Welcome to the Town of Nags Head
Welcome to the Town of Nags Head is in Atlantic Township, Dare, North Carolina. Welcome to the Town of Nags Head is situated nearby to the park OBX Soccer Complex, as well as near the recreation area OBX Laser Tag.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airport.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Park
Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.
Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates Wright Flyer; the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. Wright Brothers National Memorial is situated 2 miles northwest of Welcome to the Town of Nags Head.
First Flight Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ke7dlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
First Flight Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile west of the central business district of Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. First Flight Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Welcome to the Town of Nags Head.
USS Huron
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Huron was an iron-hulled gunboat of the United States Navy. She was a screw steamer with full-rig auxiliary sail, built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1875 and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1875. USS Huron is situated 1½ miles southeast of Welcome to the Town of Nags Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nags Head and Colington.
Nags Head
Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nags Head is a city on the Outer Banks. Legend has it that the names comes from when pirates used to put a lantern around a horse's neck and walk along the beach.
Kill Devil Hills
Kill Devil Hills is a colorfully-named town on the coast of North Carolina. It is part of the Outer Banks, and is best known for its association with the Wright Brothers' historic flights in the first airplane in 1903.
Welcome to the Town of Nags Head
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- Location: Atlantic Township, Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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35.99292° or 35° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.6487° or 75° 38′ 55″ westOpen location code
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