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A beautiful beach town on North Carolina's Outer Banks

Getting around Nags Head certainly is easier than the railroad paths of old. The main thoroughfare ­— U.S. Highway 158 — stretches from Kill Devil Hills to the Oregon Inlet Bridge and connects westward to Manteo by the Washington Baum Bridge. The Beach Road, the local name for N.C Hwy. 12, runs parallel to the sea and U.S. Hwy. 158.

The Outer Banks offers a diverse array of activities... as limitless as our grains of sand. Fish in world-class waters; glide through the marshes in a kayak; fly a kite from atop Jockey's Ridge; ride the waves on a body board. While on the Outer Banks, visitors will find this and so much more.

Air Tours: Along the Outer Banks, take a tour unlike any other. Air tours are provided by local businesses for you to experience the true beauty of the Outer Banks.

The Outer Banks has often been dubbed the "Windsurfing Capital of the East Coast" because of the steady and consistent winds, temperate weather, shallow sound waters and rolling ocean waves of the Atlantic Ocean, all of which provide great windsurfing opportunities throughout most of the year.

Outdoor outfitters are located throughout the area and offer lessons, clinics, equipment rental and purchase.

Shelling: The Outer Banks beaches are perfect for shelling and beachcombing. The best times to look for shells are after a high tide and after a storm, especially in the morning before many people begin gathering on the beach, and during the winter months.

Water Activities: Dare County's Outer Banks covers an area of 800 square miles, of which 409 square miles are water. This makes the area perfect for a wide variety of water activities including jet skiing, ocean and sound kayaking, diving, surfing, parasailing, windsurfing, sailing, boating and of course, swimming. Outdoor outfitters provide rentals for equipment and activewear.

Kayaking & Canoeing: Easy watersports to learn, kayaking and canoeing, offer visitors a relatively affordable way to tour the area's many unchartered waterways and salt marshes and experience sights and sounds you'd miss on shore. The shallow sound waters of the Outer Banks are ideal for the sport.

Adventurers can ride the surf of the Atlantic Ocean or paddle past the breakers and glide along schools of dolphin. For the novice or for more solitude, kayakers and canoeists can glide through the salt marshes, explore the tiny uninhabited islands found throughout the sound waters or take a historical trip around Roanoke Island. The numerous outfitters located along the Outer Banks offer rentals, instruction and guided ecotours.