Planning an Outer Banks day trip that feels worth the time and effort can be tricky, especially during summer, when long lines and crowded parking lots are the norm. But the Ocracoke Express Passenger Ferry offers a refreshing alternative.
This high-speed, walk-on ferry connects Hatteras...
Beyond the miles of rolling sand dunes and far-reaching shorelines of these beloved barrier islands, the Outer Banks exists as one of the most preserved natural areas on the East Coast. From our northern beaches to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, families visit our towns...
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village is still closed as work continues on enlarging and improving the display area. But with the addition of a WWI German 88 millimeter deck will greet visitors as they walk up the front steps.
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California has the swallows of Capistrano. On the Outer Banks it’s the purple martins of the William Umstead Bridge. That’s the old US64 bridge, most people call it the Mann’s Harbor Bridge, on the north end of Roanoke Island .
Now that was one big boat they launched out of Wanchese yesterday. The custom built catamaran is 110’ long, but only drafts 5’ of water, at least when it’s not carrying a full payload.
Things are rocking in Manteo these days. Vusic OBX has been bringing some great talent to the Roanoke Island Festival Park, but there latest venture shifted things a bit and the result was amazing.
It’s been a particularly good year for sea turtle nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore this year. Wildlife managers are reporting that at the halfway point in the nesting season they have already counted 206 nests. That pretty much on pace with last...
The state’s newest highway marker was unveiled today and it was heartfelt and perhaps overdue tribute to Carolista Baum—the woman who quite possibly single handily forced North Carolina to create Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head.
It’s Independence day on the Outer Banks and the classic though, so much to do and so little time, seems to have been confirmed. From Hatteras to Corolla there is plenty to do.
The National Park Service has been working for some time to restore the Hatteras U.S. Weather Bureau Station to its original look and feel. With the recent completion of the metal warning tower, the building and grounds are back to the what would have...
