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Orange Street

Orange Street is a public kayak and canoe launch on Taylor Creek near Beaufort, North Carolina.

Aerial view of the street-end access between waterfront buildings, with piers on the harbor, October 2022
Aerial view of the street-end access between waterfront buildings, with piers on the harbor, October 2022 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Restrooms
No
Coordinates
34.71767, -76.66729

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Wilmington District; the one nearest this launch is of May 27, 2026). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • No-wake zone · all of Taylor Creek rule

From the boating rules map of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Beaufort Harbor - Taylor's Creek East · 0.1 mi from this launch
    Condition survey of May 27, 2026 by the Wilmington District. Soundings on the sheet from 1.4 to 23.7 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); the Corps maintains a 12 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On Taylor Creek

Lake in North Carolina. All launches on Taylor Creek.

Community

Where people who use Taylor Creek talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by North Carolina Beach and Waterfront Access Sites (NC DEQ Division of Coastal Management): boat launches and hand launches. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.