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Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national seashore which preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, stretching over 70 miles (110 km), and is managed by the National Park Service.
There are long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and maritime forests in the area. A large area of the Outer Banks is part of a National Park, called the Cape Hatteras National Seashore . It is also the nearest landmass on the North American mainland to Bermuda , which is about 563 nautical miles (648 mi; 1,043 km) to the east-southeast.
Ocracoke (/ ˈ oʊ k r ə k oʊ k / OH-krə-kohk) [4] [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated town located at the southern end of Ocracoke Island, within Hyde County, North Carolina. The population was 948 at the 2010 census. [6] In the 2020 census, the population had dropped to 797. [7]
The District of Columbia does not currently have a true beach; several areas (such as Georgetown Waterfront Park) have boundaries along the Potomac river, but lack a true beach. From 1914 to 1925, there was a beach at the District of Columbia’s Tidal Basin .
Golfer Rory McIlroy tees off on the 10th tee during the second round of The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort & Spa on March 1, 2024 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
It was easier to come into this inlet from the north than to Ocracoke. Because of the increase in commerce, Hatteras Village Post Office was established in 1858. The initial invasion of the North Carolina coast on Hatteras Island during the Civil War, called the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, came from Hatteras Inlet on August 28–29, 1861.
For the two Ocracoke ferries, the fares are $1 for pedestrians, $3 for bicycles, $10 for motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, golf carts, or three-wheeled vehicles, $15 for four wheeled vehicles up to 20 feet, as well as motorcycles with sidecars or trailers, $30 for vehicles 20-40 feet, and $45 for vehicles 40-65 feet.
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