Our Meet Your Ranger series introduces you to the many amazing people who support our Outer Banks national parks every day! Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hometown: Washington, D.C. Program of study and relevant work experience: I studied...
We invite you to celebrate National Aviation Day (Orville and Katharine Wright’s birthdays!) on Friday, August 19, at two locations in the Outer Banks: Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dare County Regional Airport! If you can't join in person this year, check...
Katharine Wright has long been known as "the sister of the Wright brothers" – but she was so much more. In celebration of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with our friend Mackensie Wittmer, Executive Director of the National Aviation Heritage Area in...
Nonprofit partners in both states to co-produce virtual event, launch Wright Route to put ‘aviation rivalry’ to rest KITTY HAWK, NC and DAYTON, OH — Orville and Wilbur Wright changed the course of human history in 12 seconds when they completed the first successful...
This month, national parks around the United States are honoring Native American Heritage Month, and our Outer Banks national parks are joining them! Years before the arrival of Europeans and what has come to be called “The Lost Colony,” the land that is now known as...
We invite you to celebrate National Aviation Day (Orville and Katharine Wright's birthdays!) on Thursday, August 19, at two different locations in the OBX: Dare County Regional Airport and Wright Brothers National Memorial! Dare County Regional Airport: Thursday,...
This month, we join the National Park Service and park partners around the country to celebrate Women's History Month. Your OBX National Parks are the birthplaces of legacies that have allowed women to do what was once thought to be impossible. Your park staff work...
This month, we join the National Park Service and park partners around the country to celebrate Black History Month. Your OBX National Parks are vitally important to Black history in the United States, and your park staff work diligently to ensure these stories are...
This month, we join the National Park Service and park partners around the country to celebrate Black History Month. Your OBX National Parks are vitally important to Black history in the United States, and your park staff work diligently to ensure these stories are...
March is Women’s History Month and we’re highlighting women who have made — and continue to make—an impact on your OBX national parks! Though her name may be unfamiliar to many, Louise Meekins helped shape your OBX national parks into the special places that they are...