Summary Info
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Oak Island is two beach communities: Oak Island and Caswell Beach. The ten miles of Atlantic Ocean beach faces south and therefore affords a gentler surf along with stunning sunrises and sunsets. The other side of the island faces the protected waters of the Intra Coastal Waterway. To the east southeast of Oak Island is Bald Head Island and Cape Fear.

In 1999 the towns of Long Beach and Yaupon Beach merged to create the Town of Oak Island. The area is known as a family oriented beach.

Oak Island affords more than 60 public beach accesses, a marina and three piers. There are two educational centers, two public boat and canoe launch ramps and walking trails and sidewalks.

Oak Island has parks that provide fields and courts for baseball, basketball and tennis-- or just lazing about in the sun and watching the comings and goings on the ICW. Then there's the scenic walkway that crosses Davis Creek and which offers views of the area wildlife and vegetation.

Growth on the island compelled the Town of Oak Island to bring the commercial district on the mainland-- an area on the approach to the Oak Island Bridge-- to within the city limits. There's a thriving commercial district with a variety of retail stores, restaurants, medical facilities and doctors' offices. The community has churches, the Brunswick County Airport and the Oak Island branch library.