The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. From Maine in the north to Florida in the south. This gallery consists of a road trip in New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The stretch consists of many national parks. The Cape Hatteras is a thin, broken strand of islands in North Carolina that arch out into the Atlantic Ocean away from the US mainland. For thousands of years these barrier islands have survived onslaughts of wind and sea. Long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and maritime forests create a unique environment where wind and waves shape the topography. The oceans outside is home to numerous rare seabirds and much of the beaches are protected for threatened shorebirds. Further south in Tennessee lays the Blue Ridge Mountains. These forests are home to many songbirds and animals as well as a beautiful scenery. The mountain range are noted for having a bluish color when seen from a distance.
