Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Bear Wallow Branch |
rises in NE Madison County and flows SW into Foster Creek. |
| Bear Wallow Gap |
NE Haywood County on the head of Wesley Creek. |
| Bear Wallow Knob |
S Yancey County at the E end of Bear Wallow Ridge. |
| Bear Wallow Knob |
S Yancey County between Hurricane Gap and Ogle Gap. Alt. 5,085. |
| Bear Wallow Ridge |
S Yancey County between Middle Fork and Grassy Knob Branch. |
| Bear Wallow Stand Ridge |
S Yancey County between Raven Fork and Blue Sea Creek. |
| Bearcamp Creek |
rises in SW Transylvania County and flows SE into South Carolina and into Toxaway River. |
| Beard |
community in NE Cumberland County. |
| Beard Cove |
central Buncombe County, between Beard Mountain and Gooch Peak in the Elk Mountains. |
| Beard Creek |
rises in S Pamlico County and flows S into Neuse River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. Local tradition attempts to associate the origin of the name with Blackbeard, the early eighteenth-century pirate. |