camp lejeune military res. (usnavy)

NC HWY 24 & US HWY 16

The 236 square-mile site is located in a rural area of Onslow County, just south of Jacksonville, North Carolina. The site includes the active Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune. The base includes six areas: Camp Geiger, Montford Point, Courthouse Bay, Mainside, the Greater Sandy Run Area and the Rifle Range Area. MCB Camp Lejeune was commissioned in 1942 as a training area to prepare Marines for combat. The New River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, bisects the site and is used for fishing and recreation. State Route 24 borders the site to the north. The Atlantic Ocean borders the site to the south and east. U.S. Route 17 borders the site to the west. In 1989, the EPA placed the site on the NPL. Base operations at the site currently include industrial, recreational, commercial and residential land uses.