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Areas
Northern Beaches
Roanoke & Central Beaches
Hatteras Island
Ocracoke Island
Kill Devil Hills
Site of the first powered flight. Visitor center with exhibits and lectures of the Wright Brothers. Reproduction of the 1903 Wright Flyer and 1903 Wright Glider, campsite living quarters, and the flight grounds. Tours and lectures every hour. Open 9 AM-5 PM daily, and 9 AM-6 PM during summer, closed Christmas Day. Admission $4 per car, or $2 per person.
Roanoke Island
A 16th-century style gardens created as a memorial to the ill-fated Lost Colony by the Garden Club of North Carolina. Ornamental gardens and statuary, wildflowers and shrubs. Open daily 9 AM-5 PM, June-Labor Day, 9 AM-8 PM. Admission Charged. Located adjacent to the Lost Colony and Fort Ralegh National Historic Site.
Home of the first English settlement in the New World, from 1584-1590. Tour includes a museum focusing on the early colonization and a short informative film which provides an excellent background to the colonists' struggle. Also located on the site is Paul Green's The Lost Colony, and Thomas Harriot Nature Trail which winds its way through the Fort Ralegh site. Open 9 AM-5 PM daily except Christmas Day. Free Admission.
The outdoor drama of Sir Walter Ralegh's Roanoke colony and their disappearance in 1587. Presented nightly except Sat. mid-June through late August at 8:30 in Waterside Theater (beside Fort Ralegh and Elizabethan Gardens). Admission charged. Reservations can be made by calling 252-473-3314 or 800-488-5012.
Features fish and marine life native to North Carolina. Touch tank, large shark gallery, shoreline board walk, films and informative lectures. Admission $3 adults, $1 children, open 9 AM- 7 PM Memorial Day to Labor Day. Regular hours 9AM- 5PM Mon-Sat, Sundays 1PM- 5PM.
A 69 foot square rigged sailing vessel representative of those which transported Sir Walter Ralegh's colonists. Includes visitor center/gift shop, exhibits, and a nice air conditioned auditorium that can lull you into a nice nap, undistracted by the low-budget audio visual presentation. After your snooze, enjoy the tour of the ship and its costumed crew. Open Apr.-Oct, 10-6 daily. Nov-Mar.10-4, Tues-Sun. Located across from Maneto waterfront, 252-473-1144.
Bodie Island
Located 6 miles S.of Whalebone Junction. Visitors Center, free climb to the top, bird watching platforms located at lighthouse pond. Summer hours 9:00-6:00, Winter hours 9:00-5:00. 252-441-5711.
A 1920's shipwreck of a four-masted schooner. Located at Coquina Beach, 8 miles S. of US 158 off NC 12.
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