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Kitty Hawk is the first town you come to as you cross the Wright Memorial Bridge onto the Outer Banks from the north. Stretching from milepost 1 to milepost 4, Kitty Hawk is a classic vacation town. The oceanfront is fully built up with modest cottages, small family-run motels, cottage courts and a trailer park or two. Our information for Kitty Hawk NC is conveniently separated into Sections below, select your area of interest to find a concise index of each location, which then links to in-depth information for each, including a detailed map, often with a coupon, website & email links provided.
 Classifieds
Welcome to the Kitty Hawk Classifieds Page. Find items for sale, or post your own items that you wish to sell, all here at TheCoastalExplorer.com |
 Community
Find your preferred house of worship or church; locate beach accesses, boat ramps, parks, schools, county and town offices and more while visiting Kitty Hawk. |
 Shopping
Search our Kitty Hawk Shopping section to find all the stores that suit your tastes. Browse detailed information on each store from souvenirs to seafood to help you determine where you wish to shop! We will help you find the perfect reminder of your vacation or gift idea for a neighbor. |
 Dining
Examine our Kitty Hawk Dining options to find the restaurants that suit your tastes. Browse complete Menus including pricing and children’s menus too! Some will even deliver to your door. Looking for seafood markets, produce stands, and butchers, please check the shopping index. |
 Nightlife
Explore Kitty Hawk Nightlife options to find the entertainment that suit your tastes. Whether your idea of nightlife is a bowling alley, movie theater, bingo or dancing and karaoke, we have tried to find it for you. |
 Activities
Browse Kitty Hawk Activities to find things to do on the Outer Banks for the entire family. Whether your idea of fun is soaring above the beach in a parasail harness, taking a surfing lesson, fishing on an offshore charter or playing mini-golf with your children, we will put you in touch with the folks who make it happen. |
 Lodging
Explore Kitty Hawk lodging options to find rental cottages, condos, hotels, motels and campgrounds. View detailed amenity information and use the helpful check availability links to complete your vacation accommodation planning. |
 Events & Weddings
Use the Kitty Hawk Event and Wedding Planning options to find caterers, event planners, wedding planners, banquet halls, photographers, florist, jewelry, wedding cakes, personal services and much more. |
 Real Estate
Search our Relocation Properties section for Kitty Hawk residential living possibilties including Kitty Hawk real estate for sale, Kitty Hawk homes for sale, long term Kitty Hawk home rentals, Kitty Hawk condominiums, townhouses, apartments, and lots for sale. You may also search for commercial property for sale including Kitty Hawk businesses for sale, commercial lots for sale, and multi-unit dwellings. |
 Real Estate Services
Search our Relocation Services section to find everything you need to make your move to Kitty Hawk successful. Here you will find everything that you need to manage the business of your Real Estate investment including Kitty Hawk Realtors, Kitty Hawk Real Estate companies, real estate appraisal companies, real estate attorneys, real estate management companies, as well as architects, insurance companies, inspectors, engineers, lenders, mortgage companies and so much more.
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 Home Improvement
Improving your Kitty Hawk home, Kitty Hawk vacation rental property, or commercial real estate? Our Kitty Hawk home improvement services section will provide you with everything you need for your Kitty Hawk home makeover. If your need is Kitty Hawk landscaping, an Kitty Hawk pool & spa company, roofing, an electrician, plumber, handyman services, an Kitty Hawk heating & cooling company, a carpenter, concrete services, or a Kitty Hawk deck & fence company, we are here to help you find it. |
 Convenience Services
For all the practical (and not so practical) things you need in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks. From vacation amenity rentals such as beach chairs and surfboards to taxis, hair salons and massages. Rent a car, rent a video or find a caterer - all the conveniences you need in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks. |
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No one is quite sure exactly where the name Kitty Hawk originated. Some say it derived from killy honk, an Indian term for the goose-hunting season. A far-fetched theory is that it is a derivation from skeeter hawk, the local term for mosquito hawks. At any rate, the name has been used on maps since the mid-1700s. Kitty Hawk has a large population of year-round residents, many of whom live on the sound side in Kitty Hawk village. One look, though, and you know this is predominantly a vacation destination. A maritime forest, golf course, fishing pier, campground and mini-golf course make for great fun. Let TheCoastalExplorer.com be your guide to your Kitty Hawk travel planning, we live here on the OBX, we know.
TheCoastalExplorer.com is a great place to locate your vacation accommodations. Some of the cottages are spectacularly close to the waves breaking in the surf. If you are looking to rent a Kitty Hawk beach cottage browse our listings and find some very ocean front beach cottages, these are usually built in the traditional "Outer Banks beach box" design along with some of the enormous luxury beachfront palaces that are more common these days.
Our Kitty Hawk Lodging section includes condos and cottages from two bedrooms to five to more than seven bedrooms, each individually listed with a helpful check availability link so that you can easily plan your stay. Our complete Kitty Hawk Property Management listings will further assist you in finding the right accommodations to suit your family's needs. Perhaps you are looking for more short-term Kitty Hawk rentals or even nightly accommodations, the Kitty Hawk Hotel and Kitty Hawk Motel listings on TheCoastalExplorer.com will help you to decide among the common hotel chains and family-run motels. The information already provided on the site for Kitty Hawk rentals, in addition to the helpful links to these hotels, motels and quaint cottage court web sites, will provide you with all you need for short term Outer Banks lodging alternatives.
Once you have planned your Outer Banks lodging, its time to EAT!!! The Outer Banks offer some of the best seafood on the East Coast and the Kitty Hawk restaurants take full advantage of the local catches. Our Kitty Hawk Dining section provides a guide to many restaurants and dining options, and includes complete restaurant menus as well. From Caribbean cuisine to fresh rolled sushi, to pizza, to fresh local seafood and succulent Northeastern North Carolina barbeque & ribs, you are sure to find a Kitty Hawk restaurant to please everyone. There are many choices of dining, from family style restaurants, to chain restaurants, fast food, quaint cozy cafés and fine dining options; the multitude of choices allows you to indulge your culinary side. Go ahead, sample something new, after all, you are on vacation.
Once you have had your fill of flounder, shrimp, scallops and crabs, perhaps its time to think of your friends back home. Outer Banks and Kitty Hawk NC souvenirs, gifts and all the necessities are readily available locally. A wealth of vacation-oriented businesses have sprouted up in Kitty Hawk to support the many visitors, and, recently, Kitty Hawks shopping options have become more varied and upscale. Shopping choices range from shopping centers to specialty shops and along with some of the “big box” stores can provide just about anything else you may need; there are lots of stores to search and explore. Peruse the Kitty Hawk Shopping Section to discover the many tackle shops, surf shops, souvenir stores and more. Don't forget to look for and print out the many coupons on this site and be sure to take them with you to the local merchants for discounts on all your purchases. When you have done it all and seen it all, just head back to the beach, sink into the sand, and relax… or perhaps you are ready for something more to do.
Our Activities section will help you to find fun things to do in Kitty Hawk North Carolina for the whole family. Take the whole gang to the amusement center in Kitty Hawk, wander a nature trail or rent a kayak and explore the canals. Recreation is well covered. A fishing pier, mini-golf and bike paths are only for starters. Surf fishing is great on the shoreline, and inshore and off shore fishing charters are readily available.
Kitty Hawk is often confused as the place where the Wright brothers made the first powered flight. That actually happened just south in Kill Devil Hills, but the Wright brothers did stay with the Tate family in Kitty Hawk village on several occasions and their letters home were postmarked with the town's name. Travel south along Highway 158 and you will find Kill Devil Hills, you can't miss the high grassy knoll of Kill Devil hill looming over the town. The granite monument rising 61 feet atop the hill marks the spot where Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first airplane in 1903. The 314-acre national park located here, called The Wright Brothers National Memorial Park, honors the Wright Brothers first flight with a museum and an airstrip and many historic markers telling the complete story of mans first, powered flight. Air tours of the Outer Banks are offered at the airstrip and are one of many great Outer Banks activities for the family, not to mention a fascinating way to see how narrow our peninsula really is.
Just south of Kill Devil Hills, in Nags Head, is the home of Jockey's Ridge State Park, the home of the East Coast's tallest sand dune at around 100 feet. Jockeys Ridge is the perfect place to roll down a hill with wild abandon, fly a kite, hang glide, watch the sunset, explore nature trails or take a sound side dip in the Albemarle Sound.
Continuing south into Nags Head on Highway 158 you will eventually cross the Nags Head Causeway where you will find the largest Outer Banks public boat ramp, and continuing onto Roanoke Island where there are three more marinas (Pirates Cove Marina, Broad Creek Marina & Thicket Lump Marina) for charter boats. Just south of Nags Head on Highway 12 is the Bodie Island Lighthouse and Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, an additional departure point for world-class, deep-sea charter fishing.
You can find great information on these community attractions in our Outer Banks Community Section along with free activities and other areas of interest. In our Kitty Hawk Community Section you can find Kitty Hawk Town Government information, including the Kitty Hawk Police Department, the Kitty Hawk Fire Department and Kitty Hawk Ocean Rescue. We detail each Kitty Hawk beach access (6), each Kitty Hawk park (1) and each Kitty Hawk boat ramp (1) as well, so that you can make the most of your visit to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
If you are thinking of relocating to the Kitty Hawk or Outer Banks North Carolina area, or are considering making a Kitty Hawk real estate investment, please check back soon as we will be launching our Relocation Section, in the very near future. This section will include everything you need to move to the Outer Banks, including long term rentals, home builders, retirement communities and of course Kitty Hawk Realtors and Real Estate Companies. We will also include listings of homes and businesses for sale conveniently listed right here on TheCoastalExplorer.com. We will add a Relocation Services Section, to include businesses that facilitate real estate transactions and relocation such as appraisers, mortgage lenders, surveyors, attorneys, movers and storage companies as well. Additionally, our Homeowners Services Section will help you locate the Outer Banks companies that will maintain your property or home once you have become an OBX local. And don't forget TheCoastalExplorer.com Calendar of Events once you have settled, which will keep you informed on local events and happenings here on the Outer Banks.
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