John Yancey Oceanfront Inn

John Yancey Oceanfront Inn is a motel in Atlantic Township, Dare, North Carolina which is located on South Virginia Dare Trail. John Yancey Oceanfront Inn is situated nearby to the park Wright Brothers National Memorial, as well as near the aerodrome First Flight Airport.

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 John Yancey Oceanfront Inn.

First Flight Airport

Aerodrome

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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 John Yancey Oceanfront Inn.

USS Huron

Disaster remains

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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 John Yancey Oceanfront Inn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills.

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

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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.