1. Climb Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
2. Drive America’s First Beach, 4x4 or HWY 12
3. Visit the Wright Brother’s Memorial
4. Eat local seafood
5. Watch a Lost Colony performance
7. Go shelling or sea glass hunting
8. Catch a sunrise by the ocean
9. Pull up a crab pot or shrimping net
10. Play a round of golf or mini-golf
11. Go Ghost Crab hunting at night
12. Sample local Kill Devil Rum
13. Pitch a tent at one of our NPS campsites
14. Grab binoculars and birdwatch at Pea Island Wildlife Refuge
15. Watch an episode of Wicked Tuna: OBX
16. Try a new water sport
17. Visit N.E.S.T. sea turtle exhibit at Roanoke Island Aquarium or watch a nest hatch on the beach
18. Fly a kite
19. Make or buy beach art from funky beach finds or in a local studio
20. Read a novel (extra points if it’s about the OBX or from an OBX author)
21. Take your pet to the water
22. Tag along on a tour of the Alligator River and see a black bear
23. Hear Red Wolves howling
24. Set foot on the Elizabeth II ship replica at Roanoke Island Festival Park
25. Get an aerial view of the islands in an airplane, helicopter, or biplane
26. Spend a week in a vacation rental home
27. Awe at a sunset over the sound
28. Attend an apparatus Drill at Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station
29. Step back in time to a living history site at Island Farm
30. Get lost in the lush greenery at Elizabethan Gardens
