Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks. Cape Hatteras is almost a 90° bend on the chain of long narrow barrier islands sometimes called the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." because of the hundreds of ships that have sunk here.
North Carolina's coast can be treacherous because of merging currents and the Gulf stream.
Part of the coast faces south into the current; the other part runs parallel to the gulf stream. Storms often drove ships into the Outer Banks and some 100 plus year old pieces are still visible from the shore. There are still 4 lighthouses that were put in place on the banks to warn the sailors. The black and white twist above the red brick base of the Hatteras lighthouse is the most renowned.
Guiding ships through the "Graveyard of the Atlantic"
The tallest lighthouse in the United States is on the coast at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Looking Glass Rock seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway
We made it easy to get to almost anywhere here. We have more miles of highway than any state in the Union. We are currently hosting the intersections of no less than 5 Interstate highways and there are two more under construction.
Purple Mountains Majesty
North Carolina stretches about 600 miles from it's furthest western border in the Appalachian Mountains
Beech Mountain Snowfall
If you have never been to North Carolina, you have missed some of the last few places in the USA where you can sit on a mountain or a beach and be completely alone.
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