North Carolina Coast Features

Experience North Carolina Coast

Operation Bumblebee

Topsail (pronounced "TOP-suhl") was the first barrier island south of Bogue Inlet subject to commercial...

First in Flight

December 17, 1903, was a cold and windy day on the Outer Banks, but Wilbur and Orville Wright took little...

Blackbeard the Pirate

Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was one of the most infamous pirates on the East Coast. Cultivating...

To the Lighthouse

Sooner or later while visiting the coast, you come within sight of one of the "mighty seven": a North...

Top 5 Reasons to Go

Water, water everywhere: Rolling waves, sleepy estuaries, rippling inlets, glassy lakes, no-nonsense...

When To Go

North Carolina's coast shines in spring (April and May) and fall (September and October), when the weather...

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