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Half the Fun is Getting There!

It's true! Half the fun is getting to Bald Head Island. Once you have driven to the island using a set of the directions listed below, you get to ride on a 15-minute ferry ride over to the island! Tickets for the ferry are around $20 per person, round trip, and include transportation to your final destination once you get to the island.

(http://vacations.baldheadisland.com/)

Directions to Bald Head Island from Columbia (through South Carolina):

• From Forest Drive, take I-77 North towards Charlotte
• Go 3.3 miles to I-20E (exit 16) towards Florence
• Go 65 miles to I-95N (exit 141A) towards Fayetteville
• Go 9 miles to Marion/Myrtle Beach (exit 170/Highway 327)
• Go 2.5 miles to first light, turn left on Old Marion Hwy (cheap gas 1 mile before this light on left)
• Go 5.6 miles turn left at stop light only Palmetto Street (Hwy 76/301)
• Go 3.5 miles and stay right on Hwy 76 towards Myrtle Beach/Marion
• Go 5.6 miles bear right on Hwy 501 towards Conway/Myrtle Beach 
• Go 23 miles (through Galivants Ferry & Aynor) then take Hwy 22 towards Myrtle Beach/North Myrtle Beach
• (Tune your radio to 99.9 for a great station out of Wilmington)
• Go 25 miles then exit 31N to SC9
• Go 8 miles, then keep straight toward Dillon/Loris (Highway will end,)
• Come off ramp, go right at the first stop light (Road S-57) towards Shallotte
• Go 8 miles till road ends
• Turn left only Hwy 17 (Ocean Hwy)
• Go 18 miles, turn right at stop light towards Southport (S 211)
• Go 16 miles to 1^st light in Southport

Directions to Bald Head Island from Columbia (more Interstate):

• From Forest Drive, take I-77 North towards Charlotte
• Go 3.3 miles to I-20E (exit 16) towards Florence
• Go 65 miles to I-95N (exit 141A) towards Fayetteville
• Go 49 miles to North Carolina Exit 13A/74 Highway (Whiteville/Wilmington)
• Go 48 miles to 1^st light, turn right on 211 South to Bolton/Southport
• Go 38.5 miles on 211 (crossing over Highway 17) to 1^st light in Southport

Directions to Bald Head Island Ferry from Maryland

• Get on I-95S  toward Richmond
• Take the US-264 exit, EXIT 119B-A, toward US-117 S/RALEIGH/WILSON (0.6 mi)
• Merge onto US-264 E via EXIT 119A toward US-117 S/WILSON/GREENVILLE (4.7 mi)
• Merge onto I-795 S via EXIT 43C toward US-117/GOLDSBORO/KENLY (21.1 mi)
• Merge onto US-117 S (18.4 mi)
• US-117 S becomes I-40-CONN W (5.0 mi)
• I-40-CONN W becomes NC-403 S (0.4 mi)
• Merge onto I-40 E via the ramp on the LEFT toward WILMINGTON (61.1 mi)
• If you reach SPENCER RD you've gone about 0.2 miles too far
• Merge onto I-140 W/US-17 S via EXIT 416A toward SHALLOTTE/MYRTLE BEACH (7.2 mi)
• Merge onto US-17 S/US-421 S via EXIT 14 toward MYRTLE BEACH/CAROLINA BEACH (4.1 mi)
• Merge onto US-76 W/ANDREW JACKSON HWY toward BRUNSWICK COUNTY/BEACHES (1.9 mi)
• Take the NC-133S exit toward SOUTHPORT/OAK ISLAND (0.3 mi)
• Turn LEFT onto NC-133/VILLAGE RD NE. Continue to follow NC-133 (22.6 mi)
• If you reach US-17 S you've gone about 0.2 miles too far
• Stay STRAIGHT to go onto RIVER RD SE/NC-87 (1.3 mi)
• Turn LEFT onto N HOWE ST/NC-211 (~1.5 mi)
• Turn LEFT onto E MOORE ST/NC-211 (~1.5 mi)
• Turn RIGHT onto NC-211 (0.4 mi)
• NC-211 becomes SOUTHPORT FERRY RD (0.2 mi)
• Take RIGHT into DEEP POINT MARINA

To Bald Head Island Ferry:   

(Bald Head Island's passenger ferry departs the mainland from Deep Point Marina, located at 1301 Ferry Road in Southport, NC every hour)

• Continue on Route 211 into Southport, Route 211 will become Howe Street
• Take a left on East Moore Street, then a right onto Ferry Road at the roundabout
• Proceed ½ mile and turn right into the entrance to Deep Point Marina
• Follow signs to ferry terminal

(http://www.baldheadisland.com/explore/marinas/deep_point_marina.aspx)

***THERE IS A LINK TO THE RIGHT WITH THE FERRY SCHEDULE LISTED :)***

If you can, carry your bag(s) onto the ferry to avoid having to tip the ferry staff :) Once you unload your bags, and purchase your tickets you will need to park your car in a vacant space in one of the parking lots and then walk back over to the ferry! While you wait for the ferry to pull in you can sit on the huge deck at the marina and watch the boats coming in and out while enjoying the beautiful weather I KNOW (please please please!) we will be having that weekend :)

OR, for your own directions type in: 1301 Ferry Road, Southport, NC to your favorite directions website! :)

There is more to come yet, so keep checking up with us! 

Walking Together w/ Him,

W&M