A PLACE TO ENGAGE YOUR SENSES

The sound of ocean waves, the starry night sky, or the calm of the salt marshes, you can experience it all. Shaped by the forces of water, wind, and storms these islands are ever changing. The plants, wildlife, and people who live here adapt continually. Whether you are walking on the beach, kayaking on the sound, or climbing the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse there is something for everyone to explore!

For more information about visiting Cape Hatteras, follow this link;

http://www.nps.gov/caha/index.htm

A place to engage your senses The sound of ocean waves, the starry night sky, or the calm of the salt marshes, you can experience it all. Shaped by the forces of water, wind, and storms these islands are ever changing. The plants, wildlife, and peo

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NORTH CAROLINA

Cape Hatteras is a cape on the coast of North Carolina that is protected as a namesake feature of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is the point that protrudes the farthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the Atlantic coast. The cape is the bend in Hatteras Island, and is the site where the two great basins of the east coast meets. Interestingly, the capes shoals are known as diamond shoals, and the name of the cape, Hatteras, is the sixth oldest surviving English place name in the U.S. The original lighthouse on the land was built in 1803, and replaced in 1970 by the current lighthouse, which is now known as the tallest lighthouse in the United States and one of the tallest in the world. The lighthouse was actually moved inland in 1999, due to the shoreline becoming too close. Now the lighthouse is 1,500 feet from the seashore, as it was when it was when it was originally built.