A potent storm rolling up the East Coast has prompted Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial to schedule a delayed opening on Monday.
Tropical Cyclone Sixteen's path prompted storm warnings along coastal North Carolina and led to closures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina.
At Fort Raleigh, archaeology holds the answers to many enduring questions about the disappearance of the Roanoke Island colonists, a source of ongoing speculation and fascination.
From shooflies to flying geese, it is said secret messages like the ones sewn into a commemorative quilt helped guide runaway enslaved people on the perilous road to freedom in the 1860s.
We’re all aware of the rush to the outdoors that the covid pandemic has spawned. From coast to coast, national parks, national forests, and state parks are being crowded, if not overrun at times, by visitors. Whether it continues now that the pandemic seems to be easing will be interesting to watch.
On the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial through the first six months of the year experienced some of the highest levels of visitation ever recorded at those units.
The official start of summer is just around the corner. Warmer days and melting snow means all sorts of activities and news around the National Park System.
You'll want to watch for driverless vehicles in Yellowstone National Park and Wright Brothers National Memorial, and possibly other parks, this year as the National Park Service tests the autonomous vehicles.
Webcams, adopting sea turtles, and manned flight history are some of the projects Outer Banks Forever is working to bring to reality at three national parks along the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
The 116th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina will be celebrated at Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center on December 17.