Oregon Inlet Campground Will Remain Open Over the Winter

The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the 2020 Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) application process for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial is now open. Authorized services include: Beach Equipment Services (Cape Hatteras) Beach Fire Services (Cape Hatteras) Guided Fishing Services (Cape Hatteras & new [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is pleased to announce that they are working with their lessee at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Oregon Inlet Marinas, LLC, to develop strategies to replace vulnerable structures and conduct site improvements at the marina. As such, members of the public are invited to provide input via https://parkplanning.nps.gov/oregon_inlet_fishingcenter by January 10, [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore has issued a Special Use Permit to Tideland Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) for a project that will improve the reliability of electric service to Ocracoke Island by replacing an overhead pole line with an underground cable along Pole Road in Hatteras, North Carolina.  The project is expected to begin in [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

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 December 6 include the following: Seashore Updates A ribbon-cutting event for the new hunt blind/wildlife-viewing platform on [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of ten sites featured in a new national report by The Cultural Landscape Foundation that was unveiled in late November. The “Landslide 2019: Living in Nature” report highlights ten cultural landscapes throughout the nation that are threatened by flooding, wildfires, regional drought and other effects of human-induced climate change. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Oregon Inlet Campground will stay open at Cape Hatteras National Seashore after its customary seasonal closure. The campground usually closes after Thanksgiving weekend, but this year the campground will stay open for the entire year as the National Seashore evaluates a new camping opportunity. All 120 sites will be open for use. One restroom [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

On Friday afternoon, a visitor phone call resulted in the discovery of a recently hatched green sea turtle nest just south of Avon, per a recent online update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. “Thanks to a phone call from a visitor this afternoon, Seashore staff were able to ensure seven green sea turtle hatchlings [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was rotating once again after a Friday morning repair by members of the U.S. Coast Guard. Per a Tuesday update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the beacon at the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse had stopped rotating after a powerful nor’easter impacted the Outer Banks over the weekend. Though [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Visitors with limited mobility will be able to use the new Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) accessible hunt blind and wildlife-viewing platform to hunt waterfowl during authorized dates starting December 14. All Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) visitors can use the platform to participate in wildlife-viewing, educational, and photography opportunities during the hunting off-season, which is [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Ocracoke Island and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) will reopen to visitors on December 2 per a Wednesday decision from the Hyde County Commissioners, however, some CHNS facilities will remain closed due to damage from Hurricane Dorian. Per a Thursday morning press release from CHNS, visitors to Ocracoke Island should be aware of the [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore will be hosting a free Winter Lighthouse Climb on Saturday morning, December 14, from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Traditionally, the lighthouse is seasonally closed from the end of Columbus Day Weekend in October until late April, but this holiday event allows the public one last opportunity in 2019 to catch [...] Seashore News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras National Seashore has reopened Frisco and Cape Point Campgrounds following the recent coastal storm. The Ocracoke Campground remains closed post-Hurricane Dorian. North Carolina Highway 12 between the Marc Basnight Bridge and the north end of Rodanthe reopened at 12 p.m. today.