Outer Banks List of Attractions
The hours listed here are summer hours, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Call ahead in other seasons.
- Currituck Banks National Estuarine Reserve Access Trail
Soundside, End of N.C. 12, north of Corolla.
Hours: Daylight
Admission: None 
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla
(252) 453-4939
Hours: Every day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: $6, children 7 and younger get in free.- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla
(252) 453-0221
Admission: Free
Call about free summer programs. - Sound Boardwalk
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla
(252) 453-0221
Hours: Daylight
Admission: None 
The Whalehead Club
Currituck Heritage Park, N.C. 12, Corolla
(252) 453-9040
Hours: Every day, tours every half-hour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $6, children 8 and younger get in free. Specialty tours $5.- Village Garden
Schoolhouse Road, Corolla
(252) 453-3341
Hours: Daylight Admission: None - Wild Horses Exhibit
Corolla Schoolhouse, Corolla Village Road and Schoolhouse Road
(252) 453-3341
Hours: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; call for other hours.
Admission: Free 
Wright Brothers National Memorial
U.S. 158, Kill Devil Hills
(252) 441-7430 Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closes at 5 p.m. in some off-season months). Admission: $3; youth younger than 16 get in free.- The Nature Conservancy at Nags Head Woods
Ocean Acres Drive, Kill Devil Hills
(252) 441-2525
Hours: Daylight
Admission: None 
Jockey’s Ridge State Park
U.S. 158, Nags Head
(252) 441-7132
Hours: Opens every day at 8 a.m. Closing time varies seasonally.
Admission: Free- North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island
104 Fernando Street, Manteo
(252) 475-1750
Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: Free - The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
Manteo Waterfront
(252) 475-1750
Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
Admission: Free 
Roanoke Island Festival Park
Across from the Manteo waterfront
(252) 475-1506
Hours: Every day 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission: $8 for adults, $5 for ages 6 and older, free for children 5 and younger.- NCSA Summer Performance Series
Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo
(252) 475-1500
Hours: June 27-Aug. 5, Tuesday-Saturday 8:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday 2 p.m.
Admission: $5 donation requested. 
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Airport Road, north end of Roanoke Island
(252) 473-3493. Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and military, $6 for children ages 6 to 17, free for children 5 and younger.- Old Swimming Hole
Airport Road, next to the Aquarium
(252) 475-5910
Hours: Dawn to dusk
Admission: None - Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
1410 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64
(252) 473-5772
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closes at 5 p.m. in off-season.
Admission: Free - Freedom Trail
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
(252) 473-5772
Hours: Same as Fort Raleigh.
Admission: Free. 
The Elizabethan Gardens
1411 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64
(252) 473-3234
Hours: Open daily year round. Hours vary seasonally.
Admission: $6 for adults, $5 for seniors 62 and older, $4 for youth ages 6 to 18, free for ages 5 and younger.- The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama
1409 National Park Drive, off U.S. 64
(252) 473-2127, (866) 468-7630
Hours: June 2 through August 18, Monday through Saturday 8:30 p.m.
Admission: $16 for adults, $15 for seniors, $8 for children 11 and younger, Producer’s Circle seats $20. 
Bodie Island Lighthouse
N.C. 12, just south of Nags Head
(252) 441-5711
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer; closes at 5 p.m. in off-season.
Admission: Free.- Coquina Beach
N.C. 12, just south of Nags Head
(252) 441-5711
Summer lifeguard hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: None. - Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
N.C. 12, south of Nags Head
(252) 441-6301
Hours: 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
N.C. 12, Hatteras Island
(252) 987-2394
Visitor Center hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: Free.- Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
N.C. 12, Rodanthe
(252) 987-1552
Hours: Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.
Admission: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students (ages 5 to 18), free for 5 and younger; group rate for 20 or more people is $3 per person. 
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Off N.C. 12, Buxton
(252) 995-4474
Hours: Easter to Columbus Day, every day 9 a.m. to 5:40 p.m.; off-season hours are shorter.
Admission: $6 adults, $3 children younger than 12 and seniors.- Hatteras Island Visitor Center and Museum
At the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Buxton
(252) 995-4474
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 5 p.m. in off-season.
Admission: Free. - Buxton Woods Nature Trails
Old Doctor’s Road, south of Buxton
(252) 261-8891
Hours: Dawn to dusk.
Admission: None - Frisco Native American Museum
N.C. 12, Frisco
(252) 995-4440
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $5 per person, $3 for seniors or $15 per family. - The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Museum Drive, Hatteras Village
(252) 986-2996
Hours: Vary
Admission: Free, donations requested. 
Ocracoke Pony Pens
N.C. 12, Ocracoke
(252) 928-4531
Hours: Every day during daylight hours
Admission: Free- Hammock Hills Nature Trail
N.C. 12, Ocracoke
(252) 928-4531
Hours: Dawn to dusk
Admission: None - Ocracoke Island Visitor Center
N.C. 12, Ocracoke
(252) 928-4531
Hours: Every day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission: Free. - Ocracoke Island Museum and Preservation Society
N.C. 12, Ocracoke
(252) 928-7375
Hours: Monday through Saturday
Admission: Free. 
Ocracoke Lighthouse
Lighthouse Road, Ocracoke
No phone
You cannot go inside the lighthouse, but it’s nice to visit the grounds nonetheless.
