Bear Island

Bear Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Bear Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Bear Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.63441, -77.14665. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Island

• Hammocks Beach State Park · beach · Onslow · ~4 km · Must-see
• Onslow Beach · beach · Onslow · ~21 km · Must-see
• Pocosin Wilderness · sanctuary · Carteret · ~26 km · Must-see
• Courthouse Bay · beach · Onslow · ~27 km · Must-see
• Courthouse Bay Marina · attraction · Onslow · ~27 km · Must-see
• Bogue Sound · lake · Carteret · ~29 km · Must-see
• Pond Pine Wilderness · sanctuary · Craven · ~30 km · Must-see
• Beirut Memorial · fort · Onslow · ~34 km · Must-see
• Montford Point Marine Memorial · museum · Onslow · ~34 km · Must-see
• Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area · sanctuary · Carteret · ~37 km · Must-see
• Croatan National Forest · sanctuary · Craven · ~38 km · Must-see
• Sheep Ridge Wilderness · sanctuary · Craven · ~40 km · Must-see
• Catfish Lake South Wilderness · lake · Jones · ~40 km · Must-see
• Topsail Island · river spot · Onslow · ~49 km · Must-see
• Neusiok Trail · sanctuary · Craven · ~49 km · Must-see
• Fort Macon · fort · Carteret · ~54 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Maritime Museum · museum · Carteret · ~56 km · Must-see
• Rachel Carson Estuarine Sanctuary · sanctuary · Carteret · ~59 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Bear Island

• Topsail Island · river spot · Onslow · ~49 km · Must-see
• Harkers Island · river spot · Carteret · ~68 km · Must-see
• Pleasure Island · river spot · New Hanover · ~123 km · Must-see
• Dudley Island · river spot · Onslow · ~4 km
• Browns Island · river spot · Onslow · ~8 km
• Jones Island · river spot · Onslow · ~10 km
• Wood Island · river spot · Carteret · ~23 km
• Bogue Banks · river spot · Carteret · ~30 km
• Cedar Hammock · river spot · Carteret · ~47 km
• Money Island · river spot · Carteret · ~48 km

All rivers, islands & mangroves in North Carolina

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