The Cape Hatteras National Seashore issued the following press release on Monday afternoon, Sept. 16 The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) urges travelers to avoid the north end of Ocracoke Island around the hours of this evening’s high tide, due to a combination of a higher-than-average high tide and high surf advisory. Travelers should also [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Night driving restrictions will be lifted at several designated ORV ramps starting at 9 p.m. Sunday, September 15. To find out which ramps will no longer have night driving restrictions, and which ramps will still have opening and closing times due to sea turtle nests, visit http://go.nps.gov/beachaccess during the afternoon of September 15. After sea turtle nests hatch, additional ramps [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management recently awarded more than $2.8 million to fourteen local governments to improve public access to coastal beaches and waters, which includes a $114,010 award for new construction of restroom and shower facilities at the Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton. While there is currently a closure in [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) expanded the size of a previously closed beach area by approximately 0.25 miles on Thursday morning, Sept. 5, in Buxton, North Carolina. The precautionary expansion, implemented in consultation with the Dare County Department of Health and Human Services, closes the beach from the southern end of the location of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

UPDATE: The Buxton Beach closure has been expanded by 0.25 miles as of Thursday morning, September 5 Over the last 24-36 hours, several feet of sand have been washed away from an area of beach in front of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). Soil and groundwater that [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The black-and-white diagonal stripes that make the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse an iconic landmark are disappearing – at least for now. Roughly eight months into an extensive restoration project, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse already looks like a different structure, with a tower of scaffolding and a new temporary lens lighting up the night. However, this next [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, recently announced that there is still time to join their annual “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest” program for 2024, which occurs each year during the summertime sea turtle nesting season. The Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program launched in 2020 to support projects [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is urging caution on roads and beaches over the next two to three days, due to the potential for multiple days of heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Debby. Additionally, the National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for eastern North Carolina through 2 p.m. Friday, August 9. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Wright Brothers National Memorial, in partnership with the First Flight Society, will celebrate National Aviation Day on August 19, 2024, at the park and the Dare County Regional Airport. In addition to free entrance for the day and ranger-led educational programs, the park will stay open late for a special viewing of Disney’s “Up” on the lawn [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

There have been several record-breaking years in recent history when it comes to sea turtle nests on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS), and with 268 nests recorded so far, 2024 is on track to be another highly active year for visiting sea turtles as well. Sea turtle nests laid by loggerheads, Kemp’s Ridley turtles, [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

In honor of the anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, entrance fees will be waived at Wright Brothers National Memorial and other fee-collecting parks across the country this Sunday, August 4. The next fee-free day at Wright Brothers National Memorial is scheduled for National Aviation Day, which is Monday, August 19. Be on the lookout [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s priority ORV ramps open at 6:30 a.m., starting August 1. All other designated ocean-side ORV ramps open at 7 a.m. Priority ORV ramps are ramps 2, 4, 25, 27, 43, 44, 48, 49, 70 and 72. While night driving restrictions are in place, all ORVs must be off ocean-side beaches each [...] Seashore News |  Full Article