The Agapé Center for Environmental Education is located on 624 acres of beautiful rolling hills, cascading streams, and diverse forests. ACE Education is a creative way to meet NC Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies.

Explore the outside world on 1,000 acres of wooded land at the Allison Woods Outdoor Learning Center. Groups can embark on an eco-walk, classify rocks and fossils, or take a natural history tour and learn about the landscape.

Bald Head Island is a two-mile journey across the Cape Fear River from Southport, NC. Amid the island’s 12,000 acres, youth groups will find 10,000 untouched acres of beach, marsh and maritime forest preserves.

The Blue Jay Center houses an exhibit hall that explores many environmental and natural resource themes such as water, plants, animals and ecology of the fields, forests and streams of the park. 

Chimney Rock State Park offers customized programs for youth groups that include naturalist-led guided tours and activities to discover the Park’s unique history, geology, and flora and fauna.

At the Cradle of Forestry groups can explore the past, present, and future of environmental sustainability and stewardship. Features interpretive trails, interactive exhibits, guided tours and nature programs.

At the Dan Nicholas Park Nature Center groups can enjoy a fun day with nature, a variety of educational programs, and activities. Learn about leaf identification, stream ecosystems, and animals.