The Rocks
The Rocks is a dam in Smithville Township, Brunswick, North Carolina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prices Creek Lighthouse.
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 2 miles west of The Rocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Fort Caswell Historic District.
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 5 miles southwest of The Rocks.
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.
The Rocks
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
- Location: Smithville Township, Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.93462° or 33° 56′ 5″ northLongitude
-77.95443° or 77° 57′ 16″ westOpen location code
8754W2MW+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 357787408OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
4494853Wikidata ID
Q34958645
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In Other Languages
“The Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Rocks”
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