Whether you prefer golfing, boating, and fishing or dining, shopping and lounging on the beach, you’ll love all that this area has to offer. Golfers will find 30 golf courses within 30 minutes of St. James , including The Gauntlet, The Players Course ,The Members Course, and the new Nicklaus course at the Reserve, all at St. James; Carolina National at Winding River Plantation; Lions Paw and Panther Run at Ocean Ridge Plantation; the Freddie Couples course; The Pearl; and many more.

For the boating enthusiast, St. James has its own marina. You can play on the waters of the Cape Fear and Lockwood Folly rivers, the Intracoastal and the Atlantic Ocean. Offshore, you can go to the Golf Stream and you’ll feast on marlin, wahoo, bluefish, King mackerel and more! Inland, crabs, shrimp and clams await in tidal creeks along the Waterway. And for those who would rather lounge, you’ll enjoy the wide, white sandy beaches of Brunswick County, just a ten-minute drive away.

A quick drive, or a short boat ride down the Intracoastal, brings you to the quaint fishing village of Southport, where the streets are lined with live oak trees shrouded in Spanish moss. Residents enjoy the best of both worlds, with small-town charm served up in renowned local eateries such as Fishy Fishy Cafe and Provision Company. From the decks of riverside restaurants, you can watch the sunset, the salt marshes rustling with shore birds and Old Baldy lighthouse silhouetted in the distance on Bald Head Island.

A 30-minute drive takes you to the cultural scene of historic downtown Wilmington. Forty minutes to the South, you’ll find the golfing mecca of Myrtle Beach, S.C. In addition, St. James is only 10 minutes to Oak Island, 15 minutes to Caswell Beach, 20 minutes to Holden Beach and 30 minutes via a ferry or boat to Bald Head Island. Two area airports are 30 minutes to the north or the south.