Outer Banks Named to Travel Channel’s Top 10 “Best Family Beaches”
The Travel Channel recently compiled a list of The Best Family Beaches in America.
Duck, located on the northern part of the Outer Banks, landed at # 8. The review highlights the quaint village setting and great family atmosphere that Duck has to offer. Most rental homes in Duck are located only a short walk away from the beach, so transportation is never a problem. If you enjoy dining out, Duck also has something for everyone. Duck is also are great place to go out shopping on a rainy day.
Here are the top 10 beaches named by the Travel Channel:
U.S. Beaches
1. Coronado Beach, Calif.
2. Nantucket Island, Mass.
3. Newport Beach, Calif.
4. Santa Barbara, Calif.
5. Panama City Beach, Fla.
6. Siesta Key, Fla.
7. Poipu Beach, Hawaii
8. Duck, N.C.
9. Hilton Head, S.C.
10. Kiawah Island, S.C.
Plenty of vacation rentals available for the summer season. Great deals of more than 20% off on almost all homes! Homes as low as $30 per night / per person.
Outer Banks National Parks Get Much Needed Funding
The National Park group now has $4.1 million to tend to long-neglected maintenance in the parks and to historical structures.
A substantial amount of this money is available to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. This money will be used for some subtle changes that are part of standard upkeep for these facilities. Repairs such as replacing park signs, fixing picnic tables and some electrical repairs. Some of the funds will also go to repairing some of the lighthouses on the Outer Banks, Bodie Island and Ocracoke.
As recently as two years ago, these parks were running on little to no budget and federal funding. “It’s absolutely a breath of fresh air that the Obama Administration has looked very closely at the National Park Service needs,” says Darrell Echols, deputy superintendent of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group.
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