Fort Fisher State Park
Located on the southern tip of Pleasure Island near Wilmington, Fort Fisher lies between the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Cape Fear River on the west. Here are miles of white, sandy beach for sunning, swimming and fishing. The salt marsh, tidal creeks and mud flats form a natural outdoor laboratory exhibiting the wonders of a coastal environment.
Park hours
November-February: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
March: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
April-May: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
June-August: 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
September 1-14: 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
September 15-September 30: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
October: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Park office hours
November-February 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday
March-October 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Closed Christmas Day
Four-wheel-drive beach access
March 15 - March 31: 8 a.m.- 6:30 p.m.
April and May: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
June, July, August: 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
September 1 - September 14: 6 a.m.- 7:30 p.m.
September 15 - March 14: 24 hour access
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Fort Fisher State Park
Fort Fisher , North Carolina
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North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher |
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher takes visitors on a virtual journey down the Cape Fear River, from freshwater streams and swamps to tidelands, reefs and open ocean.
The aquarium, near the river's mouth, is among the region’s newest and largest attractions. With a major new building, it reopened in March 2002 after two years of construction.
Arriving visitors will make a dramatic entrance into the new Cape Fear Conservatory, a huge glass-roofed, tree-filled atrium full of freshwater habitats.
The aquarium's second section focuses on salt water and the creatures of the Atlantic waters offshore.
Hours:
9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily year-round
Special Summer hours: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. every Thursday in July.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day
Fees:
Adults: $8
Seniors: $7
Children: Ages 6-17: $6
5 and under: FREE
North Carolina Aquarium Society members: FREE
North Carolina school groups that register in advance (during school year only:) FREE |
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Fort Fisher
Until the last few months of the Civil War, Fort Fisher kept North Carolina's port of open to blockade runners supplying necessary goods to Confederate armies inland. By 1865, the supply line through Wilmington was the last remaining supply route open to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. When Fort Fisher fell after a massive Federal amphibious assault on January 15, 1865, its defeat helped seal the fate of the Confederacy. Visitors are invited to tour the remains of the fort's land face, which features an impressive reconstruction of a 32-pounder seacoast gun at Shepherd's Battery. Shaded by gnarled live oaks, a scenic trail leads tourists from the visitor center past the gigantic earthworks and around to the rear of the fort. Guided tours and wayside exhibits provide historical orientation. Other exhibits include items recovered from sunken blockade runners.
HOURS OF OPERATION
April 1 - Sept. 30
Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Oct. 1-March 31
Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed Sunday and Monday
The site will be closed Veteran's Day, Friday, Nov. 11; Thanksgiving holidays, Thursday, Nov. 24-Friday, Nov. 25; and Christmas holidays, Friday, Dec. 23 through
Monday, Dec. 26.
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Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Fort Fisher, North Carolina |
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