and beach driving. It’s one of the most unique places in North Carolina. Most of Ocracoke Island is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, publicly owned and administered by the National ...

Roberta, sister Nancy and their mother Geraldine at the Manteo airport in 1961. Photo by James E. Nordheim By Roberta Nordheim-WallacePhotos by James E. Nordheim My family visited the Outer Banks ...

Looking for the Closest Beaches near Beaufort NC? Welcome to the breathtaking coastal paradise surrounding Beaufort, North ...

White beaches and dunes, Gulf waters, diving pelicans, and a pirate-filled past all are part of the story. 6. Ocracoke Island, NC Blackbeard the pirate anchored on this Outer Banks island ...

The ferry that travels between Hatteras and Ocracoke is also complimentary ... This portion of Miami Beach, the barrier island off the coast of Miami, is known as the quintessential beach vacation ...

The area is split into three regions, according to the Visitors Bureau: the Northern Beaches, Roanoke Island and Hatteras Island. You'll also find Ocracoke Island farther south, but it's not as ...

At first it looked like an alligator partially buried in the beach sand on Ocracoke Island, Mona Aly said. But she moved the sand away from the scaly, prehistoric-looking creature and took some ...

The oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina, the present Ocracoke Lighthouse sits on a picturesque, quaint island with beautiful beaches and a charming village. It can only be reached by ferry.

Swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surfconditions.Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remaincalm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline.

According to the National Park Service’s website, 779 lighthouses remain standing across the United States. Though many say ...

Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2, on ...