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Best Family Stuff
 The Lost Colony
Where: The Waterside Theater at Fort Raleigh National
Site
Roanoke Island, NC
Phone: (252) 473-3414 (800) 488-5012
The
Lost Colony
Rates: Tickets range from $8 for children to $20 for
adults, depending on seating. Monday is Kid's Night and
children's tickets are half price. Advance purchase is
recommended.
Hours: Showtime is 8:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday from
June through August.
Located 25 miles south of Duck, Roanoke Island in 1587
became the site of the first permanent English settlement
in America. It soon proved to be not-so-permanent,
however. Just three years after the settlement's 117 men,
women and children were deposited on the shores of the
Outer Banks, they disappeared without a trace. Four
hundred years later, the nation's longest-running outdoor
performance re-creates what is known of their story.
Visitors can also tour the remains of the settlement at
Fort Raleigh, although the "fort" is really just
some scattered ruins. |
Best Day Trip
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Visitors Center
Where: Highway 12, Buxton, NC
Phone: (252) 995-4474
Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse
Rates: Free
Hours: The visitors center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
except Christmas day.
The nation's tallest lighthouse — towering at an
impressive 196 feet — is a two-hour drive south of Duck
on NC 12, but there are enough small-town stops and
coastal views to make the trip half the fun. During the
summer months, visitors can climb the 268 steps to the top
of the lighthouse for a spectacular view of the national
seashore. But even from ground level, the lighthouse is
well worth a look. The visitors center details the
island's maritime history, and a nature trail makes for a
pleasant walk. |
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Best Historical Site
Wright Brothers National Memorial and
Visitors Center
Where: US 158 Bypass, Milepost 8,
Kill Devil Hills, NC
Phone: (252) 441-7430
Rates: $2 for walk-ins; $4 for cars
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
With its towering sand dunes and an ever-present wind,
it's no surprise that the Outer
Banks was the site of the
first powered
airplane flight, made by Orville Wright on
Dec. 17, 1903. The craft built by Orville and
his brother
Wilbur only made it aloft for 12
seconds and only rose 120
feet, but it was
enough to start aviation on its way.
Today a
visitors center and memorial commemorates the
Wright brothers' work and offers a fascinating look
into
the past.
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Best Place to Fly a Kite
Jockey's Ridge State Park
Where: US 158 Bypass, Milepost 12 1/2,
Nags Head, NC
Phone: (252) 441-7132
Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., November through
February; 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m., March and October; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., April, May
and September; 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., June through August
If you've always wanted to fly, this might be
your chance.
After all, what better launch point could there be than
the largest natural sand dune on the East Coast? Hang
gliding
is permitted on certain faces of the dune by
anyone who has the appropriate rating, and lessons are
offered for those who don't. And
of course, there's the
much more grounded option of simply flying a kite. And if
flying whatever it may be holds no interest, a hike to the
top of the dune — while a little strenuous — offers an
outstanding view of
the 400-acre Jockey's Ridge State Park
and surroundings. |
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