The Village at Lucas Cove is a subdivision of 14 lots on a small spit of land on the north side of Oak Island. The lots are small, and all the houses sit on piles. The marina has 16 slips. A couple of slips are owned but the builder’s clients from elsewhere on Oak Island. Being a relatively new facility the docks are in good physical condition. It’s a bit of a hike out to the docks, a little shy of 800 feet. But it’s nicely landscaped with gravel walkways and an elevated pier over wetland areas. The last section of the pier ends at a covered pavilion with an aluminum gangway connecting to the docks. Every slip has a power lift. The docks are not in a no-wake zone and are exposed to wakes from the intracoastal waterway. The dock platform is floating, and the slips are doubles with piles in between and full fingers. Almost everyone has an identical dock box, so I assumed they were provided. I was wrong, but they all came from a particular provider, and they offered a 20% discount. Shared utility pedestals serve every two slips.
This location will put you about 4.4 miles from the restaurants on the waterfront in Southport. Another 1.3 miles gets you to the tip of Fort Caswell, and a total of 7.3 miles with put you on Bald Head Island. Anything beyond those two and you’re in open water. You’re about 17 miles from Carolina Beach through Snow’s Cut. There you will find Carolina Islet, which is unmaintained and can be bumpy, but leads to open water. Also, to the immediate north you’ll find Masonboro Island, a 7.5-mile-long undeveloped barrier island which can be accessed in several locations off the intracoastal waterway. If you are feeling really ambitious, you’ll be about 28 miles from the waterfront in Wilmington. If you are taking the western route to blue water you’re about 8.6 miles to open ocean at the west end of Oak Island.
