Nags Head NC Cheap and Free Things To Do and Attractions

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AJockey's Ridge State Park

  • P.O. Box 592
    Milepost 12 on US 158 bypass in Nags Head, Nags Head, NC 27959
  • 2524417132
5.0
2+ reviews, 1 sources
  • My husband and I just got back from our fifth trip to Nags Head. For the first time, we visited Jockey's Ridge State Park and climbed the dunes. What a great experience it was! Having driven by the park many times in the heat of the summer, we often commented about how hot it must be on all that ... more on TripAdvisor
  • If you're already in OBX, I know you don't have anything to do - so you're not too busy to check out the dunes. Do it! It's really beautiful out there ... more on Yelp

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Jockey's Ridge State Park
P.O. Box 592
Milepost 12 on US 158 bypass in Nags Head, Nags Head, NC 27959

BJockey's Ridge State Park


  • Nags Head, NC , USA
  • +1 252 441 7132
  • Overview Jockey's Ridge State Park has 420 acres that encompass the tallest sand dune on the East Coast (about 90 to 110 feet), although it has lost some 22 feet since the 1930s thanks to the million visitors a year who carry sand away on their shoes and clothes. Walk along the 384-foot boardwalk from the... more on Fodor's

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Jockey's Ridge State Park

Nags Head, NC , USA

CMorales Art Gallery

  • 107 E. Gallery Row
    Nags Head, NC , USA
  • +1 800 635 6035
  • Overview For 35 years, Gallery Row has been a small cluster of art-related businesses that sell everything from beach crafts to oil paintings and from piggy banks to diamond earrings. Morales Art Gallery is the fine-arts ... more on Fodor's

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Morales Art Gallery
107 E. Gallery Row
Nags Head, NC , USA

DNags Head Beach

  • +1 252 441 5508
  • Overview Nags Head was first a physical location on a map, then a township, and finally, the most recognizable of all the northern ... more on Nags-head.com/

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ERoanoke Island Festival Park

  • One Festival Park
    Manteo, NC 27954-9396
  • 252 475-1506 for event hotline
2.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Overview History comes alive with a replica of Elizabeth II's era and costumed-sixteenth-century characters. more on TripAdvisor
  • Overview A history, educational, and cultural-arts complex, Roanoke Island Festival Park sits on the waterfront in Manteo. Costumed interpreters conduct tours of the 69-foot ship, Elizabeth II, a re-creation of a 16th-century vessel—except when it's on educational voyages. The complex also has an in... more on Fodor's

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Roanoke Island Festival Park
One Festival Park
Manteo, NC 27954-9396

FRoanoke Island Festival Park

  • Manteo Waterfront
    Manteo,NC,27954
  • 2524751500
5.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Every year, the North Carolina School of the Arts has a Pops Concert of patriotic music right before and during a lovely fireworks display. Come early ... more on Yelp

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Roanoke Island Festival Park
Manteo Waterfront
Manteo,NC,27954

GCape Hatteras National Seashore

  • 1401 National Park Drive
    Manteo, NC 27954, U.S.A.
  • +1 252 473 2111
  • Highlights: visitor center more
  • Location: Manteo, North Carolina (5.2 miles from Nags Head)
  • Overview The Cape Hatteras National Seashore protects the wild and windy shorelines of North Carolina's Outer Banks. The roiling waters off the Outer Banks have wrecked more than 600 ships over the centuries, earning the moniker Graveyard of the Atlantic. Some wrecks are still visible. There are four hist... more on LLBean.com

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore
1401 National Park Drive
Manteo, NC 27954, U.S.A.

HSweetgum Swamp Trail

  • Nags Head Woods
    Kill Devil Hills, NC
  • Overview Part of a gentle five-mile hiking trail at Nags Head Woods. more on TripAdvisor

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Sweetgum Swamp Trail
Nags Head Woods
Kill Devil Hills, NC

IWright Brothers National Memorial

  • 1401 National Park Dr
    Manteo,NC,27954
  • 2524417430
2.0
1+ reviews, 1 sources
  • The Wright Brothers National Memorial isn't the greatest memorial/park I've been too. Don't get me wrong the Park Service does a good job telling the ... more on Yelp

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Wright Brothers National Memorial
1401 National Park Dr
Manteo,NC,27954

JWright Brothers National Memorial

Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Kill Devil Hills
    NC
  • +1 252 441 7430
  • Overview Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where after four years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flights in 1903. With courage and perseverance these self-taught engineers relied on teamwork ... more on Nps.gov
  • Overview TheWright Brothers National Memorial, a 60-foot granite monument that resembles the tail of an airplane, stands as a tribute to Wilbur and Orville Wright. The two bicycle mechanics from Ohio took to the air here on December 17, 1903. You can see a replica of the Flyer and stand on the spot where ... more on Fodor's

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