Bay Beach
Bay Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Head Island Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Brunswick Town Road passes 9.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 20.1 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Marina Park: 3.4 mi
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Kingsley Park: 3.8 mi
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Southport Community Center: 4.0 mi
- Cape Fear Quarantine Station: 2.9 mi
- Battery McDonough: 3.9 mi
- Battery Caswell: 4.0 mi
- Battery Madison: 4.0 mi
- Battery Swift: 4.2 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- South Pelicon Island 39-37(Nha): 2.6 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Ehnr Zekes Island-Esturine Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Fort Johnston: 4.0 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 4.0 mi
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum: 5.0 mi
- North Carolina Military History Museum: 5.7 mi
- Federal Point History Center: 10.1 mi
- East Beach: 2.9 mi
- Caswell Beach: 5.8 mi
- Kure Beach: 6.1 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 9.6 mi
- Long Beach: 11.8 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Supply Shed: 3.6 mi
- Cape Fear Lighthouse Foundation: 4.1 mi
- Generator House: 4.1 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 4.1 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 22.2 mi
- Devon Park Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 22.5 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 22.6 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Big Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 20.3 mi
- Bottle Chapel: 22.5 mi
- Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NNW 329° | 17 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.09 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Zekes Island, NC, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1503583758
Day trips start here
- Southport · 4 mi
- Kure Beach · 7 mi
- Carolina Beach · 10 mi
- Oak Island · 10 mi
- Wilmington · 22 mi
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