• Food
    • Recipes
    • Restaurants
    • Supper Club
    • A Taste of Our State
  • Travel
    • Tar Heel Towns
    • Travel Guides
    • Streets with a Story
    • Murphy to Manteo
    • Quirky Detours
    • Carolina Calendar
    • Our State Trips & Events
  • Living in NC
    • From Elizabeth Hudson
    • Ramblin’ Man
    • Photo Essay
    • Features
    • Arts & Culture
    • Home & Garden
    • History
    • NC Icons
  • Videos
    • Supper Club
    • North Carolina, Naturally
    • North Carolina, Noted
    • Hidden History
    • Book Club With Wiley Cash
    • Storytellers Podcast
    • NC Icons
    • Best of Our State on PBS NC
  • Games
    • Crossword
    • Word Search
    • Jigsaw
    • Quiz
  • Newsletters
  • Store
subscribe
  • Manage My Account
  • Our State Trips
  • Carolina Calendar
  • Contests & Promotions
  • Our State Archives
Skip to content
  • Food
    • Recipes
    • Restaurants
    • Supper Club
    • A Taste of Our State
  • Travel
    • Tar Heel Towns
    • Travel Guides
    • Streets with a Story
    • Murphy to Manteo
    • Quirky Detours
    • Carolina Calendar
    • Our State Trips & Events
  • Living in NC
    • From Elizabeth Hudson
    • Ramblin’ Man
    • Photo Essay
    • Features
    • Arts & Culture
    • Home & Garden
    • History
    • NC Icons
  • Videos
    • Supper Club
    • North Carolina, Naturally
    • North Carolina, Noted
    • Hidden History
    • Book Club With Wiley Cash
    • Storytellers Podcast
    • NC Icons
    • Best of Our State on PBS NC
  • Games
    • Crossword
    • Word Search
    • Jigsaw
    • Quiz
  • Newsletters
  • Store
subscribe

pamlico river

Ferries on the Pamlico Sound
Back to the Beach

Where the Ferries Live

A lifelong fascination with the vessels that carry everything from trucks to tourists across our sounds led one curious writer to track down their dry dock in Manns Harbor.

by Robyn Yiğit Smith
Bath, NC, located along the Pamlico River, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
History

A Town Called Bath

A tiny community at the confluence of two waterways in Beaufort County is where it all began for North Carolina.

by Bland Simpson
Travel

Paradise on the Pamlico in Washington

See wildlife from a kayak, explore the estuary by boat, discover waterfront restaurants and shopping, and enjoy down-home Carolina cooking in this welcoming riverside town.

by Our State Staff
Travel Guides

A Locals’ Guide to Downtown Washington

In and around the original Washington, the river meets the sound, old structures are given a new purpose, and life above and below the water is in constant transition.

by Chloe Klingstedt
Features

The Church on the Pamlico

At a homegrown sanctuary on the Pamlico, mighty waters carry generations through every twist and turn in life. Shoes are optional. Bug spray isn’t.

by Robyn Yiğit Smith
pearl coastal plain oriental feat img
Eastern

Pearls of the Coastal Plain:
11 Towns Before the Shore

These towns are buoyed by their proximity to water — river, sound, bay — yet they’re far enough from the ocean that you won’t find sand in your shoes. Here, 11 quirky places claim their fame in boats and bears, local characters and history.

by Our State Staff
Eastern

Plying the Pamlico

For nearly three decades, the Pamlico River took our writer’s family to wild places and etched itself into their memories.

by Laurie Prince

Subscribe
Our State Travel Club

Get our most popular weekly newsletter: This is NC

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
SEE ALL OUR NEWSLETTERS >

subscribe MANAGE MY ACCOUNT
FOLLOW US
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Games
  • Playlists
  • Sponsored Content
  • Tar Heel Towns
  • Newsletters
  • Our State Archives
  • Our State Store
  • Our State Trips & Events
  • Contests & Promotions
  • Best of Our State on PBS NC
  • Magazine Finder
  • The Story of Our State
  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Advertise With Our State
  • Ad Specs
  • Submit an Event
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Reader Comments
  • Contributor Guidelines
  • Reprint / Reuse Policy
  • Privacy Policy

© Our State Magazine 2026, All rights reserved. | Website by Web Publisher PRO