![]() Flaky crab cakes and fresh-caught, broiled flounder top it all off, accompanied by tangy coleslaw and steaming hot hush puppies. Start managing your personal or business expenses and bills with Justuseapp: Save Money Justuseapp will collate the software vendors you pay for and show you ways to save on your bills - either by recommending annual plans or reminding you to cancel altogether. Creamy seafood chowder whets appetites at restaurants along the coast. Dockside restaurants overlook Pamlico Bay and Currituck Sound, where diners look out picture windows at the waters that produced the day's catch that very morning. The Atlantic Ocean greets visitors at every turn in the Outer Banks, promising seafood feasts humble and sublime. There, 11,000 acres of marshland grow thick with saltmeadow hay, needlerush and salt-marsh cordgrass, protecting thousands of ducks, brown pelicans and alligators. Ferries ply the calm, sparkling waters of Pamlico Sound en route to the Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (the East Coast's tallest), and Ocracoke (its oldest), have stood as coastal beacons since the 19th century. Strong winds and fertile fishing grounds combined to create a shipwreck graveyard off the coast of the Outer Banks. If you long for big city attractions, head for Norfolk, Virginia, the closest offering for maritime museums, boutique shopping, vibrant nightlife and international air travel. A few wild horses still roam the dunes around Corolla, an upscale cottage town near the Virginia border. Nags Head's weathered, oceanfront homes and assorted hotels and watersports stores have drawn sandal-clad tourists since the 18th century. The Outer Banks are the East Coast's recreational playground.įew places in the Outer Banks rank as cities - that's one of the region's benefits. This is the place for breathtaking Atlantic beaches, shipwrecks, weathered fishing villages and mouth-watering seafood. There's simply no place quite like this string of barrier islands, with attractions both natural and historical, such as colonial coastal towns, the Wright Brothers' monument and soaring lighthouses. The draw continues, sometimes to a maddening degree in the summer. It is open for climbing in the summer.North Carolina's Outer Banks have proven irresistible to travelers since 1585, when Sir Walter Raleigh settled on Roanoke Island with England's first permanent New World colony. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, at 208 feet the tallest brick lighthouse in North America, and the most recognized symbol of the Outer Banks.The Open Ponds Trail, a sandy track through maritime forest near Buxton Woods.The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, which tells the story of the over 2,000 shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina.The Ocracoke pony pens, which hold the descendants of a horse herd that once roamed on the island. ![]() Substitute Mild Sweet Huli-Huli Barbeque Sauce. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, encompassing the beaches for nearly the entire segment Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner Outer Banks Oceanfront Dining at Beachcombers Woodfired Grill and Tiki.Ocracoke Village, a quaint and quiet town at the western end of the segment.The ferry between Cedar Island and Ocracoke Island takes about 2½ hours, and the ferry between Ocracoke and Hatteras Island is about 60 minutes.īecause most of the trail in this segment is on loose, sandy beaches, it is not recommended for bicycles however, NC 12 parallels the trail almost its entire length and is a good alternative for cyclists. The segment includes 81.9 miles of trail plus two ferry rides. The western end of this segment is at the Cedar Island ferry terminal in Carteret County and the eastern end is at the highest point on the dunes at Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Dare County. Situated as it is-sticking far out into the ocean, where two major ocean currents collide-the region has earned its nickname, “The Graveyard of the Atlantic.” They are also the site of some of the most extreme weather in the country. These barrier islands, or “banks,” are rich with history, wildlife, and scenery. ![]() By Jim Grode and Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trailįrom the secluded beaches of Ocracoke Island to the tourist bustle of Nags Head, this segment captures the many aspects of North Carolina’s easternmost parts. ![]()
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