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No road reaches Bald Head Island: it lies two miles across the Cape Fear River from Southport, North Carolina, and arrival is by passenger ferry or private vessel. The crossing is a pleasant 20-minute ride from the terminal at Deep Point Marina to the island's harbor. As the southernmost of North Carolina's cape islands, it sits where the Cape Fear River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Old Baldy, dating to around 1817, rises here as the state's oldest standing lighthouse. Of the island's 12,000 acres, some 10,000 remain untouched beach, marsh and maritime forest preserves, with neighborhoods laid out to respect that landscape. The calendar stays lively all year, with traditions ranging from the July Fourth Golf Cart Parade to National Lighthouse Day Weekend. Late-autumn dates include a Light Up the Holidays benefit for Old Baldy and a Thanksgiving edition of the 5K Turtle Trot. For lodging, the island's own website names Intracoastal Realty as its preferred accommodations provider. Choices run from beachfront houses to homes tucked into the Maritime Forest, and the site also links to village condo rentals. Intracoastal Realty's team handles the details of each rental and stays on the island to help if anything comes up during a visit.
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Rentals arranged through Intracoastal Realty come with on-island professionals who attend to the home and respond when needs arise. The rental selection covers both beachfront locations and homes set back in the Maritime Forest.
- Reached only by passenger ferry or private vessel, roughly 20 minutes from Deep Point Marina.
- Home to Old Baldy, North Carolina's oldest standing lighthouse, circa 1817.
- About 10,000 of the island's 12,000 acres are preserved beach, marsh and maritime forest.
- Beachfront and Maritime Forest rentals through preferred provider Intracoastal Realty.
Sources: baldheadisland.com, baldheadisland.com
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