Location: Coastal North Carolina < North Carolina < USA
Nearest Airport:
ILM at 20
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Fort fisher at 10
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
Carolina beach road at 5
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 0.2
Miles
Car: recommended
Carolina Beach is a beautiful, quaint and quiet beach community which has a nice strand of beach for walking, sunbathing, surfing, fishing, kiting, and other fun beach activities. The north end of the island has 4 wheel drive beach access only . Camping is permitted there and this is where a lot of locals go surf fishing and surfing. There are plenty of great local restaurants nearby with a wide variety of cuisines. Fort Fisher museum , Ferry and Aquarium are located at the south end of the island. There is a public boat ramp just as you come over Snows Cut Bridge, onto the island. Carolina beach state park has a a boat ramp as well for a small fee. There are also plenty of wonderful walking trails throughout the park. Canoe/ kayak, bike, scooter and surfboard rentals are available on the island. The nearby town of Wilmington offers a great deal of tourist activities -site seeing, horse drawn carriage rides and the North Carolina Battle Ship to name a few.