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
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. In 1890 at a small rural high school in Dayton, Ohio, an...
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. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is famous for its...
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. We...
