Wright Brothers National Memorial

Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in , commemorates Wright Flyer; the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine
  • Also known as: Kill Devil Hill Monument National Memorial”, “WRBR”, “Wright Bros Museum”, “Wright Bros National Memorial Museum”, “Wright Brothers Museum”, “Wright Memorial Monument”, and “Wright Monument

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Flight Airport and RC Theaters Movies 10.

Aerodrome
is a public use airport located one nautical mile west of the central business district of , a town in , United States.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kill Devil Hills and Colington.

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is a colorfully-named town on the coast of . It is part of the , and is best known for its association with the Wright Brothers' historic flights in the first airplane in 1903.

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, located on the of , consists of a thriving village that has been around for generations, a newer beach community of residential cottages, and a maritime forest called Woods which features a wide variety of plant and animal life.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Latitude
36.01657° or 36° 0′ 60″ north
Longitude
-75.66987° or 75° 40′ 12″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
8786288J+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32929677
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4500071
Wiki­data ID
Q2038747
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Wright Brothers National Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Chinese: 莱特兄弟国家纪念碑
  • Chinese: 莱特兄弟国家纪念馆
  • Chinese: 萊特兄弟國家紀念碑
  • Chinese: 萊特兄弟國家纪念碑
  • Czech: Národní památník bratří Wrightů
  • Dutch: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Finnish: Wrightin veljesten muistomerkki
  • French: mémorial national des Wright Brothers
  • French: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • German: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Hebrew: אתר ההנצחה הלאומי לאחים רייט
  • Hebrew: מוזיאון האחים רייט
  • Italian: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Japanese: ライト兄弟メモリアル
  • Japanese: ライト兄弟国立記念碑
  • Persian: یادبود ملی برادران رایت
  • Romanian: Wright Brothers National Memorial
  • Russian: Национальный мемориал братьев Райт
  • Spanish: Memorial nacional a los hermanos Wright
  • Western Panjabi: رائٹ برادران یادگار

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wright Brothers National Memorial”. Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.