Hiking and Nature Trails

Currituck Outer Banks

N.C. Coastal Reserve’s Currituck Banks National Estuarine Reserve
N.C. Highway 12, north of Corolla Village
(252) 261-8891; nccoastalreserve.net

Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
N.C. Hwy. 12, north of Duck
(252) 453-0603

Central Outer Banks

Bodie Island Lighthouse Grounds
N.C. Highway 12, south of Nags Head
(252) 441-5711; nps.gov/caha

Jockey’s Ridge State Park
MP 12, Bypass at Carolista Drive, Nags Head
(252) 441-7132; jockeysridgestatepark.com

Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve
The Woods Road, Kitty Hawk
(252) 261-8891; nccoastalreserve.com

Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve
MP 9.5, W. Ocean Acres Drive, off the Bypass, Kill Devil Hills
(252) 441-2525; nature.org

Dare County Mainland

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Dare County Mainland
(252) 473-1131; fws.gov/alligatorriver

Roanoke Island

Thomas Hariot Nature Trail/Freedom Trail
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
(252) 473-5772; nps.gov/fora

Hatteras Island

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
N.C. Highway 12, northern Hatteras Island
(252) 987-2394; fws.gov/peaisland

Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve
Old Doctor’s Road, Flowers Ridge Road or Water Association Road (all off N.C. Highway 12), Buxton
(252) 261-8891; nccoastalreserve.net