Topics Related to Coastal Plain

Location: Bladen County, 35 miles southeast of Fayetteville

You can find: two Carolina bay lakes: Jones Lake and Salters Lake; red-cockaded woodpeckers that live in the bay forest

Location: Dare County, in the Outer Banks

At the park, you can find: the tallest living sand dune on the Atlantic coast, gray fox, American beach grass, and fulgurites

Location: Dare County, in the Outer Banks

At the park, you can find: the tallest living sand dune on the Atlantic coast, gray fox, American beach grass, and fulgurites

Location: Onslow County, 19 miles east of Jacksonville

You can find: Bear Island, a 4-mile-long, undeveloped barrier island, and sea turtle nests, including loggerhead turtles, who nest above the high tide line at the island

Location: Beaufort County, 34 miles southeast of Greenville

You can find: a large live oak tree with branches hanging over the Pamlico River, great blue herons, and green tree frogs

Location: Carteret County, 39 miles southeast of New Bern

You can find: a restored 19th century-era fort, diverse barrier island habitat, and birds such as the painted bunting

Location: New Hanover County, 18 miles south of Wilmington

You can find: loggerhead sea turtles, salt marsh, and an observation deck with views of Zeke's Island

Location: Camden County, at North Carolina's northeast border with Virginia

You can find: the Great Dismal Swamp and Canal, Atlantic white cedar trees, Hessel's hairstreak

Location: Cumberland County, 10 miles north of Fayetteville

At the park, you can find: longleaf pine trees, red-cockaded woodpeckers, and Pine Barrens tree frogs

Location: Wayne County, 15 miles southeast of Goldsboro

You can find: the 90-foot bluffs rising above the Neuse River and eastern fox squirrels