
• Cocoa Beach, Lori Wilson Park (includes a dog park)
• Cocoa Beach restaurants: The Tiny Turtle, The Surfinista