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Mobile-friendly, interactive map available for North Carolina beach and waterfront access locations
As the summer beach season ramps up, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access Program reminds coastal residents and visitors about its helpful, interactive public beach and waterfront access map. The online access site map provides information on the location and amenities for more than 800 local, state and federally funded access sites along the ocean beaches and estuarine waters of North Carolina.
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