Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a historic site in Morehead Township, Carteret, North Carolina. Fort Macon is situated nearby to the grassland Prade Ground, as well as near the tourism office Coastal Education Center.Places of Interest Nearby
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. North Carolina Maritime Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fort Macon.
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
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism and historic site
- Location: Morehead Township, Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.69616° or 34° 41′ 46″ northLongitude
-76.679° or 76° 40′ 44″ westInception
1834Open location code
8765M8WC+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 285278267OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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