New Point RV Resort

Explore the bay via canoe or kayak: bring your own to launch from the resort’s beach or make the 10-minute drive to a watersports centre in Port Haywood to rent kit, take lessons or join guided tours. Drive 10 minutes for hikes at the New Point Comfort Nature Preserve, which has a boardwalk across the shallows and mudflats from where you can spot water birds, dragonflies and crabs (there are fab views of the lighthouse from here too). For riverside rambles, head to the Mathews County birding and wildlife trails along the East River 15 minutes away. For a spot of culture and history, Gwynn's Island Museum half an hour away has collection of Indian and colonial artefacts. The Deltaville Maritime Museum 40 minutes away commemorates the area’s long tradition of boat building; another 15 minutes north of here is the Steamboat Era Museum, charting the story of how the classic boats aided the development of this part of the coast.