Beaufort Channel

Beaufort Channel is a channel in Carteret, North Carolina. Beaufort Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Steep Pines Fork, as well as near Lenoxville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Carolina Maritime Museum and Fort Macon State Park.

North Carolina Maritime Museum

Museum

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The North Carolina Maritime Museum is a system of regional museums within the North Carolina Museum of History, which in turn part of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Fort Macon State Park

Park

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Fort Macon State Park is a North Carolina state park in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located on Bogue Banks near Atlantic Beach, the park opened in 1936.

Michael J. Smith Field

Aerodrome

Michael J. Smith Field is a public airport located one mile north of the central business district of Beaufort and northeast of Morehead City, in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Michael J. Smith Field is situated 2 miles north of Beaufort Channel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaufort and Morehead City.

Beaufort is the easternmost town in the Crystal Coast region of North Carolina; the county seat; and the third-oldest town in the state. Established in 1713 on the Newport River, Beaufort was named after Henry Somerset, the Duke of Beaufort.

Morehead City

Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morehead City is the largest town in the Crystal Coast region of North Carolina, with a population of 7,691. Morehead is not actually in the Outer Banks, being situated on the opposite shore of the Bogue Sound from Atlantic Beach, and is the main gateway to the island of Bogue Banks.

Atlantic Beach

Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Atlantic Beach is a small town of 1,500 people in the Crystal Coast region North Carolina. A popular seaside vacation town since the 1920s, Atlantic Beach is on Bogue Banks, part of the southern Outer Banks chain of barrier islands, between Bogue Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.

Beaufort Channel

Type: Channel
Also known as: “Beaufort Harbor Channel” and “Bulkhead Channel”
Category: body of water
Location: Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.70711° or 34° 42′ 26″ north

Longitude

-76.66632° or 76° 39′ 59″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

8765P84M+RF

GeoNames ID

4454372

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