The Outer Banks

             The Outer Banks: A Great Place to Live or Vacation
             Located approximately 330 miles south of New York City, outside of the city pollution and the high population is Dare County, North Carolina. Founded in 1870, Dare County is located on the eastern part of North Carolina and contains all of the Outer Banks between Hatteras Inlet to Caffeys Inlet, Collington and Roanoke Island, as well as a small portion of mainland North Carolina. With its climate, location, and relaxed lifestyle, it is hard to not fall in love with Dare County as a place to live or occasionally visit.
             When vacationing to the Outer Banks, there is much more to do than just lay around on one of the many beautiful beaches. Dare County is the home of the Wright Brothers Memorial, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, the Elizabethan Gardens, Jockey's Ridge State Park, several beautiful lighthouses, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore. On a historical level, Dare County is full of historic information. The Wright Brothers Memorial marks the historic site of where Wilbur and Orville Wright first flew in an airplane. A sixty-foot tall granite pylon on the top of Kill Devil Hills stands as a tribute to the first flight. After retracing the paths of the four flights that Wilbur and Oliver made the day, visitors cam view a replica of the original plane as well as other exhibits about firsts in the world of flight. Also, Fort Raleigh was the site of England's first attempt to colonize the United States in 1585. A few years after the colonists had settled in America, a group from England came to check their progress; surprisingly, they found no traces of the colonists, and till this very day, the mystery of the Lost Colony has never been solved. Further down the coast, standing 208 feet tall is the Cape Hatteras lighthouse; the barber-pole type of striping allows the lighthouse to be seen from very far away on a clear day, and its intense light guides pe...

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