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Knotts Island is a marshy island and a small unincorporated community. The island is shared by Currituck County, North Carolina and Virginia Beach, Virginia , United States, bounded by the Currituck Sound , North Landing River, Back Bay, and Knotts Island Bay.
NC 615 connects the community of Knotts Island with both mainland North Carolina and Virginia. The 14.9 miles (24.0 km) route begins at NC 168, in Currituck, where it goes east and crosses over the Currituck Sound, via the Currituck-Knotts Island Ferry. On Knotts Island, it continues north for nine miles (14 km) before reaching the Virginia ...
Knotts Island–Currituck: This route was created in the fall of 1962, and is the world's longest free ferry. It links NC 615 to the mainland, across the Currituck Sound between Knott's Island and Currituck. This was done to shorten the travel time for Knott's Island school children to their school on the mainland.
The community harbors the Knotts Island Ferry, which provides free shuttles across the sound to Knotts Island. North Carolina Highway 168 (Caratoke Highway) and Courthouse Road are the community's most prominent roads.
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Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1960 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl, primarily the greater snow goose. It is located almost entirely on Knotts Island in the Currituck Sound between Back Bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia , and the open sound in North Carolina .
Knott, a former federal prosecutor, faces Kelly Daughtry, a Johnston County attorney, in the May 14 second primary for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District seat. Daughtry, the daughter ...
Twenty-two thrill-seekers had their fun come to an abrupt halt when a Knott's Berry Farm ride left riders suspended for more than two hours.