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We hope you enjoy your visit to our beautiful island, the last island of the Outer Banks, N.C. Ocracoke is the southernmost island of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Ocracoke, in Hyde County, is very ...

Riding the ferries to Ocracoke–from Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Hatteras–is a relaxing beginning to your journey.

Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation on Ocracoke Island , Wednesday, July 30 at 9 a.m.

Posts about Ocracoke news written by C. Leinbach and Pete Vankevich ...

By Peter Vankevich Philip Howard is on a high-energy creativity roll. In 2024 he published “ Ocracoke Island Eccentrics, Innovators and Free Spirits,” a collection of features on some of the more ...

Events will be updated as needed. Monday, July 28 Ocracoke Community Library: Used Book Sale continues during public hours: M-F, 3-7 pm; Saturday 9 am to 1 pm. Tuesday, July 29 Ocracoke Community ...

The popular Blackbeard flag flown today was never Blackbeard’s flag, according to irrefutable evidence. If the notorious pirate captain saw it, he wouldn’t know whose it was. Likely, he would have ...

The cold open waters off Newfoundland may not seem like an ideal location to spend the winter. But it is for some, especially the Dovekie (Alle alle), a small seabird known as the Little Auk in Europe ...

After a brief mid-week respite from the steamy summer conditions, eastern North Carolina will see a return of warm and muggy weather to close out July. A combination of highs in the 90s and high ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) reminds visitors and adjacent homeowners that it is illegal to detonate fireworks, or have fireworks in your possession, on all Seashore be… ...

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