North Carolina: Beaufort, Oriental and Cape Lookout

10 places · Carolinas and Georgia

Around mile 200 of the ICW: Beaufort (say Bo-fort) and its Taylor Creek anchorage facing the wild horses, Cape Lookout and its bight, the finest anchorage on the coast, Oriental on the Neuse, New Bern at the head of the river, Wrightsville Beach and Southport to the south. The Outer Banks keep the swell out, not the thunderstorms or the mosquitoes.

1. Jarek Tuszyński
   1Harbour· Beaufort, US·4.9

   Beaufort Docks

   All-transient marina on the Front Street waterfront in historic Beaufort, North Carolina, on Taylor Creek.

   • Up to 81 m

   34.7162, -76.6648See on the chart →
2. NOAA / NODD
   2Anchorage· US·4.7

   Cape lookout

   Large natural anchorage inside Cape Lookout Bight, at the southern end of Cape Lookout National Seashore on the North Carolina Outer Banks.

   34.6175, -76.5488See on the chart →
3. 3Harbour· US·2.0

   Oriental Harbour Marina

   Marina of 110 berths in the village of Oriental, North Carolina, where the Neuse River meets Pamlico Sound.

   35.0241, -76.6989See on the chart →
4. 4Anchorage· US·5.0

   South River

   Anchorage in the South River, a tidal estuary off the lower Neuse River near its mouth into Pamlico Sound, in Carteret County, North Carolina.

   34.9476, -76.5612See on the chart →
5. Gerry Dincher from Hope Mills, NC
   5Anchorage· US·5.0

   New Bern Trent River

   Anchorage on the Trent River off downtown New Bern, North Carolina, where the Trent meets the Neuse at the head of the Intracoastal Waterway region.

   • Water

   35.1003, -77.0438See on the chart →
6. 6Harbour· Morehead City, US·4.8

   Morehead City Yacht Basin

   Marina of 75 berths on the Intracoastal Waterway at Morehead City, North Carolina, on the north side of the high-rise bridge.

   34.7217, -76.7041See on the chart →
7. 7Harbour· Wrightsville Beach, US·5.0

   Wrightsville Beach Marina

   Full-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.

   34.2165, -77.8133See on the chart →
8. 8Anchorage· US·4.3

   Southport

   Anchorage off Southport, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River where it meets the Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.

   33.9113, -78.0140See on the chart →
9. 9Anchorage· US·3.0

   Bald head

   Anchorage off Bald Head Island, at the eastern side of the Cape Fear River mouth in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

   33.8892, -78.0010See on the chart →
10. 10Anchorage· US·5.0

    Lou Mac

    Anchorage off the village of Oriental, on the Neuse River in eastern North Carolina, beside Lou Mac Park.

    35.0228, -76.6906See on the chart →

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