This map shows the county boundaries and cities and towns in the region around the lower Cape Fear River.

To practice reading the map, see if you can answer these questions:

1.  There are five beach towns in North Carolina west of the Cape Fear River.  Can you name them?

2.  What is the largest city in New Hanover County?

3.  What town is about 10 miles west of the Cape Fear River and 6 miles north of Saint James in Brunswick County?

Click here for the answers