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New Off Road Vehicle Regulations
New off road vehicle (ORV) regulations are now in effect. Please check here for information on how to get your ORV permit More »
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Beach Fire Permits are required starting May 1, 2012
Beach Fire Permits are now required. These permits are free. Please check here for information on how to get your Beach Fire Permit More »
NPS Visitor Center Holiday Schedules
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Contact: Outer Banks Group, (252) 473-2111
All National Park Service Visitor Centers within the Outer Banks Group will be closed for the Christmas Holiday on Monday, December 25, 2006. This includes Visitor Centers at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Cape Hatteras National Seashore, including the Bodie Island Visitor Center, the Hatteras Island Visitor Center and the Ocracoke Island Visitor Center. The NPS Visitor Centers will reopen on Tuesday, December 26, 2006, and will remain open through the remainder of the holiday season. Winter seasonal hours are 9: a.m. to 5 p.m. The Whalebone Junction Information Center will also close on Monday, December 25, reopens on Tuesday, December 26. The Information Center closes for the winter season after December 31, 2006 and reopens March 1, 2007. Superintendent Mike Murray stated "My staff and I wish all a very happy and safe holiday season." |
Did You Know?
Lightning whelks eat about one large clam per month. The whelk pries the clam open with its muscular foot, wedges the clam open with its shell, then eats the soft inside of the clam.
Lightning whelk shells, which whorl to the left, wash up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.