Holden Beach
Holden Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sailfish Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 7.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States
Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q2023774, matched on coordinates and name (31 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 28.8 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sailfish Park: 1.8 mi
- Holden Beach Park: 1.9 mi
- Holden Beach Pavilion: 2.1 mi
- The Point: 4.1 mi
- 57th Place West Access Park: 5.2 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 5.3 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 5.3 mi
- Enr Esturine Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Oak Island Nature Center: 11.2 mi
- Green Swamp Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Buoy 1: 15.6 mi
- Buoy 2: 15.6 mi
- Battery Shipp: 16.0 mi
- Battery Bagley: 16.1 mi
- Battery Swift: 16.3 mi
- Big Beach: 2.5 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach: 7.9 mi
- Long Beach: 8.5 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 10.7 mi
- Bald Beach: 11.8 mi
- The Swamp Patk Zip Line and ATV Center: 8.6 mi
- Thor: 16.3 mi
- Tank: 22.6 mi
- Artillery: 22.6 mi
- M110: 22.6 mi
- Museum of Coastal Carolina: 7.7 mi
- Old Bridge Museum: 12.2 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 16.4 mi
- Fort Johnston: 16.4 mi
- North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum: 22.2 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Supply Shed: 17.6 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 19.9 mi
- Captain Charlie’s II: 19.9 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 4.7 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Hughes & Hughes Nursery: 16.8 mi
- Williams Plantworks LLC: 19.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 18.0 mi
- Myrtle Head: 19.0 mi
- Sand Hill: 19.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 13.5 mi
- OIB Sign: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holden Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NNE 30° | 17 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sand Hill | NW 315° | 13 m | 18.0 mi |
| Myrtle Head | NNW 327° | 13 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shallotte AG, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.26 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bowen Point, Shallotte Inlet, NC, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357775043
Day trips start here
- Oak Island · 10 mi
- Southport · 16 mi
- Kure Beach · 23 mi
- Carolina Beach · 25 mi
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