158, which eventually crosses the Currituck Sound and meets N.C. At the headquarters is the kid- and wheelchair-friendly Scuppernong River Interpretive Boardwalk, a 25-minute stroll over the water’s edge that offers a hint of what else can be found throughout the refuge’s 110,000 acres.Īnother way to make this trip is to leave U.S. ▪ Detour to Columbia: This town hosts the headquarters of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, site of one of the country’s largest wetland restoration projects and home to one of the densest known populations of black bears. Visit the Roanoke River Lighthouse & Maritime Museum. ▪ Detour to Plymouth: This small town on the Roanoke River hosts the annual Bear Festival each June, and the rest of the year is a nice break for a meal near the water, an ice cream cone or a bit of downtown shopping. A box of dark chocolate-covered peanuts is $10 and worth it. 64 near Jamesville to get to Mackey’s Ferry Peanuts and shop for snacks.
▪ Detour to Jamesville: Not a real detour, but it does require a U-turn on U.S. More mature travelers will enjoy a stop at Rocky Mount Mills, a cotton mill on the Tar River dating to 1818 that now has housing, breweries, restaurants and coffee on an 82-acre campus. ▪ Detour to Rocky Mount: The city’s Imperial Centre houses the Arts Center and the Children’s Museum & Science Center, the latter of which has a new exhibit this summer called Mindbender Mansion. 12 runs down Hatteras Island and will take you to the ferry landing for the ride to Ocracoke. 12 at Whalebone Junction, from which you can almost see the beach. 64 East is the most direct route, delivering you all the way to N.C. 64 east of Raleigh and flip and electronic coin on whether to deliver you these Outer Banks beaches via the southern end, at Ocracoke, or the northern end, near Nags Head. Destination: Ocracoke, Hatteras, Buxton, Avon, Salvo, Waves, Rodanthe, Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawkįrom the Triangle, your GPS will look at traffic delays caused by road work on U.S. Here are options if you’re vacationing at the northern coast, anywhere along the Outer Banks between the Virginia border and Ocracoke. If the widespread shortage of housekeeping staff leaves you temporarily homeless, it’ll be handy to know some places that will welcome you until the rental is ready. Same with the late check-in you learn about only after you’ve hit the road. If you find yourself in a highway traffic jam caused by road work - and many people will, because the Good Roads State is busy expanding, repairing and rerouting several major arteries - try to see it as more of an opportunity than an inconvenience. Starting Memorial Day weekend in North Carolina, all roads lead to the beach some routes are just more circuitous than others.
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