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PENDER COUNTY, NC
Find your treasured vacation destination at
Pender County's beaches, Topsail Beach
and Surf City, North Carolina.
Our award-winning beaches offer 26
miles of Atlantic coastline to soak up
the sun. Topsail Beach is recognized
as one of the top five beaches in the
nation.
Enjoy our watery-playground. Catch
a wave on a surfboard. Search for
seashells. Drop a line and fish from
the Jolly Roger Pier or the Surf City
Ocean Pier. Take an adventure
down the Atlantic Intracoastal Water-
way on a cruise aboard the Belle of
Topsail or the Tiki Queen. Experi-
ence the Intracoastal Waterway on a
paddleboard, a Jet Ski, kayak, or
fishing charter.
We are home to the Karen Beasley Sea
Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center,
where sick and injured sea turtles are
nursed back to health. See Sick Bay,
where endangered sea turtles are
treated, and Turtle Bay where logger-
head, Kemp’s ridley, and green sea tur-
tles are introduced to visitors.
If history is what you treasure, visit the Mis-
siles and More Museum, where rocket and
missile technology was developed in a top
secret program called Operation Bumble-
bee. Or travel inland to Moores Creek Na-
tional Battlefield, Southeast North Carolina’s
only National Park, the site of the first Patri-
ots’ victory in the Revolutionary War.
We’re the Seafood Capital of the
Carolinas, so be sure to savor our lo-
cally owned and operated restau-
rants. Our restaurants feature
tantalizing Southern meals.
Take home a treasure from one of
our locally owned and family oper-
ated boutiques and shops.
Find your treasure along one of Pen-
der County’s beaches.
For more information, visit our web-
site at www.visitpender.com or call
us for a free visitor guide, 910-259-
1278.