Find Your Treasure Topsail Island & Pender County Atkinson • Burgaw • Hampstead • Holly Ridge • North Topsail Beach Scotts Hill • Sneads Ferry • Surf City • St. Helena • Topsail Beach • Watha Topsail’s Favorite Place to shop since 1973 www.topsailgiftbasket.com 702 South Anderson Blvd. Topsail Beach 910.328.7111 201 NORTH NEW RIVER DR SURF CITY, NC 28445 910-328-1095/800-762-1257 WWW.TOPSAILTRADING.COM 2 Find Your Treasure 2020 2020 Find Your Treasure 3 ArtExposure 22527 Highway 17N, hampstead, NC Just south of Lowes and hwy. 210 East 910-328-1515 “Featuring “OCEANFRONT” Outdoor & Indoor Seating” The Gathering Place for Family, Friends, Smiles, Over 35 NC Artists and Fine Crafters Delicious Food, & Ice Cold Beverages! Find unique art and handmade gifts. All served with the Best View On the Beach! Featuring Steam Buckets, Shrimp, Oysters, Clams, Mahi. Art Gallery, Working Art Studios, Gift Grouper, Crab Legs, Soft Shell Crabs, Chicken, Angus Steak & Barbequed Ribs! Shop/ Art Supply Store, Custom Framing, Rent Our Above “Tiki Land” Deck for Events! Art Classes BUDDY’S CRAB HOUSE & OYSTER BAR Artexposure50. Com 101 Roland Ave., in the “heart” of SURF CITY 910-803-0302 FEATURING Outdoor “Oceanfront” & Indoor Seating! Performance Trampoline • Kid’s Court Climbing Challenges • Battle Beam Extreme Dodgeball • Gymnastic Tumble Tracks Trampoline Basketball • Foam Pit Clip ‘n Climb offers an entertaining and fun activity for the entire family! With it’s unique look and use of TRUEBLUE auto belay devices, Clip ‘n Climb makes climbing easy, reassuring and fun for ages 4 and up! WWW.ALTITUDEJACKSONVILLENC.COM OPEN Monday-Thursday 11am-10pm Friday-Saturday 108 TRITON LN, 11am-11pm SURF CITY, NC 28445 910-803-0324 Sunday 1030 Henderson Drive, Jacksonville • (910) 378-8171 Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10am - 8pm • Fri. 10am - 11pm • Sat. 9am - 11pm • Sun. 12pm - 7pm WWW.COASTALWINGCO.COM 10am-10pm Hours are subject to change during school season 4 Find Your Treasure 2020 2020 Find Your Treasure 5 Table of Welcome to Pender County & Topsail Island Contents Pender County Tourism, the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce welcome you! 10 Sailing into This region offers a beautiful landscape for the per- fect vacation – toes in the sand, soaking up the sun Events and surf or try something more adventurous, such as running a Jet Ski up the Intracoastal Waterway or learn- ing to surf. 18 Get Outdoors Pender County is a rich in natural resources. We’re a destination vacation playground of water sports and beaches, hiking and exploring. Traverse the Intracoast- al Waterway and our inlets. We have many charters and 26 What to See tour companies who will help you explore our waters. Healthier, Together Fish the Northeast Cape Fear River and Black River, & Do launch a canoe at Moores Creek National Battlefield, or When you need emergency or urgent care, fish from our famous ocean piers. it’s important to know where to go. Our attractions are award winning. Visit the Karen 34 Farming Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center NHRMC FULL-SERVICE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS - ALWAYS OPEN Lifestyle where sick and injured sea turtles are nursed back to health. Visit the Missiles and More Museum, where • NHRMC Emergency Department- Main Campus rocket technology was developed in the Assembly Level II Trauma Center Building and where pirate lore is displayed. Don’t miss 2131 S. 17th Street, Wilmington 40 Let’s Shop a visit to Moores Creek National Battlefield, Southeast- ern North Carolina’s only national park, the site of the • NHRMC Emergency Department- North first Patriot’s victory over the Loyalists. Tour the Town 151 Scotts Hill Medical Drive, Wilmington 46 Eat & Drink of Burgaw, the town that Hollywood loves to film. Our treasured riches include our food fare. We’re • NHRMC Orthopedic Hospital home to the North Carolina Blueberry, Bacon, and Spot 5301 Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington Festivals. We’re the “Seafood Capital of the Carolinas.” • Pender Memorial Hospital 58 Relax & Our restaurants feature tantalizing flavors with a variety 507 E. Fremont St., Burgaw of cuisine, seafood, and traditional Southern meals. Recharge Welcome to Pender County where you will find we WALK-IN CONVENIENT CARE - EXTENDED HOURS are a place to vacation, live, work, and play. The Pender Both locations open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm. County Tourism Office, the Burgaw Area Chamber of 67 Directory Commerce, and the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of • NHRMC ExpressCare Commerce are here to assist. 510 Carolina Bay Dr., Wilmington Burgaw Area Pender County Tourism Greater Topsail Area • NHRMC Urgent Care 112 Medical Village Drive, Ste. G, Wallace Chamber of Commerce 106 E. Wilmington St. Chamber of Commerce 115 S. Dickerson St. Burgaw, NC 28452 13775 Hwy. 50 Burgaw, NC 28452 910.259.1278 Surf City, NC 29445 Learn more about our various services and programs at nhrmc.org 910.259.9817 visitpender.com 910.329.4446 burgawchamber.com topsailchamber.org Topsail/PenderVisitorGuide-Ad.indd 1 1/4/19 1:54 PM 6 Find Your Treasure 2020 2020 Find Your Treasure 7 In Topsail Beach: 5 Things to do when it rains on Two beach wheelchairs are available for your Topsail Island Vacation visitors and You’ve spent months planning a relaxing beach vacation. residents. Reservations and But you didn’t plan on this one day of rain! Don’t despair. information are Here are five suggestions of things to do when it rains on available from your Topsail Island vacation. the Topsail Beach Police Department (910-328-4851) or visit online at www.topsailbeach. org/Departments/ Police/Beach- The insider’s scoop on what you Wheelchair need to know at the beach... Traditional golf carts are not We’re one of the You are welcomed to set permitted on the pet-friendliest islands in up tents and chairs, but roadways in North Carolina. In Surf leaving these items on Topsail Beach. City, dogs are allowed on the beach overnight Low Speed Kids at Play: Adults at Play: the beach, but must be on is prohibited. Vehicles equipped a least at all times. In the with headlamps, Missiles and More stop lamps, turn Head on over to the Adults will enjoy the many activities Town of Topsail Beach, in Glass is prohibited Museum in the afternoon for an adventure to learn suggested for children, but you may season, dogs must be on a on the beach. signals, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, about pirates, rockets and a display that may well be just want to explore. leash, however, from Oct. 1 the world’s largest seashell collection. – May 14, dogs are permit- There is no overnight parking brakes, Shop! rearview mirrors, Located at 720 Channel Blvd., admission is free. We have many wonderful ted off leash as long as they camping on the beach. Watch for free programs too! shops and boutiques to explore. are under voice command. windshields, Do not use charcoal windshield Topsail Island Trading Company Dine wipers, Go directly to at one of our locally owned Remember the turtles! grills on the beach. and purchase Topsail-Opoly, a new take on an old restaurants. Visit with the locals. We Lights out! speedometer, seat belts, and a favorite. This game board features Topsail! Pick up love it! If you are beachfront, Stay off the dunes. some fudge while you’re at the Trading Company! please turn off the rear Walking on the dunes will vehicle Poplar Grove Plantation identification Visit and porch and deck lights. result in a $500 fine. You might have to stand in line with an umbrella, learn about peanut farming, Civil Turtles are drawn to light number are Karen Beasley permitted. but the wait is worth a tour of the War, and Gullah Geechee Heritage. and if the porch light is on Do not park on sidewalks. Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. facing the beach, turtles, es- If you think you have a great See where the turtles are nurtured and readied for Drive to Burgaw and see where pecially hatchlings, become parking spot on the side of the release. Admission fees. shows like Revolution, Under the disoriented and die. They road, remember, both sets of In Surf City: Dome, and countless movies were need to be guided by the tires must be off the Beach Game time and ice cream at Patio Playground filmed. Shop & dine while letting the moonlight. Secondly, if you pavement. Remember to wheelchairs are where you may find all your favorite arcade games! locals tell you about filming! dig a hole in the sand on respect our property owners. available by It’s Topsail’s Best Ice Cream Shop! the beach, please fill it in. contacting the Visit The Trailer Bar. Yes, it looks In addition to human injury, Surf City Topsail Skating Rink is located above the Topsail like a trailer! They have billiard the sea turtles can become Fire Department Beach Post Office. This throwback rink is typically tables and entertainment in the trapped and injured. at 910-328-0175. open 7-10 p.m. Open some rainy days. evenings. 8 Find Your Treasure 2020 2020 Find Your Treasure 9 Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival NC Blueberry Festival -Burgaw Dolphin Dip - Surf City Feb. 29 Annual Penderlea Surf City Business Expo; Homestead Day; Surf City Community Center Penderlea Community Tennis Camp: Feb. 22-23 Town of Burgaw Parks & The 244th Anniversary of Recreation the Battle of Moores Creek Jan. 1 Bridge Reenactment; April 11 Dolphin Dip; Moores Creek March 14 Easter Egg Roll at Roland Beach Access National Battlefield. Casino Night with the Soundside Park; Commemorate the 244th Greater Topsail Area Cham- Surf City Dates to be announced for Anniversary of the Battle of ber of Commerce; Family Bingo Night & Movie Moores Creek Bridge during Topsail Island April 11 Series; Train Depot in the this weekend-long event.