As the Outer Banks community prepares to re-open to visitors on Saturday, May 16th (entry FAQs here), we want to share a few important safety tips and reminders with you. This includes not only how to be safe when spending time near the ocean, but also guidelines for...
Earth Day 2020 – 50 Years of Education & Stewardship
Have you ever stopped to think about what our nation—and our local OBX community—would be like without its national parks? These special places preserve our history, our culture and our environment for our enjoyment and for the enjoyment of generations to come. So...
Virtual Junior Ranger Day 2020!
It's National Park Week!! While we can't celebrate in person, we'll be sharing ideas all week on Facebook and Instagram to help you celebrate your OBX national parks, and all national parks, together at home. First up - today is Junior Ranger Day, so let's see those...
You Can Design the Next Junior Ranger Badge at Fort Raleigh!
We are excited to partner with your OBX national parks and the Dare County Arts Council to help YOU design the next Junior Ranger badge at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site! Every year, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site distributes over 1,100 Junior Ranger Badges...
An Unlikely Friendship: Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Wright Brothers
This month, we join with the National Park Service in celebrating and honoring Black History Month by sharing stories about African American history in the Outer Banks and in our Outer Banks national parks. Note: This post was originally published in February 2020. In...
Hatteras Island’s Unique Role in African American History
This month, we join with the National Park Service in celebrating and honoring Black History Month by sharing stories about African American history in the Outer Banks and in our Outer Banks national parks. Note: Darrell Collins passed away on December 24, 2024. We...
A Mirror to the Past, A Map to the Future: The Freedmen’s Colony at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
This month, we join with the National Park Service in celebrating and honoring Black History Month by sharing stories about African American history in the Outer Banks and in our Outer Banks national parks. Note: Virginia Tillett passed away on October 7, 2021....
How you & your parks can help turtles this winter
If you’ve ever walked along the beach of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, you may have been lucky enough to spot a sea turtle or a protected sea turtle nest. According to the park staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, loggerhead, green, leatherback, hawksbill...
2019 First Flight Anniversary Event Celebrates 70th Anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift
This month we are excited to once again celebrate a historic day alongside your OBX national parks and the First Flight Society! On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Ohio made history right here in the Outer Banks. By the time Orville and Wilbur Wright arrived in...
New National Report Highlights Your OBX National Parks as Important Cultural Landscapes Threatened by Climate Change
Your OBX national parks are garnering national attention this week. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of ten sites featured in a new national report by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that serves to...