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Visit the Hatteras Island Visitor Center & Museum of the Sea

The Outer Banks is filled with many historic National Parks and other fun educational side trips that you and your family can enjoy while on vacation. Visiting these places can not only help you relax a bit, but maybe get in a few extra homeschooling lessons along the way. Staying in one of our beautiful Outer Banks vacation rentals will allow you and your family to be able to explore these two unique places. Let’s take a longer look at both the Hatteras Island Visitor Center and Museum of the Sea before your next visit.

Hatteras Island Visitor Center

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is roughly a 1-hour drive from South Nags Head making it the perfect destination to inspire a scenic drive. Here you and your family will be able to explore the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and see how majestic it is. The breathtaking views you will see from atop of the lighthouse will allow you to see how beautiful the entire area is as the light washes over the “Graveyard of the Atlantic”. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is 210ft high making it the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States.

There is a park store where you and your family will be able to purchase souvenirs & books to take back home and remember this day by. The visitor center is open daily except for Christmas from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. However, before you make plans to visit, be sure to make sure they are open. Stop by the information desk and ask for a park brochure, map, and a list of the daily events happening while you’re on site.

There is plenty of parking and restrooms available here to accommodate everyone. Throughout the spring, summer and autumn months, join a park ranger on a ranger-led program to learn about lighthouses, barrier island geology, sea turtles, surf fishing and more!

Museum of the Sea

The Museum of the Sea is located within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and sits alongside the Hatteras Island Visitor Center. This museum is not like any other museum that you may have ever seen. It includes the Double Lighthouse Keepers’ Quarters built for the two lighthouse assistants who lived on site with their families. While the Lighthouse Keeper did not live in this large home, he had his living quarters just off the Double Keepers’ Quarters’ right. Both homes are still standing and are beautiful inside and out. Inside the museum, you will learn more about the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse through some fantastic exhibits focused on maritime history of the Outer Banks. There are so many interesting artifacts, exhibits, and photographs located within the Museum of the Sea that everyone in your group will walk away with learning something new.

While there are many other fun parks located on the Outer Banks, we wanted to share these with you. If you haven’t booked your next visit to stay in one of our Outer Banks vacation rentals, give us a call today. We look forward to hearing about your trip to the Hatteras Island Visitor Center and Museum of the Sea soon!

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Experience Fort Raleigh on your Next Vacation to the Outer Banks

One of the best things about vacationing to the Outer Banks is all of the fantastic parks in the area. We wanted to share with you one of the National Parks located in Manteo, Fort Raleigh, which happened to be England’s first home in the new world. Staying in one of our OBX vacation rentals will allow you and your family to be close to this fantastic National Park. Let’s read more below on what you and your family can experience when visiting Fort Raleigh.

A Little History on Fort Raleigh

You and your family can head on over to Fort Raleigh, located on Roanoke Island in Manteo. This National Park was England’s first colony in the New World and is on a beautiful land stretch. While the settlement doesn’t have any structural remains on the land, you will find that there are mounds of earthwork that help preserve the fort. Families moved to the new settlement back in 1587, but many settlers disappeared from the colony by either leaving to find a new settlement or heading back to England. But there are still plenty of things left by the first settlers at the fort for you to check out. In 1896, the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association erected a stone tablet of granite from North Carolina, and the base is made up of granite from Virginia. This tablet is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has information inscribed on it about Virginia Dare’s birth, christening, and the christening of Manteo, NC.

Visiting the Fort

Fort Raleigh is known for having “The Lost Colony,” which is Fort Raleigh’s outdoor drama that many love to see. While it was closed for the season in 2020, it will return for the 2021 season beginning on May 28, 2021. How exciting is that? Your family will also visit the Visitor Center, which is open daily from 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm. Some trails are available for your family to explore and a beach as well to enjoy. Admission to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is free, and the park is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, seven days a week but be sure to check their schedule before you head on over for the day. They are closed on several Holidays or may have limited hours posted.

We here at Joe Lamb, Jr & Associates are proud long time sponsors of “The Lost Colony”. There are many other cool things about Fort Raleigh, but we wanted to save those when you visit the park. If you haven’t booked your next vacation to OBX, now is the time. We look forward to seeing you and your family and hearing about your visit to the Fort Raleigh Historic Site.

Explore the Wright Brothers National Memorial on your Next Vacation

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina a small fishing village on an isolated strip of beach on the mid Atlantic coast provided the perfect opportunity for two brothers from Ohio to make their dreams come true. The Outer Banks is such a special and magical place and the Wright Brothers knew it only too well.

“We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.”
-Orville Wright

When you are staying in one of our OBX vacation rentals, The Wrights Brothers National Memorial should be included in your trip plans. The Wright Brothers National Memorial is located in Kill Devil Hills and is open every day, except for Christmas Day.

Did you know?

The visitor center was considered an ultra-modern design in 1930 when the design was first chosen and was dedicated in 1932.
The memorial was the Original Selfie Spot! In the 40s and 50s, the most popular thing to do was to get dressed up in your Sunday’s best and take photos in front of the commemorative boulders.
Thanks to a coin toss, Orville was the first brother to become airborne!

Walk Where History Was Made

Wright Brothers National Memorial is the place where the Orville Brothers spent years working on the mysteries of flight, and there is so much to take in and learn. Make sure you bring your walking shoes, as there is so much ground and history to be discovered. Aviation and History lovers will find plenty of reasons to love the 428 acre park which features relics from the past and exhibits showing the 1900s Outer Banks environment the Wrights Brothers experienced and more. The memorial is a way-finding marker for the Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk areas of the Outer Banks. With its flat topography, the monument is viewable for miles.

Get Into the Memorial

The memorial is located at Mile Marker 7.5 in Kill Devil Hills. The National Memorial, visitors’ center and Centennial Pavilion are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, 7 days a week, year-round, and every day except for Christmas.

Admission to the Wright Brothers National Memorial is required as for those 16, and older are $10 each, but children 15 and under are free of charge. You are welcome to bring your furry friends with you as long as they are on a leash at all times. Joe Lamb has plenty of pet friendly rentals available, so you can plan ahead and bring your puppers with you!

Plan Your Trip

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