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8 Beaufort
* 12,800. n (252) 728-2141
(Morehead City).
Beaufort’s considerable
charms lie in its historic B&B
inns, sea-food markets, and
restaurants. The highlight of
this coastal resort’s small
attractive waterfront is the
North Carolina Maritime
Museum, which interprets
The landscaped Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island the boating, fishing, and pirate
history of this coastline. A
forests, on the rough Atlantic colonists had vanished without swashbuckling robot of
Coast, are lined with banks of a trace. Today, the Fort Raleigh Edward “Blackbeard” Teach,
sturdy live oaks that protect the National Historic Site, the a notorious pirate who was
lush vegetation from the adjacent Elizabethan Gardens, captured and killed off the
onslaughts of the water and and the nearby theme park, Outer Banks in November
wind. Follow the signs to the with a replica of a 16th-century of 1718, welcomes visitors.
preserve west off Hwy 158 close sailing ship as its centerpiece, all A popular event is the family-
to the Wright Brothers Memorial. relate the story of this legendary oriented, educational Pirate
“Lost Colony.” Day, which is dedicated to
E Wright Brothers National At the northern tip of the pirate lore and has costumes,
Memorial island, Fort Raleigh preserves flag flying, and treasure hunts.
US Hwy 158, milepost 7.5, Kill Devil the ruins of the colony’s original At the docks, private ferries
Hills. Tel (252) 473-2111. Open 9am– disembark-ation point, and take passengers out to the
5pm daily. Closed Dec 24, 25. & 7 ranger-led tours reveal what little deserted sands of Lookout
∑ nps.gov/wrbr is known about it. A short drive Island, preserved from
O Nags Head Woods south, at the port of Manteo, the development as the Cape
Ecological Preserve Roanoke Island Festival Park Lookout National Seashore.
701 W Ocean Acres Dr, Kill Devil Hills. tells the story of the first ship of The ecology of Lookout Island
Tel (252) 441-2525. Open dawn–dusk explorers through tours of a is similar to Cape Hatteras,
daily. & re creation of the Elizabeth II. with virgin beaches, marshland,
P Cape Hatteras Lighthouse There is also a museum that and dunes, all rich in birdlife,
Hatteras Is, off Hwy 12, 1 mile (1.6 km) relates both the Native and but the limited access makes it
SE of Buxton. Tel (252) 995-4474. European history of the region. more remote and less visited.
Open mid-Apr–mid-Oct: 9am–4:30pm
daily (to 5:30pm Jul–Aug). & P Fort Raleigh National E North Carolina
∑ nps.gov/caha Historic Site Maritime Museum
US Hwy 64/264, Manteo. Tel (252) 315 Front St. Tel (252) 728-7317.
} Ocracoke Island Open 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
Ocracoke Car Ferry to Cedar Island or 473-5772. Open 9am–5pm daily. Sat, 1–5pm Sun. Closed Jan 1,
Closed Dec 25. & Elizabethan
Swan Quarter. Tel (800) 293-3779 for Gardens only. ∑ nps.gov/fora Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 7
fares & schedules (subject to change). ∑ ncmaritimemuseums.com
∑ ocracokeisland.com/nc-ferry.htm P Roanoke Island
Festival Park } Cape Lookout
7 Roanoke Island Port of Manteo. Tel (252) 475-1500. National Seashore
3601 Bridge St, Morehead City.
Open 9am–4pm or 6pm daily
n 1 Visitors Center Rd, Manteo, (877) (seasonal, call & check). Closed Jan 1, Tel (252) 728-2250. Open daily.
Closed Jan 1, Dec 25.
629-4386. ∑ outerbanks.org Thanksgiving, Dec 24 & 25. & 7 ∑ nps.gov/calo
∑ roanokeisland.com
A marsh island lying between the
Outer Banks and the mainland,
Roanoke Island was the site of
the first English settlement in
North America. The first expedition
to these shores, sponsored by
Sir Walter Raleigh, was in 1584.
In 1587, another ship carrying
more than 100 colonists
disembarked at the island to
create a permanent settlement.
But when the next group arrived
three years later, all the earlier The waterfront at Salt Marsh and Newport River, Beaufort

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