Tar Landing Bay

Tar Landing Bay is a bay in Carteret, North Carolina. Tar Landing Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Money Island Beach, as well as near Carolina City.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Macon State Park and North Carolina Maritime Museum.

Fort Macon State Park

Park

Photo: Kevinbercaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

North Carolina Maritime Museum

Museum

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morehead City and Atlantic Beach.

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.

Tar Landing Bay

Type: Bay
Address: NC
Category: body of water
Location: Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.701° or 34° 42′ 4″ north

Longitude

-76.70243° or 76° 42′ 9″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

8765P72X+92

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369026538

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4494494

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Money Island Beach and Carolina City.

Notable Places Nearby

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