As the owner/webmaster of the site “Outer Banks Revealed” comments, coming from New Jersey, they hadn’t much of an idea of what North Carolina’s Outer Banks was like.
To quote “It was unlike any beach we had experienced; and besides, because of the hot sun and rough water, the kids were asleep for the night by eight o’clock. 
As a parent of young children, that was a gift. We had found our vacation home.”
This is an experience many new visitors find and, nothing new, of course, to those who live in surrounding States like Virginia.
But it is more than just a vacation destination – again to quote the webmaster:
“The Outer Banks, however, is much more than just a beach vacation place. It is a place that infiltrates your very soul. The beautiful location, the amazing historical sights ……the Outer Banks makes you realized that you are part of something much bigger …..The southern hospitality and easy going attitudes complete this place.”
For both vacation ideas and information I recommend you flip over to “The Outer Banks Revealed” and explore all the wonderful possibilities they enumerate for us visitors to the site.
As the site’s owner honestly admits they built the site to promote their rental properties but soon found that more so they wanted the site because of the people they met and they places they enjoyed and then wanted to share this with website visitors.
This really is the best type of travel site – as it is not a big commercial travel agency promotion, but real live people sharing down to earth reactions, recommendations and information.
Wrecks and Pirates Off The Outer Banks
The waters off the Outer Banks are so hazardous that they have earned the name “Graveyard of the Atlantic” due to the thousands of ships that ran aground on the shoals and were destroyed by storms. Historic lighthouses once used to warn sailors of danger still dot the coastline.
Among the pirates and buccaneers who hid their booty around these islands in the18th century was the infamous Blackbeard. He materialized in the area with a price on his head and was quickly captured and executed.
Today, beach lovers visit these legendary islands to enjoy the seemingly endless stretches of ocean and soft sand. Bird-watchers tour the wildlife refuges that host millions of migratory birds along the shores and inland marshes.
Families who can tear themselves away from the beach should visit lively Roanoke Island Festival Park, which has a hands-on museum, free concerts and plays, and a replica of the ship that brought over the colonists who disappeared.
This is a reliable, no strings attached information that should decide your next vacation choice. I was there (years ago now) and it is a unique and beautiful place.
- Beach life
- Cape Hatteras
- Nags Head
- Golf (and Myrtle Beach too!)
- Wright Bros memorial (Kill Devil Hill)
- The mystery of the “lost colony”
So consider a trip there – visit Outer Banks Revealed and I am sure the “contact us” page will give you a link for any further questions you may have.
