Carolina Beach, Wilmington, North Carolina - Cape Fear Town Offers Beaches, Parks and Small Town Feeling

Carolina Beach, Wilmington, North Carolina is located off of I-40, half way between New York and Florida on Pleasure Island of the Cape Fear Coast. It is 203 miles southeast of Charlotte.

Of the approximately 6,000 people that reside here roughly 51% are male and 49% are female. While the median income is nearly the same as the state average, housing value is much higher here than the average throughout North Carolina. More than 96% of the Carolina Beach inhabitants are white.

The most common occupation for men in this town is in the construction industry (24% of working men) while the most common jobs for women are in healthcare (21%).

There are dozens of hotels and vacation rentals available here for visitors as well as camping in 2 parks and an RV campground.

Carolina Beach, Wilmington, North Carolina has several parks including the Carolina Beach State Park which has excellent fishing and a remote area for camping. There is marina access here.

At the north end of town Freeman Park is a beach area where fishing, crabbing, swimming and boating are all popular activities.

There are four companies that charter boats, rent small craft or lead water tours here.

On land, the Park also has several hiking trails. Among the native life forms seen here is the carnivorous plant, the Venus Fly Trap.

There is also a Lake Park at the 11 acre lake where there are picnic areas and boat rentals. There is a a skate park in this town as well.

There is no golf course at Carolina Beach although there is miniature golf for family entertainment.

A free history museum, the Federal Point History Center is open on Fridays and Saturdays. There are A/V presentations and exhibits on the local tourist attractions as well as on local pre-history, colonial and civil war eras.

There is a boardwalk lined with small shops, boutiques and restaurants along the ocean between Harper Avenue and Cape Fear Boulevard. The boardwalk also offers arcades and games, in accordance with sea side boardwalk tradition. The shops here and around town are mostly small locally run shops.

Almost 40 restaurants including fast food places offer dining fare at Carolina Beach. While a few of the big chains are here most of the restaurants, like the shops and boutiques, are small, local businesses.

Carolina Beach, Wilmington hosts an annual Low Tide Race on St. Patrick's Day every year since 2004.

A number of sites here including some full service hotels cater to social and business events. The Wilmington/Cape Fear Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau offers to help with event planning and organization throughout the Wilmington area; this includes Carolina Beach as well as neighboring Kure Beach to the south and Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington to the north of here.