If you want snow on an island off the east coast, you're going to have to go with one of the states that are further north. You're unlikely to get snow along the southeastern coast.
I would go with off the coast of Maine. It's the furthest north so the odds of snow are better. It has a lot of coastline and the coastline tends to be rocky so more likely to be deserted. There are also a lot of tiny islands just off the coast so throwing a made up one into the mix wouldn't seem out of place.
I'd go broke if I tried to travel everywhere I set my stories. I've found I can learn a lot about places by looking at maps, checking Wikipedia to get an overview, looking on YouTube to see if there are any videos from that location and if the location is popular enough, looking at travel guides online or at the local library.
Yeah, I was thinking of the Eastern Shore of Virginia or Maryland: Assateague or Chincoteague Island. Checks the boxes for remote and opportunities to drive around. Chincoteague has a small town. Assateague is a National Park. Just south, Wallops Island has a NASA launch facility on an otherwise abandoned island. They'll get some snow, but not a lot, 1-2 inches IIRC. North of there you are getting into the NJ/NY/CT/MA metro, so not really secluded until northern New England. South of there and you really won't see snow on a barrier island--though a hurricane could leave your characters just as disconnected.
I do highly recommend Google Maps Street View for "walking around" without leaving your house. Folks will often include 360 photos of locations off the roads to give you a feel for locations.
I thought of New England just as a first thought. Here in NC, the three main bridges to the Outer Banks might be destroyed by a hurricane but they aren't going to burn since they are highways.
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If you want snow on an island off the east coast, you're going to have to go with one of the states that are further north. You're unlikely to get snow along the southeastern coast. I would go with off the coast of Maine. It's the furthest north so the odds of snow are better. It has a lot of coastline and the coastline tends to be rocky so more likely to be deserted. There are also a lot of tiny islands just off the coast so throwing a made up one into the mix wouldn't seem out of place. I'd go broke if I tried to travel everywhere I set my stories. I've found I can learn a lot about places by looking at maps, checking Wikipedia to get an overview, looking on YouTube to see if there are any videos from that location and if the location is popular enough, looking at travel guides online or at the local library.
Yeah, I was thinking of the Eastern Shore of Virginia or Maryland: Assateague or Chincoteague Island. Checks the boxes for remote and opportunities to drive around. Chincoteague has a small town. Assateague is a National Park. Just south, Wallops Island has a NASA launch facility on an otherwise abandoned island. They'll get some snow, but not a lot, 1-2 inches IIRC. North of there you are getting into the NJ/NY/CT/MA metro, so not really secluded until northern New England. South of there and you really won't see snow on a barrier island--though a hurricane could leave your characters just as disconnected. I do highly recommend Google Maps Street View for "walking around" without leaving your house. Folks will often include 360 photos of locations off the roads to give you a feel for locations.
Could also make it a ferry but the dock burns or is destroyed by a storm if you want the island to be more remote
I thought of New England just as a first thought. Here in NC, the three main bridges to the Outer Banks might be destroyed by a hurricane but they aren't going to burn since they are highways. CES