National Park Service staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial recently finalized early season educational programming schedules. Upcoming events for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are listed below, and event schedules for all parks can also be found on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic [...] Seashore News | Full Article
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Scaffolding around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is complete; Paint ...
May 3, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The scaffolding installation around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is complete, and paves the way for the next steps in an 18-month restoration project that began in earnest at the start of 2024. The scaffolding project, (which was performed by subcontractor Scaffold Resource), took 60 days to install with a team of 10 people, and more [...] Seashore News | Full Article
ORV night driving restrictions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands be ...
April 30, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
Night driving restrictions on oceanside beaches within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore begin on Wednesday, May 1, at 9:00 p.m. From May 1 through July 31, priority off-road vehicle (ORV) ramps close at 9:00 p.m. and will reopen the following morning at 6:00 a.m. All other designated oceanside ORV ramps close at 9:00 p.m. and [...] Seashore News | Full Article
The Cape Point Campground in Buxton opened for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The CHNS’ other seasonal campground – the Frisco Campground – opened on March 30, however, the Cape Point Campground’s opening was delayed due to excessive rainfall-related flooding in the [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Cape Hatteras National Seashore reports more than 331,000 visitors ...
April 26, 2024 | Seashore News
With 311,384 visitors recorded in the first three months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded 154,935 visitors in March, 79,256 visitors in February, and 77,193 visitors in January. In recent history, this is a higher [...] Seashore News | Full Article
FAQs for Buxton Beach added to Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s ...
April 16, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has added a new FAQ section to its Buxton Beach webpage in order to provide essential information on the evolving public safety and environmental issues that are occurring along a 500-yard stretch of Buxton shoreline. “Frequently asked questions for the Buxton Beach Access closure were developed by [the] Cape [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Bodie Island Lighthouse opens for climbing on April 19
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Bodie Island Lighthouse, recognized by its unique horizontal black and white stripes, will open for climbing this year beginning Friday, April 19. Climbing tickets go on sale at 7 a.m. and may only be purchased on the same day of your intended climb. Tickets are only available for purchase at www.recreation.gov/ticket/252034/ticket/10087143. Pro tip: Create your www.recreation.gov account [...] Seashore News | Full Article
National Park Service seeks information on human-caused fires at F ...
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News
On Sunday morning, National Park Service law enforcement rangers responded to a report of two wildfires adjacent to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site’s Freedom Trail. Both fires were safely extinguished and posed no risk to public safety. Since the fires are suspected of being human caused, the National Park Service is asking the public for [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Seasonal off-road vehicle (ORV) routes in front of Hatteras Island villages and the Ocracoke Campground become pedestrian-only starting on Monday, April 15. These routes, which run parallel to the towns of Hatteras, Frisco, Avon, and the Tri-villages, open to ORVs annually in the winter months when the visitor population is low, and close from April [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Cape Hatteras National Seashore will maintain gravel portion of Fl ...
April 12, 2024 | Seashore News
As a result of feedback received from the public during a two-week-long comment period, including residents that live on Flowers Ridge Road in Buxton, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has decided not to pave the 400-foot-long section of the road that leads into the private neighborhood. The Seashore requested funding for the road paving project [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Scaffolding around Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is 95% complete; Tempo ...
April 11, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
Despite multiple storms over the past few weeks, there have been waves of progress on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project, starting with the tower of scaffolding. “We are closing in on 95% complete, so we expect to be done with the outside [scaffolding] by the end of April,” said Ed Milch, General Superintendent for [...] Seashore News | Full Article
The National Park Service’s Frisco campground reopened for the 2024 season on Saturday, March 30, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). Hatteras Island’s other seasonal CHNS campground, the Cape Point Campground in Buxton, remains temporarily closed due to flooding of low-lying campsites from the recent heavy rains. The Frisco and Cape [...] Seashore News | Full Article
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