Topsail Area Beaches
Surf City Swing Bridge
If you like your beaches quiet, the Topsail area is just what you’re looking
for. This 26-mile long barrier island is perfect for a kicked-back vacation.
Accessible by two bridges, one an old-fashioned swing bridge and the other
a modern high-rise bridge, the Island consists of three towns; mostly residential
North
Topsail Beach, active
Surf City and quiet
Topsail
Beach. Along with the mainland towns of
Sneads Ferry and
Holly
Ridge they make up the Greater Topsail Area. There’s also
Hammocks Beach State Park near
Swansboro.
Topsail Turtle
When you’re tired of resting in the sand and surf, you’ll find
lots to do here. Take a scenic cruise on the
Intracoastal Waterway or
learn about the area’s history from pirates to the space program at the
Missiles
and More Museum. Tour nearby
Camp Lejeune Marine Corps
Base, play golf on one of the area’s excellent courses, or visit
the
Karen
Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and check
out the
Topsail Turtle Project. Be here the second weekend
in August for the
Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival, a delicious
annual event, or try your luck fishing from one of the island’s three
piers.
For more information about your Topsail Area Beaches vacation, contact
Onslow County Tourism,
(North Topsail, Hammocks Beach) or
Pender County Tourism (Surf City, Topsail Beach.)
Travel North Carolina waterways on one of the largest ferry systems in the U.S. 
