Bald Head Island
is a barrier island that lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the
mouth of the Cape Fear River four miles from Southport in southeastern
North Carolina.
There
is also Middle Island and Bluff Island which when joined to Bald
Head Island form what has been in the past known as Smith Island.
The northern-most subtropical island on the Atlantic. Bald Head
Island has a maritime forest, over 10,000 acres of salt marsh and
estuaries, and ten miles of ocean beaches.
Bald
Head Island welcomes guests arriving by passenger ferry from Indigo
Plantation or private yacht. Transportation is by golf cart and
there are no high-rises except for "Old Baldy", North
Carolina's oldest lighthouse, circa 1817.
In
addition to 14 miles of unspoiled beaches, and 2000 acres of dunes,
Bald Head Island boasts a lush maritime forest and 10,000 acres
of salt marshes and tidal creeks. The island treasures and protects
its natural resources through the efforts of the Bald
Head Island Conservancy Group.
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