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Outer Banks
List of Attractions
The hours listed here are
summer hours, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Call ahead in other
seasons.
1. Currituck Banks
National Estuarine Reserve Access Trail
Soundside, End of N.C.
12, north of Corolla. Hours: Daylight.
Admission: None
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2.
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla,
(252) 453-4939. Hours: Every day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission:
$6, children 7 and younger get in free. |
3. Outer Banks Center
for Wildlife Education
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla,
(252) 453-0221 Admission: Free. Call about free summer programs.
4.
Sound Boardwalk
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla, (252) 453-0221
Hours: Daylight. Admission: None
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5.
The Whalehead Club
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla
(252) 453-9040
Hours: Every day, tours every half-hour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $6, children 8 and younger get in free. Specialty
tours $5. |
6. Village Garden
Schoolhouse Road, Corolla, (252) 453-3341 Hours:
Daylight.
Admission: None
7. Wild Horses Exhibit
Corolla Schoolhouse, Corolla Village Road and
Schoolhouse Road, (252) 453-3341 Hours: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
call for other hours. Admission: Free.
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8.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
U.S. 158, Kill Devil Hills, (252) 441-7430
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closes at 5 p.m. in some
off-season months).
Admission: $3; youth younger than 16
get in free. |
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9. The Nature Conservancy
at Nags Head Woods
Ocean Acres Drive, Kill Devil Hills, (252)
441-2525. Hours: Daylight. Admission: None
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10.
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
U.S. 158, Nags Head, (252) 441-7132
Hours: Opens every day at 8 a.m. Closing time varies seasonally.
Admission: Free |
11. North Carolina
Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island
104 Fernando Street, Manteo, (252) 475-1750 Hours: Monday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: Free
12. The Roanoke
Marshes Lighthouse
Manteo Waterfront, (252) 475-1750 Hours: Monday through Saturday 10
a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission: Free
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13.Roanoke
Island Festival Park
Across from the Manteo waterfront, (252) 475-1506. Hours: Every
day 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission: $8 for adults, $5 for ages 6 and older, free for
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14. NCSA Summer
Performance Series
Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo, (252) 475-1500. Hours: June 27-Aug.
5, Tuesday-Saturday 8:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday 2 p.m. Admission: $5 donation
requested.
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15.
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Airport Road, north end of Roanoke Island, (252) 473-3493. Hours:
Every day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and military, $6 for
children ages 6 to 17, free for children 5
and younger. |
16. Old Swimming
Hole
Airport Road, next to the Aquarium, (252) 475-5910. Hours: Dawn to dusk.
Admission: None.
17. Fort Raleigh
National Historic Site
1410 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64, (252) 473-5772. Hours: Every
day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closes at 5 p.m. in off-season.
Admission: Free.
18. Freedom
Trail
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, (252) 473-5772. Hours: Same as
Fort Raleigh. Admission: Free.
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19.
The Elizabethan Gardens
1411 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64, (252) 473-3234. Hours:
Open daily year round. Hours vary seasonally. Admission: $6
for adults, $5 for seniors 62 and older, $4 for youth ages 6
to 18, free for ages 5 and younger. |
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20.
The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama
1409 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64, (252) 473-2127, (866)
468-7630. Hours: June 2 through August 18, Monday through Saturday
8:30 p.m. Admission: $16 for adults, $15 for seniors, $8 for
children 11 and younger, Producer’s Circle seats $20.
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21. Bodie
Island Lighthouse
N.C. 12, just south of Nags Head, (252)
441-5711.
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer; closes at 5 p.m.
in off-season.
Admission: Free. |
22. Coquina
Beach
N.C. 12, just south of Nags Head, (252) 441-5711. Summer lifeguard hours:
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: None.
23. Oregon
Inlet Fishing Center
N.C. 12, south of Nags Head, (252) 441-6301. Hours: 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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24.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
N.C. 12, Hatteras Island, (252) 987-2394. Visitor Center hours:
Every day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Free. |
25. Chicamacomico
Life-Saving Station
N.C. 12, Rodanthe, (252) 987-1552. Hours: Monday through Friday noon
to 5 p.m. Admission: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and
students (ages 5 to 18), free for 5 and younger; group rate for 20 or
more people is $3 per person.
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26.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Off N.C. 12, Buxton, (252) 995-4474.
Hours: Easter to Columbus Day, every day 9 a.m. to 5:40 p.m.;
off-season hours are shorter.
Admission: $6 adults, $3 children younger than 12 and seniors.
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27. Hatteras
Island Visitor Center and Museum
At the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton (252) 995-4474. Hours: Every
day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 5 p.m. in off-season.
Admission: Free.
28. Buxton
Woods Nature Trails
Old Doctor’s Road, south of Buxton, (252) 261-8891. Hours: Dawn
to dusk. Admission: None.
29. Frisco
Native American Museum
N.C. 12, Frisco, (252) 995-4440. Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $3 for seniors
or $15 per family.
30. The Graveyard
of the Atlantic Museum
Museum Drive, Hatteras Village, (252) 986-2996. Hours: Vary. Admission:
Free, donations requested.
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31. Ocracoke Pony Pens
N.C. 12, Ocracoke, (252) 928-4531.
Hours: Every day during daylight hours. Admission: Free.Hammock
Hills Nature Trail N.C. 12, Ocracoke, (252) 928-4531. Hours:
Dawn to dusk. Admission: None.
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32. Ocracoke
Island Visitor Center
N.C. 12, Ocracoke, (252) 928-4531. Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: Free.
33. Ocracoke
Island Museum and Preservation Society
N.C. 12, Ocracoke, (252) 928-7375. Hours: Monday through Saturday. Admission:
Free.
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34.
Ocracoke Lighthouse
Lighthouse Road, Ocracoke, no phone. You cannot go inside the
lighthouse, but it’s nice to visit the grounds nonetheless. |
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