WOODSIDE TRAILER PARK is the place to stay when traveling by motorhome to Southport, NC. Located at 1648 N. Howe Street right on the way into town. It's on the left just a bit past Party Time, across from Walmart. Turn into the concrete driveway. The office is in the side of the house and is clearly marked. They also have fenced storage if you want to leave your motorhome or boat for a period of time. Earl and Barbara Clewis own and operate this friendly Southern park. You can call for your reservation at 910-457-6564 or email them at eclewis@bellsouth.net.
Woodside Trailer Park is your home away from home. We accomodate only self -contained motorhomes, travel trailers, or 5th wheels. $34/night for full hookups. We do not have bathhouses on this property.For extended visits/rates you can call us at 910-457-6564 or email us at eclewis@bellsouth.net.
Southport, NC, used to be a sleepy little fishing village. In the 40's it was known for a hospitable USO to the men and women stationed at Ft. Caswell in the Navy and Marines or at the USCG Station. In the 50's the claim to fame was that it was ground zero for Hurrican Hazel. Everything in Southport is dated before or after Hazel. In the late 60's and early 70's Brown and Root came to town and built the Nuclear Plant. In the 80's the championship golf courses and gated communities began to be built and Southport became a mecca of golf. Southport is the home of the US Open King Mackeral tournament held the first weekend of October each year and the NC Fourth of July Festival (the oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration in NC). Orton Plantation sponsors daily tours in season as well as holding a camellia show annually. It was the setting for the movie Fire Starter as well as several other movies shot in the area. nearby is Brunswick Town State Historic Site which has a diorama, a film, a small museum of items found on site, Fort Anderson, and the remains of the houses and buildings of Brunswick Town which was the first settlement on the coast of NC. It is only 30 minutes North to Wilmington, NC. There you will find movies, live theater, shopping, antiques, and many other ammenities. If you go South down US 17 you will pass by Calabash, seafood capital of the world on your way to Myrtle Beach SC. It only takes 60 minutes to reach live entertainment at the Palace Theater, Alabama Theater, Broadway at the Beach, the Mall of SC, Dolly Parton's theater, and more. It is only a 30 minute ferry ride to BALD HEAD ISLAND, playground of the rich and famous. While you are there, visit OLD BALDY the original lighthouse of the Cape Fear that warned sailors of the treacherous shoals. Spend the night at the Inn, walk on the pristine beach, play golf on the championship course, eat at the restaurants, take the tour on a golf cart. Then take the ferry back to Southport. Take a drive out NC 211 to the shooting range (Ye OLDE GUN CLUB). It is on the right just across from St. James. The second bridge to Oak Island is just a bit further down the highway, across from Midway Road (and Worms and Coffee). It should open sometime in 2010. Take a left at the stoplight at the intersection of 211/133 and venture across the Inland Waterway to Oak Island. It is a family beach that was developed after Hurrican Hazel devastated it in 1954. Here you will find seafood restaurants, carpet golf, shops, tourist oriented stores, ice cream shops, coffee shops, and more. There is lots to do in the area. Start at Woodside Trailer Park. email us at: eclewis@bellsouth.net for dates, rates, and reservations
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