Anchor Management - OBX

01/15/2025

12/11/2024

Favorite OBX Memory?

12/04/2024

Get ready Kitty Hawk, Santa Claus is coming to town! 🎅🚒

Join us for the Second Annual Santa’s Motorcade on Wednesday, December 18th starting at 5:45 pm. This festive parade of lights, sounds, and holiday cheer will travel through neighborhoods across Kitty Hawk, spreading joy and excitement for all ages!

This year’s route includes six stops:

📍 West Tateway Road at Windgrass Circle
📍 West Lilian Street at Kitty Hawk Baptist Church
📍 Angler Way
📍 Hilton Garden Inn - Kitty Hawk
📍 Winsor Place at Birch Lane
📍 Ridge Road at Rogers Street

This is a community tradition you don’t want to miss 🎄 Bundle up, bring your hot chocolate, and wave to Santa as he brings holiday magic to our town!

12/04/2024

12/04/2024

in 1875, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse was lit for the first time!

PC.5001 - Currituck Beach Light Station, 6-12-1893 - NC Lighthouses, David Stick Papers, OBHC

11/27/2024

11/27/2024

11/27/2024

A recent major renovation that has transformed the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum into a cutting-edge destination that explores the state’s rich maritime history is being recognized nationally. The Hatteras museum, part of the North Carolina Maritime Museum System under the state’s Department ...

11/27/2024

On Dec. 17 at 9 a.m., Wright Brothers National Memorial, the First Flight Society and Outer Banks Forever will celebrate the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright on the 121st anniversary of their first heavier-than-air, controlled, powered flight. Park entrance fees are waived on this specia...

11/20/2024

11/20/2024

11/14/2024

History of making history.

11/14/2024

11/04/2024

150 Years of Service

10/22/2024

GHOST FLEET OF THE OUTER BANKS

For centuries due to storms, shifting inlets, and capes, ships have been wrecking and running aground off the coast of the Outer Banks. World Wars I and II also led to a number of shipwrecks off the coast including over two dozen sunken by German u-boats in WWII. There are an estimated 3,000 shipwrecks off the coast earning this region of the Atlantic Ocean the nickname 'Graveyard of the Atlantic'.

Over the years large chunks or small pieces of the vessels have been washed onto the shore with the waves and some such as the Metropolis, can be seen as the sands shift. Divers, snorkelers, and even kayakers can view some wrecks such as the "Marble wreck" at False Cape, resting less than 100 yards offshore and the Mexicano, the 270 ft wreck sitting 140 ft offshore at Currituck Beach. Some of the shipwreck stories have a sad ending like that of the Metropolis, losing 85 lives that day.

The attached map, courtesy of the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island was reprinted from a map that originally appeared in a 1969 issue of National Geographic Magazine. This map plots over 500 ill-fated ships that lie forever anchored in the Atlantic coastal sea floor. A classic shipwreck map of one of the graveyards of the Atlantic.

🗺️ https://gis.darecountync.gov/gisday/2020/

10/07/2024

10/07/2024