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Bald Beach

Bald Beach, a beach in North Carolina
Bald Beach, a beach in North CarolinaJim Vajda from Oxford, Ohio, USA · CC BY 2.0

Bald Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sand Hill stands 13 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Beach Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 17 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.86934, -78.50334

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Beach Park: 1.1 mi
  • Town Center Park: 4.1 mi
  • Cherry Grove Park: 6.9 mi
  • Shallotte Township District Park: 7.9 mi
  • Hill Street Park: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 28
  • The Swamp Patk Zip Line and ATV Center: 6.0 mi
  • T.I.G.E.R.S. Presevation Station: 14.7 mi
  • Extreme Laser Tag Center: 17.7 mi
  • The Carolina Opry: 18.9 mi
  • Pirates Voyage: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 26
Nature reserves: 10
  • Bird Island Reserve: 1.7 mi
  • Enr Esturine Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Heritage Shores Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Ingram Dunes Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
  • Wrc 904-Bridge/Pireway Access Area: 12.4 mi
Museums: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Hughes & Hughes Nursery: 9.7 mi
  • Fly-Trap Farm: 12.6 mi
  • Williams Plantworks LLC: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Myrtle Head: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Franklin Carroll Taylor, Jr.: 20.9 mi
  • Justin W. Plyler Boardwalk Park: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • OIB Sign: 4.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillN 355°13 m15.9 mi
Myrtle HeadN 3°13 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice06:0419:5220:29
September equinox07:0318:3919:12
December solstice07:1616:3117:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464855637077807975655549
Precip in3.83.64.23.53.84.55.26.99.74.23.63.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shallotte AG, 8 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.95 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sunset Beach Pier, NC, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357767626

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