Cape Fear River
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long blackwater river in eastern North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Fair River”, “Cape-Feare River”, “Charle River”, “Charles River”, “Clarendon River”, “North East Cape Fear River”, “North West Branch”, and “Rio Jordan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hatch Auditorium and Bald Head Light.
Hatch Auditorium
Church
Hatch Auditorium is a facility of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell. The auditorium is situated next to the old Fort Caswell and faces the parade ground.
Bald Head Light
Photo: Kubigula, Public domain.
Bald Head Lighthouse, known locally as Old Baldy, is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. It is the second of three lighthouses that have been built on Bald Head Island since the 18th century to help guide ships past the dangerous shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.
Oak Island Light
Photo: Matt Trostle, CC BY 2.0.
The Oak Island Lighthouse is located in the Town of Caswell Beach near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina. It sits next to the Oak Island Coast Guard Station on the east end of Oak Island in Brunswick County looking south out at the Atlantic Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Caswell Historic District and Bald Head Island.
Fort Caswell Historic District
Hamlet
The Fort Caswell Historic District is located on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Bald Head Island
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Bald Head Island is a 2 mi journey across the Cape Fear River from Southport, North Carolina and the site of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest standing lighthouse, circa 1817.
Caswell Beach
Village
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caswell Beach is a small seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina, United States. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 395 in the 2020 census. Caswell Beach is situated 2½ miles west of Cape Fear River.
Cape Fear River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Fear River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape Fear River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيب فير”
- Asturian: “Ríu Cape Fear”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Фир”
- Catalan: “Cape Fear”
- Catalan: “Riu Cape Fear”
- Cebuano: “Cape Fear River”
- Chinese: “开普菲尔河”
- Chinese: “恐懼角河”
- Chinese: “驚恐角河”
- Chuvash: “Кейп-Фир”
- Dutch: “Cape Fear River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيب فير”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Kabo Timo”
- French: “Cape Fear River”
- French: “Cape Fear”
- German: “Cape Fear River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cape Fear”
- Italian: “Cape Fear River”
- Italian: “Cape Fear”
- Lithuanian: “Keip Fyras (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Keip Fyras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Fear River”
- Norwegian: “Cape Fear River”
- Polish: “Cape Fear”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cape Fear”
- Romanian: “Cape Fear (râu)”
- Romanian: “Cape Fear”
- Russian: “Кейп-Фир (река)”
- Russian: “Кейп-Фир”
- Slovenian: “Cape Fear River”
- Slovenian: “Cape Fear”
- Slovenian: “reka Cape Fear”
- Spanish: “Rio Cape Fear”
- Spanish: “Río Cape Fear”
- Ukrainian: “Кейп-Фір”
- Venetian: “Cape Fear”
- Welsh: “Afon Cape Fear”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Southport and Coolvale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baldhead Caswell and Smith Island Range.
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