The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of September 3 include the following: Seashore Updates Join Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Outer Banks Forever on [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

As a result of increased late summer tourism to the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will offer lifeguard services through the end of September at three lifeguard beaches. This year’s lifeguard season, originally scheduled from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, is extended through Wednesday, September 30 at Coquina Beach Access (Bodie Island), [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Every summer, sea turtles visit the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) to lay their nests. This year, the National Seashore has had more than 200 nests reported along the local shorelines so far, with many nests already beginning to hatch. One of the ways that national park staff assist these turtles is [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, has launched a new “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest Program,” per a recent announcement. Starting on Thursday, August 27, Outer Banks fans can symbolically adopt a sea turtle nest within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and receive an official adoption certificate and information about [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

  by Chloe E. Williams The Outer Banks has a strong connection with North Carolina birds. Wild ducks stop on their Atlantic Flyway from the Arctic to the tropics, and the town names of Duck and Kitty Hawk bring their namesakes to mind. With the ocean, the sound and the woods, there are a variety of [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

With 451,849 recreational visits last month, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) experienced the highest level of July visitation since 2003, and the fourth-highest level of July visitation since the establishment of the Seashore in 1953, per a recent update from CHNS. Last month’s visitation is an increase of almost 3% over July of 2019. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The ever-changing Cape Point in Buxton has shifted again, with the tip of the Point slowly growing, and an interior tidal pool making a temporary appearance earlier in the week. The revised landscape was captured via aerial photos taken by Altitude 12, which showed the tip of the Point larger and more noticeable than it [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Due to significant beach erosion and a large escarpment at the southern end of the Bypass Road at ORV Ramp 44, the Bypass Road is temporarily closed for visitors’ safety, per a recent update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS.) Per CHNS, there is plenty of wide-open beach east of the Bypass Road dune [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

President Trump on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will tap energy revenues to address a $12 billion backlog of maintenance projects on federal lands, including more than $459 million in national parks in North Carolina. Introduced in 2019 by the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the Great American Outdoors Act also makes funding for [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Outer Banks Group staff conducted post-Tropical Storm Isaias assessments this morning at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. The assessments concluded that facilities that were open prior to the storm’s development are safe to reopen by tomorrow, August 5. Additional info: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Campgrounds: Oregon [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Based on recent Hurricane Isaias forecasts, the Outer Banks is likely to receive significant impacts from the storm early next week. To help ensure the safety of its visitors and staff, facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore will be closed starting tomorrow, August 2. Dare and Hyde counties recently announced state of emergencies and mandatory evacuation orders [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Isaias. As of this evening, regional forecasts show that the storm is likely to impact the Outer Banks starting Monday, August 3. On Ocracoke Island, Hyde County announced a mandatory visitor evacuation starting at noon today. The Ocracoke Campground will close at 10 a.m. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article