Find your natural side on the waterfront. With direct access to the open waters of Kitty Hawk Bay, stunning natural beauty is right in your back yard. Nowhere is that more apparent than the view from the Community Waterfront Pier and over-water gazebo. Enjoy the beauty of wetlands and wildlife, have a seat and watch the sun set over the sound. This collection of amenities makes life truly special on our side of the sound.

Directly in your back yard a granite monument on top of a 90-ft. dune in Kill Devil Hills honors Orville and Wilbur Wright at the site of the first controlled, powered flight that occurred in 1903. Within the National Park visitors can see full-scale reproductions of the 1902 glider that was tested hundreds of times on the dunes in the area, the historical 1903 flyer that first flew 120-ft. in a 12-second flight, a replica campsite that includes the hangar and living quarters used by the Wrights, and historical markers throughout a trail area that represent the first four flights on December 17, 1903.

A variety of multi-use paths are available for residents and visitors of Dare County to traverse across towns and villages, providing access to businesses, beach accesses and the soundside. These pathways are generally free from motorized vehicles and separated from vehicular traffic. Right at the entrance to Water Oak you have direct access to the path……

Walking and biking distance to the beach with public beach access right down the road at Ocean Bay Boulevard featuring paved parking handicap access/ramps, stabilizing sand mats, outdoor showers, bathhouse, lifeguard, a wooden walkway and bike racks