Big Creek
Big Creek is a stream in Carteret, North Carolina. Big Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Mill Creek, as well as near Crab Point Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morehead City and Atlantic Beach.
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
Photo: Michelle Underhill, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Big Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.77822° or 34° 46′ 42″ northLongitude
-76.7391° or 76° 44′ 21″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
8765Q7H6+79GeoNames ID
4455667
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