Taking Bulls Island By Storm

Class 1 Wilderness: Leaving Garris Landing (closest pier above) and crossing the Intracoastal to wind through the 25,000 acres of salt marsh and estuaries between the mainland and Bulls Island, you enter a pristine paradise basically untouched by human interference.

Before & After: Prior to Hurricane Hugo, Bulls Island had a lush maritime forest of grand oaks and loblolly pines, among other vegetation (left). Thirty-five years later, the undeveloped barrier island is a living laboratory for observing how natural systems respond after a catastrophic event.