Wilmington, North Carolina - Wilmington (North Carolina)

Wilmington is a port city in the southeast of the US state North Carolina and is on Cape Fear River. Its historic city center is characterized by mansions in the southern style. In recent decades, tourism has grown in Wilmington, not least because of the film industry. A biological peculiarity is that Venus flytrap. This carnivorous plant lives in the boggy countryside surrounding the city.

background

getting there

By plane

• 34.270555555556-77.90251  Wilmington International Airport (New Hanover County International Airport, IATA: ILM). .Features: Parking, WiFi, Restaurant, Car Rental, Toilet.last change: Jan. 2020

By train

• 34.251127-77.8749672  Forden station (Bus station), 505 Cando St, Wilmington, NC 28405. last change: Jan. 2020

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In the street

By boat

The 34.196038-77.9521713 Port of Wilmington lies a bit upstream from the Atlantic in the Cape Fear River. Since the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge only has a clearance height of 41 m, larger cruise ships cannot go to the port.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• 34.236447-77.9542421  USS North Carolina (Battleship North Carolina), 1 Battleship Rd NE, Wilmington, NC 28401. Tel.: 1 910-399-9100. .last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.241788-77.9508932  Wilmington Railroad Museum, 505 Nutt St, Wilmington, NC 28401. Tel.: 1 910-763-2634. last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.2367-77.92723  Market Street Mansion District. .Four representative residential buildings, built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Georgian or classicist style.last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.235-77.950833335  Wilmington Historic District. .The district comprises over 800 buildings in the historic core of the city, they were built after 1737. This includes the listed town hall and the 34.2353-77.954 Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse.last change: Jan. 2020

• 34.236033-77.9389476  Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, 814 Market St, Wilmington, NC 28401. Tel.: 1 910-798-4370. last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.228-77.95217  Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. .The lift bridge was opened in 1969, it spans the Cape Fear River. The span of the middle section is 124 m, it can be raised to a height of 41 m.last change: Jan. 2020
• 33.971664-77.9180898  Fort Fisher State Historic Site historical site (1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S, Kure Beach, NC 28449). Tel.: 1 910-251-7340. Fort Fisher was a fortress at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in the Atlantic. One of the decisive battles of the Civil War took place here in 1865.last change: Jan. 2020
• 33.96226-77.9258269  North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, 900 Loggerhead Rd, Kure Beach, NC 28449. Tel.: 1 910-772-0500. In addition to the usual aquarium fish, the Fort Fisher Aquarium has some special features, such as: B. a terrarium with snakes and reptiles. Also worth seeing is the section with sea birds, turtles and sea horses. The Exotic Waters section features Hawaiian fish, lionfish, lobster, poison dart frogs and a great display of the Pacific reef.last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.216241-77.83020410  Airlie Gardens, 300 Airlie Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403. Botanical Garden.last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.236185-77.94297111  Bellamy Mansion, 503 Market Street. .last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.237329-77.9456171  Thalian Hall (theatre), 310 Chestnut St, Wilmington, NC 28401. Tel.: 1 910-632-2285. last change: Jan. 2020
• 34.210436-77.83530512  New Hanover County Arboretum (New Hanover County Extension Service Arboretum), 6206 Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403. .last change: Jul. 2020

activities

Beach activities on the Outer Banks:

• 34.034925-77.9082042 Carolina Beach on Pleasure Island
• 33.997361-77.9062543 Kure Beach Pier
• 34.207255-77.7938674 Wrightsville Beach popular with surfers

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Web links

• http://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/ (en) - Official Wilmington website