Due to tropical storm strength winds and heavy rainfall forecast for tomorrow and continuing into the weekend, Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Oregon Inlet, Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke campgrounds will close at 12 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22. The campgrounds will reopen once post-storm assessments are completed. Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen is likely to bring tropical [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Night driving restrictions will be lifted at many designated ORV ramps within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, 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 any time after 12 [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The National Park Service is accepting bids on a federal government contract to build new Cape Hatteras National Seashore employee housing in Buxton, North Carolina. Interested businesses have until 5 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, to submit bids via the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website. Contract Details Contract Name: Replace Hatteras Island Trailers Summary of Work: [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore warns its visitors that ocean conditions this week are forecast to be dangerous along all beaches due to distant Hurricane Lee. Visitors are urged to avoid swimming in the ocean until conditions improve. Large breaking waves, life-threatening rip currents, beach erosion, ocean overwash, and coastal flooding are all possible, according to [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

A 42-foot vessel named Turn Back was freed and able to depart the area successfully after becoming grounded on the beach this morning approximately one mile north of Oregon Inlet. There were no reported injuries to the three people who were on board the vessel when it came to shore at around 7:30 a.m. on [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, recently announced that its annual “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest” program, (which occurs every year during the summertime nesting season), has been extended, and will continue until Sunday, September 10. “It’s been a busy sea turtle nesting season on the Cape Hatteras National [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) temporarily closed a stretch of beach between the Buxton Beach Access and the area of the Buxton jetties on Friday afternoon, September 1, after post-storm assessments were conducted following Tropical Storm Idalia. Seashore staff implemented the closure after substantial post-storm beach erosion was observed, and reports of a strong [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial plan to reopen all facilities, except for Cape Point and Ocracoke campgrounds, at normal times on Friday, Sept. 1. While conditions associated with Tropical Storm Idalia are improving, standing water and sand on many roads continue to be a hazard for [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

All facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will be closed Thursday, Aug. 31, due to expected tropical storm strength winds and heavy rainfall. Once post-storm assessments are completed, facilities at the three parks will reopen to the public. For additional weather-related information, visit the National [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Idalia. As of this afternoon, regional forecasts show that strong winds, heavy rainfall, and other negative impacts are likely to begin as early as late Wednesday, Aug. 30, and possibly continue through Friday, Sept. 1. In addition to the impacts forecast for [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

For the first time in 16 years, a leatherback sea turtle nest has successfully hatched on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, (CHNS), with 19 hatchlings making their way to the Atlantic Ocean. The leatherback sea turtle nest on Ocracoke Island, (the first one in 11 years), was discovered on June 19, 2023, and the nest [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Beachgoers who came to a public sea turtle nest excavation on Ocracoke Island on Monday morning, August 28, were rewarded for their efforts and tolerance of the hot weather, thanks to a close encounter with three baby green sea turtles that were discovered during the excavation process. Every summer, sea turtles visit the beaches of Hatteras [...] Seashore News |  Full Article