Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina

We visited Fort Macon after going to the Pine Knoll Shores aquarium. The Battle of Fort Macon was fought during March and April 1862.  The Fort was opened as a State Park in 1936. Fort Macon State Park is the second most visited state park in North Carolina, with an annual visitation of 1.3 million people, despite being one of the smallest state parks in North Carolina with only 424 acres. Fort Macon State Park also completely surrounds United States Coast Guard Station Fort Macon.  There is a little beach a short distance from the fort that had small waves and fun shells to find.  My favorite part of the beach was that they had used old Christmas trees as a dune stabilizer.  The fort itself was in great condition and the kids had a ton of fun running around all the vaulted rooms.  There was one part of the stairs that had a notch cut out from where a cannon ball landed. Milton wasn't all that enthralled with the video and fell asleep, but not deep enough to let Owen take his submarine!