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Kure Beach (/ ˈ k jʊər i / KURE-ee) [6] is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census.
A view of the long strand at Kure Beach (on Pleasure Island) looking north towards Carolina Beach. The combined island now stretches from Carolina Beach Inlet in the north, the Cape Fear River to the west, Onslow Bay (Atlantic Ocean) to the east and Long Bay (Atlantic Ocean) to the south. It is 17 miles long, 2 miles wide in the far north, 3 ...
NC 60 was completely removed from its original route in 1934, leaving US 421. The NC 60 designation was reused on a short highway in Cherokee County, where it continues to this day. [citation needed] US 421 was extended south from Wilmington to Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and Fort Fisher, replacing NC 40, in 1936. [7]
Boats gather in Snow's Cut at the start of the Island of Lights Christmas Flotilla in Carolina Beach, N.C. Saturday, December 3, 2016. ... film "The Grinch." Plus, meet the 2024 Kure Beach ...
Pleasure Island in New Hanover County, home to Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, saw some of the region's worst flooding. ... Historic rains from unnamed storm swamp Wilmington, NC, Brunswick County ...
NC 133 south – Belville, Southport, Oak Island: West end of NC 133 overlap 47.0: 75.6: US 74 east / US 421 / NC 133 north – Wrightsville Beach, Battleship NC, Clinton: East end of US 74 and north end of US 421/NC 133 overlap: New Hanover: Cape Fear River: Cape Fear Memorial Bridge: Wilmington: State Port ( US 421 Truck south)
A Wilmington Fire Dept. first responder rescues a dog from floodwaters after heavy rains inundated Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
Padgett Station is a multimodal transit facility that located in Wilmington's Upper Downtown neighborhood at 520 North 3rd St, and serves as a bus terminus for the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (Wave). Named after former Wilmington City Council member Laura W. Padgett, it was opened on January 18, 2020. [2]