Bath NC - noted for: Hoof prints of Bath which is located at Goose Creek Park US 264. The Hoof prints of Bath is a Strange Phenomenon of depressions in the earth said to be the hoof prints of a horse delivering a man to hell

Bogue Banks - Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Pine Knoll Shores, Emerald Isle, Salter Path, Fort Macon

Beaufort NC - 3rd oldest city in NC located off US-17

Calabash - US 17 just over the South Carolina / North Carolina line, noted for its Seafood.

Camp Lejeune Marine Base closest beaches: North: Hammock's Beach State Park (Swansboro) South: Topsail Island Beaches (Sneads Ferry). closest Large city Jacksonville

Carolina Beach - Pleasure Island

Cape Lookout - National seashore

Edenton NC - close to Plymouth, Creswell, Lake Phelps, Windsor

Elizabeth City - Coast Guard Center

Fort Fisher - Pleasure Island

Havelock NC - between New Bern and Atlantic Beach, close to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station

 Jacksonville NC - Camp Lejeune Marine Base, Hammock's Beach State Park, Swansboro, Topsail Island Beaches Sneads Ferry, New Bern

Kure Beach - Pleasure Island

New Bern - near Jacksonville and Oriental NC, Minnesott Beach (ferry)

Minnesott Beach - near Oriental and New Bern, ferry to beach

Morehead City - close to Beaufort and Atlantic Beach

Ocean Isle Beach - few miles North of The SC Border

NC Outer Banks - Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Buxton,  Corolla, Duck, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Manteo, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Roanoke Island, Bodie Island, Hatteras Island and Oracoke Island.

Pleasure Island - Kure Beach, Carolina Beach and Fort Fisher NC.

Pine Knoll Shores - Bogue Banks, close to Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Morehead City

Plymouth - close to Edenton NC

Shallotte NC - between Wilmington, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC see Southport below

Topsail Island - Sneeds Ferry, Surf City, Topsail Beach, North Topsail Beach

Sunset Beach - near Myrtle Beach SC

Southport NC - South of Wilmington, Oak Island, Long Beach,  Caswell Beach,  Holden Beach, Shallotte, Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Yaupon Beach

Swansboro fishing village, ferry service

Washington NC close to Bath NC, Goose Creek State Park, Pamlico Beach

Wilmington NC

Wrightsville Beach - close to Wilmington NC

The Cape Fear Coast includes these cities and beaches: Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Southport,  Kure Beach, Carolina Beach, Bald Head Island, Top Sail Island, Surf City and Masonboro Island.

Masonboro Island is a  barrier island located between Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach located in New Hanover County. It is a nesting habitat for loggerhead turtles.

Harkers Island local attraction: Core Sound Waterfowl museum with exhibits of handcarved decoy ducks

North Carolina Aquariums has 3 Locations.

NC Aquariums

1. Roanoke island near Manteo and Outer Banks
2. Pine Knolls Shores - west of Atlantic Beach
3. Fort Fisher - 20 miles south of Wilmington on Pleasure Island

 The Aquariums feature Sharks, Stingrays, sea turtles, Fish, Moray eels, otters and more marine animals with hands on exhibits. It is open year round - 9-5 closed Christmas, New Years day and Thanksgiving.

Fort Fisher is a confederate fort that protected the port of Wilmington, known as the Gibraltar of the South. It is a NC state historic site with a visitors center. The fort has exhibits of artifacts from sunken blockade runners ships

Port O Plymouth Civil War Museum  is located in Plymouth NC with artifacts from Civil War including a Confederate Ram from the Albemarle

Swan Quarter is located in Hyde county, the town of Swan quarter is known for the church moved by the hand of God, Providence church during a hurricane the church floated to its current location.

8 NC Lighthouses

Bodie Island Lighthouse is located north of Hatteras Island at Oregon Inlet. The lighthouse is 150 ft high. It was built 1871 and currently on the Cape Hateras National Seashore. There is a museum, lighthouse keepers house, visitors center.

Cape Lookout Lighthouse was Built in 1859. the lighthouse is located on the Core Banks, east of Beaufort. It is 163 ft high.

Oak Island Lighthouse is located on Oak Island, the lighthouse is on the lower southeastern NC coast. It is 169 feet tall and is the brightest lighthouse in US built in 1950 s

Ocracoke Lighthouse is located on  Ocacoke Island, the lighthouse was built in 1823

Price Creek Lighthouse   built in 1848 near Southport NC. You have to see from distance as there are no tours

see NC Outer Banks for information on the cities and/or towns on the barrier islands.

North Carolina Civil War Forts & Battlegrounds - NC Coast - a list of NC civil war forts and battlegrounds on the Coast of North Carolina

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