Bald Head Island Natural Area
Bald Head Island Natural Area is a nature reserve in Brunswick, North Carolina. Bald Head Island Natural Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Caswell Historic District, as well as near the village Caswell Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prices Creek Lighthouse and Hatch Auditorium.
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.
Hatch Auditorium
Church
Hatch Auditorium is a facility of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell. The auditorium is situated next to the old Fort Caswell and faces the parade ground.
J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Pearlhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dosher Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, public, community hospital in Southport, North Carolina. The hospital serves Smithville Township—Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and the eastern portion of St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Bald Head Island.
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.
Bald Head Island
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Bald Head Island is a 2 mi journey across the Cape Fear River from Southport, North Carolina and the site of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest standing lighthouse, circa 1817.
Caswell Beach
Village
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caswell Beach is a small seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina, United States. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 395 in the 2020 census.
Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.9073° or 33° 54′ 26″ northLongitude
-77.9913° or 77° 59′ 29″ westOpen location code
8754W245+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 38583533OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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