Rediscover our OBX National Parks

Outer Banks Forever is an official partner of our OBX national parks, helping you protect and enhance these special places.
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Cape Hatteras

National Seashore

Fort Raleigh

National Historic Site

Wright Brothers

National Memorial

Adopt A Pony

Support Ocracoke’s most beloved residents by symbolically adopting an Ocracoke pony today! Get your official adoption certificate and photo of your chosen pony.

Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest

Get an official adoption certificate and updates on your very own sea turtle nest! You will help fund projects and programs that protect and enhance Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Protect our Parks

Our OBX national parks protect the nature, history, and spirit of freedom you think of when you make your way here each year. Find out how you can protect them today.

Latest News

Donor Story: Thurman Worthington, Jr.

Donor Story: Thurman Worthington, Jr.

Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your connection to the Outer Banks.  I grew up in eastern North Carolina, in Pitt County, which is where Greenville, North Carolina, and East Carolina University are, on a tobacco farm. My family owned one of the original...

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Laura’s Pony Notes: A Pony’s Sense of Touch

Laura’s Pony Notes: A Pony’s Sense of Touch

By Laura Michaels, Pony Wrangler at Cape Hatteras National Seashore  Since touch is the most direct form of communication between ponies and other ponies, and ponies and people, it is important that people understand and be aware of how ponies respond to touch.   Some...

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Partner Spotlight: Roasts for Coasts Coffee Co.

Partner Spotlight: Roasts for Coasts Coffee Co.

Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your coffee company. What inspired you to start “Roasts for Coasts”?  Hello! My name is Adele! I am a mother of a soon-to-be two-year-old, I love coffee and I love the Outer Banks. It all started back in 2019 when a trip...

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Outer Banks Forever is an official partner of the National Park Service supporting the three national parks of the Outer Banks – helping you protect and enhance these special places.