Parking at Wrightsville Beach starts free, with lots from $25/day. Compare 5 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
5 lots · 470 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
300 metered spaces · Metered (seasonal) · Paid March 1–Oct 31, 9 AM–8 PM via app or kiosk; residential streets fill by mid-morning. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
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Paid parking runs March 1–Oct 31, 9 AM–8 PM — pay by app or kiosk and top up remotely, no need to walk back.
The free Wrightsville Beach Park lot on the Causeway is the value pick, with a short walk to the beach.
Parking is free before 9 AM and after 8 PM even in season, so early risers and sunset crowds skip the fee.
The municipal lots by Johnnie Mercer's Pier fill first on summer weekends; try the south-end accesses instead.
Parking at Wrightsville Beach starts free, with lots from $25/day. The cheapest paid lot is Johnnie Mercer's Pier at $6/hr · $25/day.
Yes. Wrightsville Beach has free parking at Wrightsville Beach Park. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Wrightsville Beach has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is Wrightsville Beach Park (150 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Wrightsville Beach lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Wrightsville Beach: Johnnie Mercer's Pier ($6/hr · $25/day) and East Salisbury Street Lot ($6/hr · $25/day), plus street parking at Metered (seasonal). Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.