North Carolina
Brunswick
Smithville Township

Prices Creek Lighthouse

The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near , . It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from to , North Carolina.
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Photo: Hennap, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Price Creek Light”, “Price Creek Lighthouse”, “Price’s Creek Lighthouse”, and “Prices Creek Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station and J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital.

Power station
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for , covers 1,200 acres at 20 feet above sea level about 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. is situated 2 miles northwest of Prices Creek Lighthouse.

Hospital
Photo: Pearlhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dosher Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, public, community hospital in . The hospital serves Smithville Township—Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and the eastern portion of St. is situated 2 miles west of Prices Creek Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport and Fort Caswell Historic District.

Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city on the . Back in the 18th century, British settlements along this stretch of coast were afflicted by buccaneers and Spanish frigates to the point that a fortification named Fort Johnston had to be built, around which a town then called Smithville after Revolutionary War figure Benjamin Smith took shape, which eventually became known as .

Hamlet
The is located on the Atlantic Coast of , US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Prices Creek Lighthouse.

Village
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the in Southeastern North Carolina, United States. Occupying the eastern part of in , its population was listed at 395 in the 2020 census. is situated 4½ miles southwest of Prices Creek Lighthouse.

Prices Creek Lighthouse

Latitude
33.93609° or 33° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
-77.98972° or 77° 59′ 23″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8754W2P6+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 364965510
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
4486515
Wiki­data ID
Q7242575
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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 “Prices Creek Lighthouse”. Photo: Hennap, CC BY-SA 3.0.