Snows Point
Snows Point is a cape in Brunswick, North Carolina. Snows Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Coolvale, as well as near Sheephead Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station and Prices Creek Lighthouse.
Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres at 20 feet above sea level about 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2 miles west of Snows Point.
Prices Creek Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hennap, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near Southport, North Carolina. It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from Cape Fear to Wilmington, North Carolina. Prices Creek Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles southwest of Snows Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kure Beach and Southport.
Kure Beach
Photo: Jeremy Markovich, CC BY 2.0.
Kure Beach is a beach town near Wilmington, North Carolina – "nice, slow-mo and conservative" in the words of its former mayor.
Southport
Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southport is a city on the North Carolina Coastal Plain. 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 Southport.
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. Fort Caswell Historic District is situated 6 miles southwest of Snows Point.
Snows Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Snow Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96795° or 33° 58′ 5″ northLongitude
-77.97221° or 77° 58′ 20″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8754X29H+54GeoNames ID
4492375
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