Attractions in Outer Banks

Museums

Airport Museum - Preserving Aviation History.
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station.
Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center.
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island.
Roanoke Island Festival Park.
Roanoke Island Maritime Center.

Lighthouses

Bodie Island Lighthouse.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
Currituck Beach Lighthouse.
Ocracoke Lighthouse.
The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse.

Parks and Wildlife

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Elizabethan Gardens.
Jockey's Ridge State Park.
Nature Conservancy at Nags Head Woods.
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Roanoke Island Festival Park.
Roanoke Island Maritime Center.
U.S.A.C.E, Field Research Facility "Duck Pier".

Historical Sites

Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station Historic Site.
Civil War Trail.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
The Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island.
Lost Colony Outdoor Drama.
Outer Banks History Center.
Outer Banks Historical Trail.
Pea Island Cook House.
Roanoke Island Festival Park.
The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse.
U.S. Weather Bureau Station/Hatteras Welcome Center.
Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Cultural Sites

The Monument to a Century of Flight.
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station Historic Site.
Elizabethan Gardens.
Lost Colony Outdoor Drama.
Roanoke Island Festival Park.
Theatre of Dare.
Wanchese Fishing Village.
Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park.

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Activities in Outer Banks

Water Activities

The Outer Banks is made up of 409 square miles of water. This makes the area perfect for a variety of water activities including jet skiing, ocean and sound kayaking, diving, surfing, parasailing, wind surfing, kite surfing, kite boarding, skim boarding, sailing, boating, and of course, swimming.

Crabbing.
Cruises.
Diving.
Fishing.
Kayaking and Canoeing.
Kiteboarding.
Parasailing.
Boating (Pontoon Boats).
Swimming (Public Swimming Pools).
Sailing.
Shelling.
Surfing.
Wakeboarding and Water Skiing.
Waterfowling.
Waverunners and Jet Skis.
Windsurfing.

Land Activities

Visiting Art Galleries.
Bicycling (Bicycle Rentals are avaialable over here).
Birdwatching.
Cooking Classes.
Dance.
Fitness Centers.
Golfing.
Hiking.
Horseback Riding.
Indoor Activities.
Running & Races.
Shopping.
Sight-Seeing Outer Banks Tours.
Skate Parks.
Spectator Sports.
Tennis.

Air Activities

Air Tours/Sightseeing Flights.
Outer Banks Hang Gliding.

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