That's exactly what most of my friends from Northern Virginia asked me, when we moved here in 1996 -- "Where is New Bern?"
Eastern North Carolina has been a well-kept secret for many years, and we have watched it grow tremendously over the past ten years.
Many of the northern retirees and "semi-retirees" are discovering our beautiful historic city, located at the tip of two rivers: The Trent River (fresh water and trout fishing), and the Neuse River (salt water) and nearly a mile wide at New Bern!
New Bern is located approximately 30 miles west of the Atlantic, and about 110 miles East of Raleigh. New Bern was the first Colonial capital of North Carolina, and has several Civil War landmarks. 
"Brad's Drink", which was created by Caleb Bradham in this pharmacy building, was marketed as Pepsi-Cola after 1898!
Today, New Bern is host to nationally syndicated boat races, the home of more than a dozen public and private golf courses, the choice for a retirement home or a second home, for thousands of people from all over the country, and was officially designated All-America City in 1989.
We love it, and we've made it our home!
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