Outer Banks
“Barrier islands of wild horses, towering lighthouses, and the dunes where flight was born.”
Highlights
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Jockey's Ridge dunes
- Wright Brothers Memorial
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Ready-made itineraries that include this park
- Atlantic Lighthouse Trail8–11 days · 4 parks · 8 days
Maine's Schoodic granite, Cape Cod dunes, and the Outer Banks barrier-islands.
- Carolina Coast & Lowcountry5–7 days · 3 parks · 7 days
Outer Banks dunes, Cape Hatteras lights, and Congaree's old-growth swamp.
- Carolinas Coast to Crest7–9 days · 4 parks · 9 days
Outer Banks dunes to Asheville's Blue Ridge — the Atlantic up the spine of the South.
- Gulf Coast Beaches7–9 days · 3 parks · 8 days
Savannah squares, Outer Banks lighthouses, and sugar-white Gulf sand.
- Lowcountry Coast6–8 days · 3 parks · 7 days
Savannah squares, Tybee surf, Congaree old-growth, and the Outer Banks lighthouses.