The Outer Banks of North Carolina is a chain of barrier islands midway on the Atlantic Seaboard, 90 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia and 321 miles north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. From Virginia, it's accessible by Highways 168 and 158 and in North Carolina by Highway 64. Surrounded by 900 square miles of water, it has the third largest estuary system in the world, wildlife refuges, maritime forests, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the highest sand dunes on the East Coast at Jockey's Ridge State Park.

Histrical sites in the county include: Wright Brothers Memorial, Civil War Trail, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, The Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island, Jennette's Fishing Pier, Outer Banks History Center, Roanoke Island Festival Park and the The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse.

You can visit five lighthouses in the county: Bodie Island Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Currituck Beach Lighthouse Ocracoke Lighthouse, and the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse.

Miles of coast line, thousands of vacation rental properties, dozens of fishing charter boats and a ton of other things make this a favorite vacation destination for many... why not for you?