The uncrowded.....I have been vacationing on Hatteras Island since 1986..now my children and grandchildren love it... Hatteras Island is a ribbon of sand 65 miles long..cross the Bonner Bridge..south of Nags Head....mostly National Seashore except the 7 villages where building can occur....Recently my 2 and 5 year old grandsons became junior park rangers by participating in some of the free park programs..crabbing in the sound at the Bodie Lighthouse... the Spanish ponies on Ocracoke..learning about Blackbeard on Ocracoke (a free 40 min.ferry ride from Hatteras Is. to Ocracoke)..the 5 year old walked to the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse with his dad.. collected shells..built sand castles...played in the ocean.....watched the fishing boats unload at Hatteras marina....much history...Civil War...the U Boats off the NC coast WW II...Hatterask indians....the grandkids became pirates after visiting the pirates' store on Ocracoke....beautiful beaches....sunrises and sunsets a marvel...I usually stay in Avon.
Pros: uncrowded, beautiful beaches
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