Best landmarks in Outer Banks

Outer Banks Essential Landmarks

The maritime history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is preserved through these iconic landmarks and natural areas. This collection highlights the Cape Hatteras Light Station, the tallest brick lighthouse in North America, and the horizontally striped Bodie Island Lighthouse. The list spans the 70-mile Cape Hatteras National Seashore, encompassing historic lifesaving stations in Rodanthe and the Museum of the Sea. Visitors can explore the region's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" heritage, access undeveloped beaches for shelling, or engage in windsurfing at the Pamlico Sound's Canadian Hole.

Outer Banks Essential Landmarks — Map

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Cape Hatteras Light Station

Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, North Carolina and is part of the…

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Bodie Island Lighthouse

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and…

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national seashore which preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from…

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Miles of undeveloped, most wonderful beaches. Superb area for chill out, strolling or shell collecting.

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Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station

Original building on Carolina's Outer Banks of old lifesaving station. You'll get a wonderful history lesson here.

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Museum of the Sea

Housed in the historic double keepers' quarters at Cape Hatteras, this museum features exhibits on maritime history, local shipwrecks, and the construction and 1999 relocation of the lighthouse.

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Bodie Island Visitor Center

Located in the 1872 lighthouse keeper's quarters, this center provides park information, nature exhibits, and climbing tickets for the adjacent lighthouse.

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Chicamacomico Life Saving Station

Historic 1874 complex featuring the original U.S. Life-Saving Service buildings. Exhibits detail the evolution of maritime rescue and the 1918 Mirlo rescue, the most highly decorated in service history.

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Canadian Hole

Beach suitable for all kinds of water sports - wind surfing, kite surfing, fishing. Beautiful sunset to catch as a bonus!

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Salvo Beach

Wide beach that offers a view of a wreck! Either if you go fishing here, or just lie on the beach, you will have the time of your life!