Great Dismal Swamp

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Field trip opportunities

Camden County Heritage Museum (Elizabeth City)
Visitors to this museum can see historic artifacts of Camden County as well as the preserved county jail.
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (South Mills)
Located in Camden County on scenic U. S. Highway 17, the original Ocean Hiway, just three miles south of the VA/NC border, the Great Dismal Swamp Center sits on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway.

Learn more about Camden County

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Located in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was formed in 1974 when Union Camp Corporation donated 49,100 acres of forested wetlands...
Camden County Heritage Museum
This museum is housed in the former Camden County jail circa 1910. The second story cells have been fully restored and are open to the public. The museum is a well preserved reminder of local methods of...

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