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Come enjoy the Outter Banks April 12-13th. There are a number of areas to get out and drive on the beach, several light houses, the Wright Brothers museum, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and numerous other things to do there.
The tentative schedule at this point is to meet in the Kill Devil Hills / Nagshead area and cruise up to Corova Beach saturday morning for some off road/beach driving. Then once we have had our fill of playing on the beach (or the tide comes back in) we can head south and check out the sights. Then find a good place to have dinner and/or some evening activities. Sunday could include another trip off roading or cruise south again to Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island/Lighthouse. Of course there are many other things to do, so this is just a tentative suggestion for a schedule.
At the northern end of the outter banks, we have the 4x4 driving section. This is one of a few areas that you can drive your vehicle onto the beach with no permits or fees. Its about 15 or so miles of fairly wide open beach and for those with 4x4 (or pretty brave 4x2 owners) there are many back roads to adventure down. Here is a link to a map of the area. This page also includes links to other aerial views of the 4x4 section.
Just south of the 4x4 area is the Whalehead club in Corolla, NC. Built in the mid-1920's, Corolla Island, as it was originally named, continues to stand as one of the most spectacular landmarks on the Currituck Outer Banks. Owners, Edward Collings and Marie Louise Knight traveled to Corolla from points north and used Corolla Island as their winter residence from 1925-34. Boasting art nouveau architectural styling and accented with Tiffany lamps, cork-tiled floors, brass duck head and water lily hardware, this magnificent structure stood isolated for years on these remote barrier islands.
Right beside the Whalehead club is the Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Here is another shot, not as good quality, but it shows the lighthouse and Whalehead club.
Then there is the Wright Brothers museum. This is the 100th anniversary of flight and there will be a large celebration on Dec. 17th this year. I visited the museum earlier this year for the first time. I have to say that its worth the time to stop in and see this place. The view from the top of the dune is SPECTACULAR!
Even though this is the weekend before the Hatteras Lighthouse re-opens, its worth the 40-50min drive from Nagshead down to see. The drive down is very easy and very beautiful. There are several spots to drop onto the beach for additional beach driving if we wanted to.
Of course there are many other things to see/do while on the Outter Banks. I just hit some of the more popular spots with this post.
If you are interested in coming down, please post in this thread. I am planning to drive in friday evening and staying in the Kill Devil Hills area. I have stayed at the Holiday Inn there before and its fairly affordable for being an ocean front hotel. I can call down and see about a group rate if we can get a firm head count for the number of folks/rooms we will have attending.
Hope to see a bunch of you all down there!
Some other links:
NC Outterbanks.com
Outter Banks.com
celebrate100.org
The tentative schedule at this point is to meet in the Kill Devil Hills / Nagshead area and cruise up to Corova Beach saturday morning for some off road/beach driving. Then once we have had our fill of playing on the beach (or the tide comes back in) we can head south and check out the sights. Then find a good place to have dinner and/or some evening activities. Sunday could include another trip off roading or cruise south again to Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island/Lighthouse. Of course there are many other things to do, so this is just a tentative suggestion for a schedule.
At the northern end of the outter banks, we have the 4x4 driving section. This is one of a few areas that you can drive your vehicle onto the beach with no permits or fees. Its about 15 or so miles of fairly wide open beach and for those with 4x4 (or pretty brave 4x2 owners) there are many back roads to adventure down. Here is a link to a map of the area. This page also includes links to other aerial views of the 4x4 section.
Just south of the 4x4 area is the Whalehead club in Corolla, NC. Built in the mid-1920's, Corolla Island, as it was originally named, continues to stand as one of the most spectacular landmarks on the Currituck Outer Banks. Owners, Edward Collings and Marie Louise Knight traveled to Corolla from points north and used Corolla Island as their winter residence from 1925-34. Boasting art nouveau architectural styling and accented with Tiffany lamps, cork-tiled floors, brass duck head and water lily hardware, this magnificent structure stood isolated for years on these remote barrier islands.
Right beside the Whalehead club is the Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Here is another shot, not as good quality, but it shows the lighthouse and Whalehead club.
Then there is the Wright Brothers museum. This is the 100th anniversary of flight and there will be a large celebration on Dec. 17th this year. I visited the museum earlier this year for the first time. I have to say that its worth the time to stop in and see this place. The view from the top of the dune is SPECTACULAR!
Even though this is the weekend before the Hatteras Lighthouse re-opens, its worth the 40-50min drive from Nagshead down to see. The drive down is very easy and very beautiful. There are several spots to drop onto the beach for additional beach driving if we wanted to.
Of course there are many other things to see/do while on the Outter Banks. I just hit some of the more popular spots with this post.
If you are interested in coming down, please post in this thread. I am planning to drive in friday evening and staying in the Kill Devil Hills area. I have stayed at the Holiday Inn there before and its fairly affordable for being an ocean front hotel. I can call down and see about a group rate if we can get a firm head count for the number of folks/rooms we will have attending.
Hope to see a bunch of you all down there!
Some other links:
NC Outterbanks.com
Outter Banks.com
celebrate100.org