Editing Craven County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|773.28|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|706.57|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|66.71|sqmi}} (8.63%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is bordered by [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]] and [[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort County]] to the north, [[Pamlico County, North Carolina|Pamlico County]] to the east, [[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]] to the south, [[Jones County, North Carolina|Jones County]] to the west, and [[Lenoir County, North Carolina|Lenoir County]] to the northwest.{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=126}} Craven County lies within the Neuse River Basin.<ref name="CCNCpedia">{{cite web| url = https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/craven| title = Craven County| last = Powell| first = William S.| date = 2006| website = NCPedia| publisher = North Carolina Government & Heritage Library| access-date = April 23, 2023}}</ref>

===National protected areas===
* [[Catfish Lake South Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Croatan National Forest]] (part)
* [[Pocosin Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Pond Pine Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Sheep Ridge Wilderness]]

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Croatan Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands">{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref>
* [[Dover Bay Game Land]]<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>
* [[Great Lake Recreation Site]] (part)
* [[New Bern Battlefield Site]]
* [[Neuse River Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>
* [[Pine Cliff Recreation Area]]
* [[Latham-Whitehurst Nature Park]]
* [[Special Secondary Nursery Areas]]
* [[Tryon Palace]]

===Major water bodies===
* [[Adams Creek (North Carolina)|Adams Creek]]
* [[Alligator Gut (North Carolina)|Alligator Gut]]
* [[Catfish Lake South Wilderness|Catfish Lake]]
* [[Clubfoot Creek (North Carolina)|Clubfoot Creek]]
* [[Ellis Simon Lake]]
* [[Hancock Creek (North Carolina)|Hancock Creek]]
* [[Intracoastal Waterway]]
* [[Little Lake (North Carolina)|Little Lake]]
* [[Long Lake (North Carolina)|Long Lake]]
* [[Neuse River]]
* [[Trent River (North Carolina)|Trent River]]
* [[Great Lake (North Carolina)|Great Lake]]
* [[Upper Broad Creek (North Carolina)|Upper Broad Creek]]

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|42}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|17}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|17|dab1=New Bern}} (New Bern)
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|17|dab1=Vanceboro}} (Vanceboro)
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|70}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|41}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|43}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|55}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|101}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|118}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|306}}
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===Major infrastructure===
* [[Amtrak Thruway#East|Amtrak Thruway]] (New Bern and Havelock)
* [[North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division#Routes|Cherry Branch–Minnesott Beach Ferry]] (to Pamlico County)
* [[Coastal Carolina Regional Airport]]
* [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point]], military airfield located in Havelock