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The Outer Banks offers everything imaginable... the Atlantic Ocean, sounds, rivers, national wildlife refuges, a national seashore, the NC Aquarium, lots of places, to bicycle, walk, or paddle. It's a tremendous birding spot, great place for hang-gliding, wind-surfing, ocean surfing, fishing, hunting, shelling, sight-seeing, or just relaxing!
Take a Walk on the Wild Side!!!:
Hatteras Island, about 30 minutes away by car, offers wonderfully pristine beaches and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Pea Island has a sound access at New Inlet that's ideal for putting in kayaks or canoes to paddle in the sound. There's a great little Visitor Center, two very nice wildlife trails, and the beaches are out-of-this-world. Pea Island offers the nicest beaches on the Outer Banks. Roanoke Island has a number of places to paddle, including all around the Elizabeth II (the replica of the ship the first English came over on....) in Shallowbag Bay in downtown Manteo. You could even take a long day and paddle completely around Roanoke Island! Dare County Mainland offers a number of adventures... paddling, walking, driving..... Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge has 15 miles of color-coded paddling trails.... the trail is about 30 minutes from my door! The Refuge also has a black bear population-- and you can actually predictably see bears in the wild!
The Outer Banks--- You know what they say about real estate..... the three most important things are location, location, and location..... - The Beach- Nags Head beaches and Cape Hatteras National Seashore are just a 10 minute drive. Roanoke Island- Roanoke Island offers so much, I'm always amazed that anyone ever leaves it (I seldom do....) The North Carolina Aquarium, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Ft Raleigh National Historic Site, the Elizabethan Gardens, the Lost Colony, and downtown Manteo are incredible spots you won't want to miss. My house is right off the Bike Path (about 100 yards) - and we live on a private, dead-end road (only 5 houses on the road). All the places I just mentioned are no more than a 10-minute bike ride from the apartment-- and I furnish the bikes! -
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marks the location of the property in Outer Banks
