The Outer Banks consist of a collection of barrier islands along the North Carolina coast ... island is home to wildlife preserves like the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, as well as several ...

The north entrance to Cape Hatteras is located in Nags Head at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and NC Highway 12, while the southern gate can be found off NC Highway 12 just north of Ocracoke ...

This classic tourist destination became America's first national seashore in 1953 and covers more than 70 miles of coastline and 30,000 acres of beaches, dunes, marshes and woodlands in North Carolina ...

On March 9, the North Carolina Early Warning System (NCWS) aerial survey team detected the presence of right whales north of Cape Hatteras, NC. The right whale slow zone is in effect through March ...