DOCSLIB.ORG

Milebymile.Com Personal Road Trip Guide North Carolina Byway Highway # "Outer Banks Scenic Byway"

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Milebymile.Com Personal Road Trip Guide North Carolina Byway Highway # MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide North Carolina Byway Highway # "Outer Banks Scenic Byway" Miles ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Start of Outer Banks Scenic At the Junction of United States Highway #70 with State Highway Byway #101, at Beaufort, North Carolina, in the Inner Banks area of North Carolina, starts Outer Banks Scenic Byway. This Byway visits the barrier islands. Historic towns, scenic ferries, and well-known lighthouses. Seafood cuisine, oceanside hotels, and dozens of attractions, beaches, wildlife preserves, and lighthouses along the scenice byway. 4.4 Junction Merrimon Road / State Route #1300, 5.2 A Bridge A Bridge across North River in Beaufort, North Carolina 6.5 Bettie, North Carolina Old River Road, Community of Bettie, North Carolina in Carteret County, lie on the eastern shore of North River 7.5 Arrington Road Arrington Road that circles around and connects to Old River Road 8.8 Otway, North Carolina State Route #1325 / State Route #1331, Community of Otway, North Carolina 9.4 Straits, North Carolina Harkers Island Road, Straits, North Carolina, Harkers Island, an Island in North Carolina 10.9 Smyrna, North Carolina Marshallberg Road, State Route #1347, Community of Smyrna, North Carolina, Marshallberg, North Carolina, located in Carteret county, North Carolina 13.4 Willston, North Carolina Willston Creek Road, Willston, North Carolina 17.0 Davis, North Carolina Davis Community Road, Davis, North Carolina, 18.6 A Bridge A bridge over Oyster Creek, 20.6 Stacy Loop Road Stacy Loop Road to Brett Bay 21.6 Stacy, North Carolina Community of Stacy, North Carolina, located in Carteret County, North Carolina, on United States Highway #70. 22.6 Masontown, North Carolina Community of Masontown, North Carolina 25.2 Junction Junction State Highway #70, Byway changes it's journey on to State Highway #12 towards Cedar Island and the outer banks. Atlantic, North Carolina, a community in Carteret County, North Carolina, a former navy airfield, now a satellite airfield for nearby military bases is located here in Atlantic, North Carolina. 27.3 Old Cedar Island Road Old Cedar Island Road / State Route #1387, Little Port Lake, Atlantic, North Carolina 28.1 Access Access to Salt Marsh Land, 28.4 Bridge Bridge to Cedar Island over Thorofare Bay, 33.6 Lola Road Lola Road / State Route #1388, Lola, North Carolina, a community in Carteret County, North Carolina along the Cedar Island Bay 35.5 Roe, North Carolina Community of Roe, North Carolina 36.9 Cedar Island, North Cedar Island, North Carolina, is an island and a small coastal in North Carolina Carolina, located in Carteret County. It is the location of the state ferry transportation system dock where travel can be made across Pamlico Sound to the island and village of Ocracoke in Hyde County. 37.5 Ferry Station Ferry Station, Ocracoke Island is connected by ferry services from here in Cedar Island, across Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Page 1/4 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Feb-14 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 57.8 Ocracoke Island, North Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, located in Hyde County, North Carolina Carolina, Ocracoke Light House, Silver Lake, Portsmouth, North Carolina, a village in Carteret County, North Carolina on the Portsmouth Island could be reached through ferry service from Ocracoke Island. 58.5 Cape Hatteras Seashore Cape Hatteras Seashore, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, located on Ocracoke Island, Carteret County, North Carolina, 59.0 Ocracoke Island Airtport Ocracoke Island Airstrip 62.8 Access Access to Ocracoke Island Campground, Hatteras National Seashore, 71.1 Ferry Dock Ferry Dock, A Ferry station where ferries are operated between Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island 76.5 Hatteras Island, North Hatteras Island, North Carolina, Ferry Dock at Hatteras, North Carolina Carolina 77.4 Albatross Fleet Albatros Fleet of Boats on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, Oden's Dock Marina, Hatteras, North Carolina 77.8 Hatteras, North Carolina Hatteras, North Carolina, a community in Dare County, North Carolina, This community offers visitors recreations like, sightseeing, and remote relaxation especially on its beautiful beaches. Watersports are plentiful on both the ocean-side and the sound-side of the village. Proximity to the convergence of the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream result in the largest surf available on the East Coast. Windsurfing, Kayaking, Kiteboarding, and Swimming are all readily available and accessible here. 78.0 Eagle Pass Road / Stowe Eagle Pass Road / Stowe Road, Road 80.2 Frisco - Secret Beach On the Pamlico Sound Side located Frisco - Secret Beach in Hatteras, North Carolina, Dare County, North Carolina, 81.1 Frisco Pier & Pier House Frisco Pier & Pier House, A Surf Spot, 81.9 Access Access to Billy Mitchell Airport, a public airport located on on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, off Hatteras, North Carolina in Dare County, North Carolina. 82.4 Frisco, North Carolina Frisco, North Carolina, a community located in Dare County, North Catolina, on Barrier Island of Hatteras Island, North Carolina. Attractions: Cape Hatteras National Park, Frisco Campground, Frisco Pier, Billy Mitchell Airport, Cape Hatteras (Buxton) Lighthouse, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum (Hatteras). 84.8 Blackbeard's Court Blackbeard's Court, 86.9 Buxton, North Carolina Buxton, North Carolina, a community located in Dare county, North Carolina, where the Cape Hatteras Light is situated. Some attractions of the community are : Largest surf available on the East Coast, crated by the convergence of the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream. On the protected soundside of the island, watersports such as windsurfing, kayaking, kiteboarding, and swimming are all readily available and accessible. 88.7 Cape Hatteras, North Old Lighthouse Road, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, a cape in North Carolina Carolina coast, where a light house, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is located, in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, known as 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' due to a large number ships running aground in the Diamond Shoals offshore here. Page 2/4 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Feb-14 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 90.7 Cape Hatteras National Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a portion of the Outer Banks of North Seashore Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, on North Carolina Coast. 92.7 Beach Access Beach Access to the Ocean side, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina 94.5 Beach Access Beach Access to Avon Pier, North Carolina, A Boardsports Sur Shop is located neat the Highway #12, Avon, North Carolina, located in Kinekeet Township, in Dare County, North Carolina, 108.2 Salvo, North Carolina Community of Salvo, North Carolina, located in Dare County, North Carolina on the Hatteras Island, in North Carolina's Outer Banks. 109.4 Cape Hatteras National Wimble Drive, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Ponds, Seashore Ponds 110.0 Waves, North Carolina Waves, North Carolina, a community located in Dare County, North Carolina on the part of Outer Bnks of North Carlina. 111.2 Atlantic Drive Atlantic Drive to Rodanthe Pier, in Rodanthe, North Carolina, Hatteras Island water Sports Park, is located near here in Rodanthe, North Carolina, 111.7 Rodanthe, North Carolina Community of Rodanthe, North Carolina, located in Dare County, North Carolina on Hatteras Islan, a part of Outer Banks of North Carolina. Attractions of the area: Campgrounds range from deluxe to rustic and include Camp Hatteras, Ocean Waves, Cape Hatteras KOA, and several small campgrounds catering to water sports enthusiasts. Water sports include fishing, kayaking (both ocean and sound-side), swimming, sailboarding and kiteboarding, among others. 118.4 Access Access to New Inlet, Pea Island, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina 120.4 Pea Island, North Carolina Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Pea Island, North Carolina, Waterfowl Preserve, 122.0 Sand Dunes This part of the Highway #12 travels along Sand Dunes, on Pea Island, North Carolina 124.7 Oregon Inlet Bridge Oregon Inlet Bridge, Outer Banks, North Carolina, Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Old Oregon Inlet Life Saving Station, 125.5 Herbert C. Bonner Bridge Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, a bridge connecting Hatteras Island and Bodie Island spanning across Oregon Inlet, in North Carolina 127.3 State Route #1256 State Route #1256 to Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Oregon Inlet Coast Guard Station, Oregon Inlet Campground, located on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 129.6 Bodie Island Lighthouse Bodie Island Lighthouse, a Lighthouse located in Bodie Island, North Carolina on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina 130.1 Coquina Beach Coquina Beach, 130.7 State Route #1243 State Route #1243 / South Old Oregon Inlet Road, Nags Head North Carolina, 135.4 Junction / End of Outer Junction of State Highway #12 with United States Highway #64/264, Banks Scenic Byway near Whalebone, North Carolina and Nags Head, North Carolina, nearby towns located in Dare County, North Carolina. Attractions of the area: Jockey's Ridge, a sand dune Ridge, Hang-gliders, Museum with exhibits on sand, weather, and area animals, The Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, a national natural landmark. This is where Outer Banks Scenic Byway Ends. Page 3/4 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Feb-14 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Museum or Cultural Core Sound Waterfowl Museum 1205 Island Road, Harkers Island, NC, 919-728-1500 (Lat/Long = 34.693615, -76.553294) Craven Arts Council & Gallery 317 Middle Street, New Bern, NC, 252-638-2577 (Lat/Long = 35.107158, -77.039913) Lost Colony Museum 1409 Highway 64/264, Manteo, NC (Lat/Long = 35.890381, -75.661983) MARTIN COUNTY HISTORICAL 408 N. SMITHWICK ST., Williamston, NC (Lat/Long = SOCIETY 35.858408, -77.057782) NEW BERN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM 301 METCALF STREET, New Bern, NC (Lat/Long = 35.107143, -77.043204) Samuel Smallwood House and Garden 520 E. Front St., New Bern, NC (Lat/Long = 35.110251, -77.035746) Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens 610 Pollock St., New Bern, NC, 252-514-4900 (Lat/Long = 35.107034, -77.043422) Historic House/Site Historic Edenton State Historic Site 108 N.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Refuge Facts ■ Endangered and threatened ■ Established: April 12, 1938. species include loggerhead sea turtles and piping plovers. Both ■ Size: Originally: 5,915 acres species nest on the refuge. (land), 25,700 acres (Proclamation Boundary Waters). Currently: Financial Impacts 4,655 acres. ■ Administered by Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Pea ■ Administered by Alligator River Island has no assigned staff or National Wildlife Refuge. budget. photo: USFWS photo: ■ Located on the north end of ■ One employee reports for duty Hatteras Island, a coastal barrier to Pea Island National Wildlife island and part of a chain of islands Refuge on a daily basis. known as the Outer Banks. ■ Numerous volunteers devote ■ Approximately 13 miles long (north approximately 25,000 hours each to south) and ranges from a quarter year to Pea Island. mile to one mile wide (from east to west). ■ 2.7 million visitors annually. ■ Location: 10 miles south of Nags ■ Known as a “Birder’s Paradise”; Head, NC on NC Highway 12. birders are among the most photo: USFWS photo: affluent eco-tourists. Other visitors ■ The Comprehensive Conservation include paddlers, fishermen, and Plan for Pea Island National photographers. Wildlife Refuge was completed July 17, 2006. Refuge Goals ■ Protect, maintain, and enhance Natural History healthy and viable populations ■ Area was historically used for of indigenous migratory birds, market waterfowl hunting, hunt wildlife, fish, and plants including clubs, commercial fishing, farming, federal and state threatened and and livestock operations. photo: USFWS photo: endangered species. ■ Refuge is comprised of ocean ■ Restore, maintain, and enhance the beach, dunes, upland, fresh and health and biodiversity of barrier brackish water ponds, salt flats, and island upland and wetland habitats salt marsh.
    [Show full text]
  • Beacons of the Coast
    National Seashore National Park Service Cape Lookout U.S. Department of the Inerior Beacons of the Coast Over a century ago, mariners travelling along the Atlantic coast encountered dangerous shoals and treacherous storms. Their guides were the beacons of light produced by lighthouses which helped mariners navigate the perilous coastline. For mariners traveling along the North Carolina coast, seven lighthouse beacons were constructed to guide them through an area known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” Hundreds of shipwrecks occurred due to the dangers of this area. Today, the ships traveling the coast use modern tools such as radar and sonar. The beacons continue to operate, standing as a reminder of the hardships encountered by our ancestors to help settle the country. These seven lighthouses found on the North Carolina coast stand as pieces of our past. CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHTHOUSE This lighthouse was constructed from 1874 - 1875, and it lit the last dark spot on the Carolina coast between the Cape Fear lighthouse in Virginia and Bodie Island. The red brick lighthouse rises 158 feet above sea level. Unlike many other lighthouses that received distinctive day marks, Currituck was not painted. But its red brick is unique on the Carolina coast. It has a short light signal: 5 seconds on, 15 seconds off. There is a Fresnel lens still working in the lighthouse and it is activated from dusk to dawn. Currituck Lighthouse is open 10-6 daily from Easter to Thanksgiving weekend. You can walk to the top of the lighthouse. BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE This was the third lighthouse to be built on Bodie Island (pronounced “body”) and was constructed in the early 1870’s.
    [Show full text]
  • 12 Years of Sand Bypassed from Oregon Inlet to Pea Island)
    0058423 Impacts of Dredging and Inlet Bypassing on the Inter-tidal Ecology of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (12 Years of Sand Bypassed from Oregon Inlet to Pea Island) Dennis Stewart US Fish and Wildlife Service and Robert Dolan University of Virginia 1 0058424 2 0058425 3 0058426 4 0058427 5 0058428 6 0058429 • Cape Hatteras National Seashore • Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge • National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 • Compatibility Determination 7 0058430 Fundamental Questions • Anticipated physical impacts to beach? • What are the ecological implications? • Compatible with mission and purpose? 8 0058431 9 0058432 Table 1. Statistical Summary Location Sand Size S.D. Heavy Minerals Percent Fine Sand (In mm) (Dark Minerals) (‹0.25mm) Pea Island Swash zone 0.57mm 1.3 2.5% 32% Oregon Inlet 0.26mm 2.4 11% 50% Spit Ocean Bar 0.45mm 3.3 6% 33% Oregon Inlet 0.22mm 2.0 10% 60% Channel 10 0058433 11 0058434 Significant Impacts • 1. Burial (>4cm without wave runup) • 2. Finer grains & high % heavy mineral • Degree of impact correlated with: – Frequency – Volume –Placement Trend in mean grain size from 1990-2002, mid swash zone, Pea Island, NC. 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 R = 0.68 2 0.4 R = 0.46 0.3 0.2 Average mean grain size (mm) size meanAverage grain 0.1 0 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Dredge Disposal Data 3 1200000 Hopper Dredge 1000000 Pipeline Dredge 800000 600000 400000 200000 0 Volume of sand deposited y Volume deposited sand of 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 12 0058435 Trend in heavy mineral content of the Mid-Swash Zone 1992-2002 18.00 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 R = 0.81 8.00 R2 = 0.65 6.00 Mineral Abundance (%) 4.00 2.00 0.00 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Dredge Disposal Data ) 3 1200000 Hopper Dredge 1000000 Pipeline Dredge 800000 600000 400000 200000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Volume of sand deposited (y Trend of decline in Emerita counts taken from 1990-2002 along Pea Island, NC.
    [Show full text]
  • Oregon Inlet Opened in 1846 As Water Rushed from the Sound to the Ocean
    Oregon Inlet opened in 1846, when a big hurricane along the Outer Banks caused water to rush from the sound to the ocean. Since that time, the inlet has migrated steadily south at a rate of around 100 feet per year. A good measure of the inlet’s journey is the Bodie Island Lighthouse, which once stood at the margin of the inlet but is now 3 miles away. In 1962, the Bonner Bridge replaced the ferry that shuttled people and cars across Oregon Inlet. Construction of the bridge, with its high fixed-span, instantly stopped the long history if inlet migration. But sand continued to pour into the inlet from the north, the driving force behind the inlet’s southerly migration, creating ever-expanding navigation and dredging problems. After 40 years, the Bonner Bridge is rapidly deteriorating and two possible replacement alternatives are being evaluated: A bridge immediately parallel to the current bridge and a 17 mile-long bridge that would extend into Pamlico Sound, run along the backside of Pea Island and connect to Hatters Island at Rodanthe. The initial cost of constructing the Pamlico Sound Bridge is much higher than that of the Parallel Bridge. But the overall long-term costs of a Parallel Bridge greatly exceed those of the Pamlico Sound Bridge. This is because the Parallel Bridge requires the continued protection and maintenance of State Highway 12 on Pea Island. Over time, as the shoreline erodes back in response to a rising sea level, the cost of stabilizing Pea Island will become higher. Construction impacts to wetlands and sea grass beds are essentially the same for each bridge.
    [Show full text]
  • TROPICAL STORM BONNIE (AL022016) 27 May – 4 June 2016
    NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT TROPICAL STORM BONNIE (AL022016) 27 May – 4 June 2016 Michael J. Brennan National Hurricane Center 14 October 2016 GOES-13 VISIBLE IMAGE OF BONNIE AT PEAK INTENSITY (1900 UTC 28 MAY 2016). IMAGE COURTESY OF THE U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TC WEBPAGE. Bonnie was a tropical storm that formed from non-tropical origins northeast of the Bahamas. It made landfall near Charleston, South Carolina, as a tropical depression and brought heavy rainfall to coastal sections of the Carolinas. Tropical Storm Bonnie 2 Tropical Storm Bonnie 27 MAY – 4 JUNE 2016 SYNOPTIC HISTORY Bonnie originated from a mid- to upper-level low that cut off from the mid-latitude westerlies over the Bahamas on 25 May. An inverted surface trough formed about 350 n mi north- northeast of the southeastern Bahamas that day and began to move slowly westward to west- northwestward. Although southwesterly vertical wind shear displaced the convective activity to the north and east of the trough, by 0600 UTC 27 May a well-defined area of low pressure formed about 270 n mi east-northeast of the island of Eleuthera in the central Bahamas. The convective organization gradually increased that day, and a tropical depression formed around 1800 UTC, centered about 180 n mi miles northeast of Great Abaco in the Bahamas. The “best track” chart of the tropical cyclone’s path is given in Fig. 1, with the wind and pressure histories shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively. The best track positions and intensities are listed in Table 11.
    [Show full text]
  • Wings-News from the Coastal North Carolina National Wildlife Refuge
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service News from the Coastal North Carolina National February 2020 Wildlife Refuges Complex Volume XXIII Alligator River, Pea Island, Pocosin Lakes, No. 1 Roanoke River, Mackay Island, Currituck, Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island Saying Goodbye to Miss Cindy At her retirement party The refuge bought a tram in August 2019, friends during Cindy’s tenure. She and co-workers of Visitor developed a tram tour for Alligator Services Specialist Cindy River that has been offered Heffley, celebrated her 20 weekly during the summer and years of service with the monthly during U.S. Fish and Wildlife the rest of the year. The refuge Service, 11 of those years also built the Gateway Visitor on the refuges in North Center and Cindy developed Carolina. a preschool program that she conducted every Friday and other programs for visiting children. Both the tram tour and visitor center programs USFWS not only educated, but attracted new audiences to the refuges. Cindy was an excellent trainer, mentor, and supervisor to the interns that work on the refuge every summer. She Inside this Issue: organized the tours and programs that they led and monitored their progress as Pea Island Refuge Biology Notes ............2 they became proficient. Volunteer Neal Moore ................................2 She’s always been willing to assist all of the refuges in the area as they developed Bio Intern Elizabeth Piña .........................2 their own programs. Her dedication USFWS and enthusiasm towards her work has Education/Red Wolf Interns .....................3 Cindy arrived at a momentous time in inspired everyone with whom she worked.
    [Show full text]
  • Station Ocracoke, North Carolina Coast Guard Station #187
    U.S. Coast Guard History Program Station Ocracoke, North Carolina Coast Guard Station #187 Coast Guard Station Ocracoke Original At Ocracoke, N.C.,, on northwest tip of Ocracoke Island, 1/2 mile Location: north of Ocracoke Light; 35-06' 55"N x 75-59' 20"W Date of 1904 Conveyance: First station was built in 1904; second station was built during Station Built: World War II Fate: Still in operation -- see below Remarks: The current (2004) Coast Guard Station Ocracoke (small) is located on the southern end of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. The Station has a compliment of 1 boat crew and 1 First Class Boatswain Mate as the supervisor. The boat crew is assigned to the unit on a rotating basis from Station Hatteras Inlet, it's parent unit. The station building is a modular structure constructed in the 1970s and is situated on one acre of National Park Service land. The building contains berthing for 6 duty watchstanders, a galley, and a communications center. 1 Station Ocracoke is a sub-unit and comes under the administrative and operational control of Station Hatteras Inlet. As a multi-mission unit, Station Ocracoke conducts search and rescue, boating safety, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection operations. A boat crew is available 24 hours a day and responds to more than 100 calls for assistance annually. The station's Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes more than 1350 square nautical miles of Atlantic Ocean, one third of the Pamlico Sound, and half of Ocracoke Island. To cover this area and respond to calls for assistance in any type of weather, the station is equipped with a 44-ft Motor Life Boat, and a 21-ft Motor Life Inflatable.
    [Show full text]
  • Long Bridge-Cost Effective 2
    Bonner Bridge Replacement Long Bridge is More Cost Effective Background For two decades, North Carolina and the people of Dare County have struggled with the need to repair or replace the Bonner Bridge and maintain NC-12 to provide a safer, more reliable hurricane evacuation route. Bonner Bridge has reached the end of its life and short-term repairs are becoming prohibitively expensive. NC-12 is built on one of the most rapidly eroding shorelines in the United States and up to $1 million a year or more is needed to clear the road after storm overwash. Due to the dynamic nature of this barrier island system, the ocean will continue to claim more of the island, and storms will continue to create overwashes, making NC-12 impassable. A long-term, cost-effective solution is needed to provide reliable transportation. Cost Analysis Clearly Points to Long Bridge There are two solutions for fixing this problem: Bonner Bridge Cost Analysis 1) Replace the Bonner Bridge with a parallel bridge and then continue to fix NC-12 as $1,200 needed (“short bridge alternative”); or 2) Build $1,000 a 17-mile bridge over Pamlico Sound, bypassing s r a l Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and letting l $800 o d the island return to its natural state (“long f o $600 s bridge alternative”). n o i l l i $400 The short bridge alternative would require M replacing Bonner Bridge at an estimated $191 $200 million. However, due to frequent overwashes $0 on NC-12 and erosion, extensive maintenance Short Bridge Short Bridge Long Bridge would be required to keep the road open to alternative, NCDOT alternative, NCDOT alternative traffic.
    [Show full text]
  • Cape Hatteras Award: Larry Belli, Former Supt
    Information on all North Carolina Lighthouses can be found at http://www.outerbankslighthousesociety.org and http://www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society Society Visits USCG NATON Museum – Page 4 John Coble: Oldest Living Keeper? – Page 6 Volume XIII Number 1 Spring 2007 A Second Lighthouse on Hatteras Island? From Deep Freeze into the Limelight By James Charlet, Site Manager, Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site Mr. Willard Forbes’ grandfather (above) es, there is! Almost everyone who lives in the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo was keeper at the North River and Wade’s community – a village formerly called Chicamacomico – is familiar with the Point (below) Lighthouses. The North River YCommunity Center. Many of those same folks know that before the building light was damaged in 1918; sold to the was converted to the Community Center it was the Rodanthe School House. Dare County School System, and moved to Some of the residents still living on Hatteras Island attended that school. What Rodanthe in 1920 to be used as a schoolhouse. hardly any of them know, if any, is prior to that it was the North River Screwpile Now the structure, with modifications, is the Lighthouse! What a great story its evolution makes. Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Center. Portrait courtesy of Willard Forbes As the Site Manager of Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site, I am particularly pleased that we have the opportunity to break the news of this little- known story. The reason for that is simple: in their day, all life-saving stations were located in small remote villages and were the center of village life.
    [Show full text]
  • Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Bodie Island Life Saving Station & Boat House, Historic Structure Report
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island Life- Saving Station & Boat House Historic Structure Report 2005 For Cultural Resources, Southeast Region National Park Service By Joseph K. Oppermann - Architect, P.A. P.O. Box 10417, Salem Station Winston- Salem, NC 27108 336/721- 1711 FAX 336/721- 1712 [email protected] The historic structure report presented here exists in two formats. A traditional, printed version is available for study at the park, the Southeastern Regional Office of the NPS (SERO), and at a variety of other repositories. For more widespread access, the historic structure report also exists in a web- based format through ParkNet, the website of the National Park Service. Please visit www.nps.gov for more information. Cultural Resources Southeast Region National Park Service 100 Alabama St. SW Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 562-3117 2005 Historic Structure Report Bodie Island Life- Saving Station & Boat House Cape Hatteras National Seashore Manteo, NC LCS#: Life- Saving Station #07243 Boat House #091897 Cover image: Bodie Island Life- Saving Station, before 1900. (Outer Banks History Center, North Carolina Division of Archives and History) BODIE ISLAND LIFE-SAVING STATION/BOAT HOUSE HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Nags Head, NC Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Team………………………………………………………………...…………………7 Executive Summary…………………………………………...……………………………….9 Administrative Data……………………………………………...…………………………………….……...13 PART I – DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY A. Historical Background and Context……………………………………………...…….I.A.1 Forces of Nature…………………………………………………………….I.A.1 What’s in a Name? Bodie Island…………………………………………... I.A.3 The Graveyard of the Atlantic……………………………………………... I.A.4 A National Life-Saving Service…………………………………….……… I.A.4 Getting Organized: 1871………………...…………………………………. I.A.5 Expanding the Service………………………………………………………I.A.6 Bodie Island Life-Saving Station………………………………………….
    [Show full text]
  • Ethnohistorical Description of Eight Villages Adjoining Cape Hatteras
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Cape Hatteras National Seashore Manteo, North Carolina Final Technical Report - Volume Two: Ethnohistorical Description of the Eight Villages Adjoining Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Interpretive Themes of History and Heritage Cultural Resources Southeast Region Final Technical Report – Volume Two: Ethnohistorical Description of the Eight Villages adjoining Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Interpretive Themes of History and Heritage November 2005 prepared for prepared by Cape Hatteras National Seashore Impact Assessment, Inc. 1401 National Park Drive 2166 Avenida de la Playa, Suite F Manteo, NC 27954 La Jolla, California 92037 in fulfillment of NPS Contract C-5038010616 About the cover: New Year’s Eve 2003 was exceptionally warm and sunny over the Mid-Atlantic states. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the Aqua satellite shows the Atlantic coast stretching from the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia to Winyah Bay of South Carolina. Albemarle and Pamlico sounds separate the long, thin islands of the Outer Banks from mainland North Carolina. Image courtesy of NASA’s Visible Earth, a catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet found on the internet at http://visiblearth.nasa.gov. 1. Acknowledgements We thank the staff at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore headquarters in Manteo for their helpful suggestions and support of this project, most notably Doug Stover, Steve Harrison, Toni Dufficy, Steve Ryan, and Mary Doll. The following staff of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries shared maps, statistics, and illustrations: Scott Chappell, Rodney Guajardo, Trish Murphy, Don Hesselman, Dee Lupton, Alan Bianchi, and Richard Davis.
    [Show full text]
  • Bald Head Lighthouse Has Spirited History
    Information on all North Carolina Lighthouses can be found at http://www.outerbankslighthousesociety.org and http://www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society Visiting Old Baldy as a Keeper's Family – Pages 4-5 Lighthouse Updates – Pages 8-9 Keeper's Family Continues Tradition – Page 11 Just Yesterday at Cape Hatteras – Pages 14-15 Volume XIV Number 2 Summer 2008 Bald Head Lighthouse Has Spirited History “Old Baldy,” built in 1817, is North Carolina’s oldest existing tower and may be the most haunted as well. Do we believe in such superlatives? Our members will travel to the island and take a special tour during our annual Keeper’s Weekend in October to find out. By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts & Norma Elizabeth ituated on an island that carries a name that con- jures up visions of an aged, hairless head is hardly Sthe way to honor the state’s oldest light station site. If you think 1817 makes it old, think again. The first tower built on this island harkens back to the Revolutionary period in 1794. One can immediately feel the history lingering here—even the engraved plaque over the front door is carved with Roman numerals “AD 1817”—and what a perfect setting this bit of paradise is to host a ghost. In fact, there have been no less than dozens of reports of sightings. Further, the reports continue; indeed, recently an older couple visiting the lighthouse took pictures of one another at Old Baldy. When the wife got home and downloaded the images, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
    [Show full text]