Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

A peaceful home of an unique ecology

On a Monday in March, it's incredibly quiet and peaceful. We arrived about three pm. In the next three hours, we saw no cars, one other person, and the host at the Welcome Center. We hiked (gently) ...

Wildlife Drive

The Wildlife Drive consists of nine miles of paved roads that are a two-way. If you are in a rush, avoid this NWR, as the speed limit is around 25 mph. Every time you venture off of the paved road, yo...

Long leaf pines are lovely

We just drove through. The long leaf pine forest is interesting because of how the tree grows through unique stages as it grows. It starts out looking like grass, staying that way for a few years whil...

Peaceful adventure

Carolina Sandhills Refuge offers a wonderful, peaceful nature drive where you can stop along the way and walk out on piers for better observation of nature as well as capture wonderful pictures of wil...

Quiet wildlife refuge

Had hoped to see a Southern Fox Squirrel but saw only two or three birds and caught a glimpse of a deer.