Bald Head Island North Carolina Map

About Bald Head Island, North Carolina

Bald Head Island is a locality in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 190. The population density is 14.7 people per km². Bald Head Island is located at 33.8618°N, 77.9944°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28461.

Bald Head Island unfolds as a singular, sandy realm, a sliver of land at the confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean, where the air carries the perpetual, briny kiss of the sea. It lies 19.9 miles south-southwest of Myrtle Grove, NC (from Myrtle Grove, NC: bearing 199°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southeast of St. James. James. Here, the landscape is a gentle surrender to the elements: windswept dunes, cloaked in sea oats that whisper secrets with every gust, give way to maritime forests of live oaks, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient, arthritic fingers towards a sky that often bleeds into hues of rose and amethyst at day's end. The beaches, a pale, unbroken ribbon, are vast canvases for the shifting tides, where the delicate tracery of shorebirds' footprints is often the only mark of passage. The island’s physical character is one of soft edges and fluid boundaries, where the solid ground seems perpetually on the verge of dissolving back into the water, a constant, quiet conversation between land and sea. The history of Bald Head Island is as much a story of endurance as it is of evolution, a narrative woven from the threads of maritime trade, lighthouse keepers, and the quiet, enduring spirit of those who have called this isolated outpost home. For centuries, its strategic location at the mouth of the Cape Fear River made it a vital sentinel, its famous lighthouse, the Old Baldy, a beacon for countless mariners navigating these often treacherous waters. The island’s economy, once tied to the shipping and salvage industries, has gracefully transformed, now relying on tourism and the unique allure of its car-free, golf-cart-dependent lifestyle, a deliberate embrace of a slower, more deliberate pace. This deliberate choice has preserved a distinct cultural character, fostering a sense of neighborly camaraderie among its residents and visitors, a quiet understanding that life here moves to the gentle rhythm of the tides.

About This Bald Head Island Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bald Head Island, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.861842, -77.994433. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Bald Head Island and Brunswick County.

Detailed location data for Bald Head Island includes the ZIP code (28461), telephone area code (910), county seat of Brunswick County (Bolivia), and school district assignment (Brunswick County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Bald Head Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.