Photos of the Week
The restroom facility at the Ocracoke Beach Access is starting to take shape. The new facility is currently scheduled to open at the end of June. Portable restrooms are available on site.
More lifeguards are coming to Hatteras Island. Read more in the Seashore Updates.
Seashore Updates
- Lifeguard services will be added at the Frisco Beach Access starting this Memorial Day weekend. Lifeguards will be on duty daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm through Labor Day. [Press Release]
- On the morning of Monday, May 6, a protection buffer was put in place in the Cape Point area to protect nesting colonial waterbirds (least terns). There are also three piping plover nests and two American oystercatcher nests near Cape Point.
- ORVs and pedestrians can currently travel 0.64 miles south of ORV Ramp 44.
- There are over 26 out of 29 miles open for ORV use across the Seashore.
- Staff will continue to monitor the Cape Point area and will remove the protection buffer as soon as possible.
- The Seashore’s weekly field summary is now located at: http://go.nps.gov/fieldsummary.
- For current beach access information and the weekly mileage summary, go to: http://go.nps.gov/beachaccess.
Bodie Island Lighthouse Climbing
- May 10-Oct 14, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
- May 10-Oct 14, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Dates: May 10-17, 10:30 am to 10:50 am
- Location: Hatteras Island Visitor Center pavilion
- Description: Learn about the monumental move event that happened in 1999 when the entire light station was moved 2,900 feet away from the threat of a changing shoreline.
- Dates: May 10-17, 3:30-3:50 pm
- Location: Hatteras Island Visitor Center pavilion
- Description: Wars, wind, hurricanes, and ocean currents have all had impacts on the shores of Cape Hatteras. Join us to learn about some of these events and the changes they have made to the island.
- Dates: May 10-13 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
- Description: The base of the Ocracoke Lighthouse will be open for viewing.
- Dates: May 13 from 10:30 am to 11:00 am & May 17 from 10:30 am to 11:00 am
- Location: Ocracoke Visitor Center
- Description: Learn about Blackbeard and other with a park ranger.
- Dates: May 13 from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm & May 16 from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
- Location: Ocracoke Visitor Center
- Description: Join a park ranger for a talk about the wild side of the park.
- Dates: May 14 from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm & May 16 from 10:30 am to 11:00 am
- Location: Ocracoke Visitor Center
- Description: Join a park ranger to learn about the island’s rich past.
- Date: May 17 from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
- Location: Ocracoke Visitor Center
- Description: Activities especially for seashore kids and families.
- Dates: June 22 and September 21 (details to follow)
- Date: July 1, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
- Location: Event tent near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Description: The public is invited to a free event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move. The event will include speeches, a question and answer session, expanded interpretive programming, activities for children, and free lighthouse climbing! See press release for more details.
- Date: November 2
- Location: Fessenden Center, Buxton
- Description: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, along with partner organizations, will celebrate the area’s strong surf fishing history at the 1st annual Cape Hatteras Surf Fishing Heritage Celebration. More details about this event will be posted on a special event web page and Facebook event page.
Inclement weather may impact lighthouse climbs and other interpretive programming.