Fort Macon State Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kevinbercaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: fort.macon@ncparks.gov
- Type: Park
- Description: state park in North Carolina, United States
- Address: 2303 East Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, 28512
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Carolina Maritime Museum.
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. North Carolina Maritime Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Fort Macon State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaufort and Morehead City.
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.
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.
Fort Macon State Park
- Categories: North Carolina state park and recreation area
- Location: Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.6987° or 34° 41′ 55″ northLongitude
-76.68773° or 76° 41′ 16″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8765M8X6+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 285278271OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Fort Macon State Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Indonesian—“Fort Macon State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Macon State Park”
- French: “parc d’État de Fort Macon”
- French: “Parc d’État de Fort Macon”
- Indonesian: “Taman Negara Bagian Fort Macon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Money Island Beach and Steep Pines Fork.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Sector Field Office Fort Macon and USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, and Greensboro.
Curious Parks to Discover
Uncover intriguing parks from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Macon State Park”. Photo: Kevinbercaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.