| Beal's Knob | N Clay County near the Cherokee County line. Alt. 5,000-5,100. |
| Beals Mill Pond | E Northampton County on a tributary of Potecasi Creek. |
| Beam Mill | community in E Cleveland County on Magness Creek. Alt. 1,001. |
| Beaman Run | the S part of Howell Swamp, in N Greene County; it flows SW into Contentnea Creek. Named for the Beaman family, which settled in the vicinity about the time of the Revolution. |
| Beamans Crossroads | community in N Sampson County between Old Mill Swamp and Marsh Swamp. |
| Bean Creek | is formed in N Mitchell County by the junction of Right Fork Bean Creek and Left Fork Bean Creek. It flows SE into Big Rock Creek. |
| Bean Shoals | a succession of rocks and loose stones in Yadkin River on Surry-Yadkin county line, approx. 1 mi. S of the confluence of Ararat River. The shoals measure 2 mi. in length. The communities of Shoals (Surry County) and Bean Shoals (Yadkin County) are nearby. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the rivers of North Carolina. |
| Beantown Creek | rises in central Haywood County and flows SE and NE into Jonathans Creek. |
| Bear Banks | coastal beach in SE Onslow County on the Atlantic Ocean between Bogue and Bear inlets. Mentioned in local records as early as 1713; also spelled Bare, Bar, and Barr. Known also as Bear Beach and Heady's Beach for Daniel Heady and four generations of his descendants who owned the area. The Banks are approx. 3½ mi. long. |
| Bear Bay | See Allenton. |