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Onslow County

Hammocks Beach State Park

Hammocks Beach State Park. Photograph from the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation

Field trip opportunities

Hammocks Beach State Park (Swansboro)
A visit to Hammocks Beach State Parks allows students to explore several different ecosystems - estuaries, maritime forest, and desert.
Montford Point Marine Museum (Jacksonville)
Visit this museum which preserves the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, African American Marines who served with courage and pride from 1942 to 1949.
Onslow County Museum (Richlands)
Learn about the history of Onlsow County and "retrace the area's progression from 65 million years ago to the present."
Sturgeon City (Jacksonville)
What was once a wastewater treatment plant now offers educational opportunities to students and a home to the native sturgeon species which once spawned in the waters of Wilson Bay.

Learn more about Onslow County

Onslow County Museum
The main gallery of this museum features the long-term exhibit - "THE WATER AND THE WOOD: The History of Onslow County." The exhibit documents the history of the county from its geologic foundations...
Hammocks Beach State Park
Only accessible by boat, Hammocks Beach State Park is located on Bear Island, an 892-acre barrier island. The island is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and by salt marshes, estuarine creeks...
Sturgeon City
The New River and Wilson Bay used to be the dumping place for treated wastewater from the city of Jacksonville, North Carolina. This resulted in little to no life in the river and making it useless for...
Montford Point Marine Museum
A visit to this museum located on the hallowed grounds of Montford Point Camp of Jacksonville, North Carolina will open the eyes of your students to the history of the African American Marines who served...
North Carolina County Collection
The North Carolina Counties Collection from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “is a general image file arranged by county and comprises approximately 5,200 prints and photographs of...

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