BALD HEAD ISLAND MARITIME CLASSIC

A Runner's Paradise

Bald Head Island is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of Cape Fear River, just two nautical miles off the southeastern coast of North Carolina. Transportation to the island is provided by passenger ferry or private yacht. The mainland ferry landing is at Indigo Plantation and marina in Southport, approximately 30 miles south of Wilmington.

Site of Old Baldy, North Carolina's oldest lighthouse, the island is a 12-thousand acre, boat-accessed residential and resort community with 14 miles of beaches, rolling dunes, freshwater lagoons, and an 800-acre maritime forest. Approximately 10,000 acres of salt marsh, tidal creeks and maritime forest have been deeded to the State of North Carolina as a nature preserve.

With transportation on the island limited to electric golf carts and a speed limit of 18 miles per hour, it is truly a runner's paradise.

Sponsored by Bald Head Island Limited, and facilitated by the Wilmington Road Runner's Association, the Maritime Classic is one of the area's most popular road races. Many runners bring spectators along to enjoy the day's events. To encourage visitors, BHIL provides a spectator's package which includes ferry passage, breakfast and lunch. For those wishing to extend their day on Bald Head Island electric carts and bikes may be rented from Riverside Adventure Company locate in the marina area, 910-457-4944.