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Address: Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, NC 27959
This structure rises 156 feet into the air. You can tour the base of the tower during the warmer months, including the keepers' quarters and a bookstore.
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: Hatteras Island, NC
This famed structure, the tallest brick lighthouse in North America at 208 feet, sits in Buxton. You'll also find the Cape Hatteras National Seashore visitors center in town.
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: Harkers Island, NC 28531
Take a boat trip three miles off-shore to enjoy this national treasure, stretching 56 miles across undeveloped beach. Spend an afternoon watching wild horses or enjoying the beach. Don't miss exploring the abandoned village of Portsmouth, a thriving port town in 1770. Pack a picnic.
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 12, Rodanthe, NC 27968
You'll find this 1874 site on Hatteras Island. Today the historic location boasts seven buildings that honor the African Americans who manned the Pea Island Lifesaving Station.
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: 2300 East Fort Macon Rd, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
Unpack your gear, and park yourself at the beach near the bathhouse. This public beach, located on the eastern edge of Atlantic Beach, features clean bathrooms.
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: 59158 Coast Guard Road, Hatteras Village, NC 27943
This museum, in Hatteras Village, chronicles the maritime history of the Outer Banks and the more than 1,000 shipwrecks off the coast between Corolla and Cape Lookout.
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: 3933 N South Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
When you want to feel the wind beneath your own wings, slip into the harness of a bright red-and-white hang glider, and take a running leap off a sand dune.
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: S Croatan Hwy, Milepost 12, Hwy 158 Bypass, Nags Head, NC 27959
Standing between 110 and 140 feet, depending on the wind and the weather, Jockey's Ridge is the tallest active sand dune on the East Coast. It's another great spot for sunset watching over Roanoke Sound.
Native American Museum and Natural History Center
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 12, Frisco, NC 27936
Head to Frisco for this interesting museum. It features a nationally recognized collection of artifacts and exhibits, plus, a few nature trails wind through its maritime forest.
North Carolina's Maritime Museum
Category: Southern Living Favorites - Outer Banks Attractions & Activities
Address: 315 Front St, Beaufort, NC 28516
If you’re a boat lover, make your way through Beaufort’s North Carolina Maritime Museum, which is full of cool finds, such as artifacts from Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The museum also offers boat-building and restoration programs, and you might be lucky enough to catch a class in progress.
