Sandhills

The Sandhills or Carolina Sandhills is a 10-to-35-mile-wide physiographic region within the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain province, along the updip margin of this province in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Southern Pines and Pinehurst.

Southern Pines

Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southern Pines is a city in North Carolina. It began as a resort for northerners, especially equestrian hobbyists.

Pinehurst

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Pinehurst, officially The Village of Pinehurst, is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,581, up from 13,124 in 2010.

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,516 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 9,305 in 2022.

Sandhills

Description: strip of ancient beach dunes in North and South Carolina
Also known as: “Carolina Sandhills”
Location: Piedmont, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude of center

35.17° or 35° 10′ 12″ north

Longitude of center

-79.44° or 79° 26′ 24″ west

Wikidata ID

Q3471837

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Sandhills” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Sandhills”
French: “Sandhills”
Italian: “Sandhills (Carolina)”
Italian: “Sandhills”

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