Coordinates: 34°26′07″N 77°53′16″W / 34.43528°N 77.88778°W / 34.43528; -77.88778
Rocky Point is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in southern Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is share of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rocky Point is situated upon North Carolina Highway 210, North Carolina Highway 133 and U.S. Route 117, at an height above sea level of 39 feet (12 m).

Rocky Point is located at exit 408 off of Interstate 40. Rocky Point is just a two-stop-light town (three, counting the one off I-40). The community is growing fairly rapidly. Land taxes are low, and the community is served by the Rocky Point Fire Department, Pender EMS and Fire, and the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. The community, although entirely rural, is situated just 15–20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, with Wrightsville Beach bodily the nearest public beach. Notably, it is also the house of beloved small town restaurant, Paul’s Place Famous Hot Dogs.

Rocky Point has been regarding since Colonial America, but did not gain its name until 1875. Fertile soil has been favored in Rocky Point by farmers for the bearing in mind 200 years for brute so great for growing healthy crops. Plantations past slaves were fairly common up until the Civil War. The read out of Rocky Point is not thoroughly known but it is because of the local Miningquarry or digging to deepen the Cape Fear River and the piles/ hills of stone left over

Rocky narrowing schools are in the Pender County schools district taking into consideration the chairperson of the board of education bodily Ken Smith.