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1. Lejeune Memorial Gardens ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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2. Lynnwood Park Zoo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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3. CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center

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4. Hammocks Beach State Park

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5. NC Aquarium-Pine Knoll Shores

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6. NC Maritime Museum - Beaufort

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7. Tryon Palace

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8. Veterans Memorial

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9. Cracked It Escape Games

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10. Zing Zumm, Children’s Museum of Jacksonville

Category: Kids & Family Fun
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11. Bowlarena Lanes

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12. Swingin' Things

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13. Altitude Trampoline Park

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14. The Flip'N Axe

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15. Pelletier House

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16. Walton’s Distillery

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Jacksonville, North Carolina, is a small yet lively town in Onslow County, best known as the home of the largest Marine Corps base on America's Eastern Seaboard. Jacksonville also enjoys some beautiful beaches. Lejeune Memorial Gardens house a number of memorials to the Americans who have fallen in different conflicts around the world, while the North Carolina Maritime Museum honors and interprets Jacksonville's maritime history. If you are travelling with kids, take them to see the wild animals at the zoo, marine animals at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, or Zing Zumm, Children’s Museum of Jacksonville.

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