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Intracoastal Waterway stops: Norfolk to Beaufort, South Carolina
16 places · Carolinas and Georgia
The stops of the autumn run south to Florida. Mile 0 is off Hospital Point on the Elizabeth River, Great Bridge lock at mile 12 has free docks, Coinjock at mile 50. After Albemarle Sound, the Alligator River swing bridge at mile 84 stays shut in winds over 34 knots. Belhaven, Oriental, Beaufort at mile 203, then the Camp Lejeune firing range, which sometimes closes the channel between miles 235 and 240. Wrightsville, Southport, the Rock Pile and its rock ledges, the Waccamaw through the cypress, Georgetown and Charleston at mile 469.
1AnchorageUnited StatesHospital Point
3.6Anchorage on the Elizabeth River at the start of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, between Norfolk and Portsmouth in Virginia, at mile marker 0.2.
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2HarbourNorfolk, United StatesWaterside Marina
4.1Marina in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, on the Elizabeth River at Mile Marker 0 of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- Up to 298 ft
3HarbourChesapeake, United StatesAlternative Free Berth
3.5Municipal free dock on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia, at ICW Mile 12 of the Virginia Cut route.
- 4HarbourCoinjock, United States
Coinjock marina
2.6Transient marina on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Mile Marker 50 in Coinjock, Currituck County, North Carolina.
- 5HarbourFairfield, United States
Dowry Creek Marina
Marina on the Pungo River at ICW mile 131.5, about 4 miles north of Belhaven, North Carolina.
- 6HarbourOriental, United States
Whittaker Pointe Marina
4.4Marina of 53 berths on Whittaker Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, with a fuel berth and 8 transient berths.
7HarbourBeaufort, United StatesBeaufort Docks
5.0All-transient marina on the Front Street waterfront in historic Beaufort, North Carolina, on Taylor Creek.
- Up to 264 ft
- 8AnchorageUnited States
Mile hammock bay
5.0Man-made basin just off the Intracoastal Waterway inside the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, on a bottom of sand and mud.
- 9HarbourWrightsville Beach, United States
Wrightsville Beach Marina
4.9Full-service marina at ICW mile 283.2 on the east bank, one-tenth of a mile south of the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge, in a no-wake zone.
10HarbourSouthport, United StatesSouthport Marina
200-berth marina on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at mile 309, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southport, North Carolina.
- 11AnchorageUnited States
Little River Inlet
4.2Inlet anchorage where the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway meets the sea near Calabash, on the North Carolina and South Carolina line.
- 12HarbourSocastee, United States
Osprey Marina
Marina on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Socastee, near statute mile 373, in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina.
- 13AnchorageUnited States
Bull Creek
4.4All-round sheltered anchorage on Bull Creek, a branch of the Waccamaw River between Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
14HarbourGeorgetown, United StatesHarborwalk Marina
Floating-dock marina on the Sampit River in downtown Georgetown, South Carolina, a boardwalk away from the historic district.
15HarbourCharleston, United StatesSafe Harbour Marina
4.2Large marina on the Ashley River in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, with over 200 berths across 40 acres of water.
16AnchorageUnited StatesBeaufort SC downtown
3.6Anchorage off downtown Beaufort on the Beaufort River, South Carolina, beside the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around ICW Mile 536.
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