DOA Natural Heritage Areas (Various Islands)

DOA Natural Heritage Areas (Various Islands) is a protected area in Brunswick, North Carolina. Access is restricted and requires permission. DOA Natural Heritage Areas (Various Islands) is situated nearby to the nature reserve Wrc Federal Point Access Area, as well as near WRC Unnamed Island Snows March #1 39-33.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Fisher.

Fort Fisher

Museum

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865. Fort Fisher is situated 1½ miles east of DOA Natural Heritage Areas (Various Islands).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kure Beach and Carolina Beach.

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.

Carolina Beach

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Carolina Beach is a beach town just south of Wilmington, North Carolina. The eastern side of the town is an ordinary built-up beach community, a popular summer destination for students and other beachgoers.

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.

DOA Natural Heritage Areas (Various Islands)

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Protected area
Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.97315° or 33° 58′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.94183° or 77° 56′ 31″ west

Open location code

8754X3F5+77

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45604187

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Fisher State Park and Wrc Federal Point Access Area.

Nearby Places

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