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Top 5 Things to Do: Jennette’s Pier

Nestled in beautiful Nags Head, North Carolina, Jennette’s Pier beckons coastal adventurers with an array of family-friendly activities.

Confederate Channel Obstructions (BBB-3)

Wood pilings placed to stop Federal fleet in Croatan Sound, still visible at low tide. Remains are 2 1/2 mi. W.

Fort Bartow (BBB-2)

Confederate earth fort mounting nine guns. Bombarded by Federal fleet February 7, 1862. Earthworks 2 1/2 mi. W.

Naval Battle of Roanoke (BB-5)

Location: US 64/264 rest area northwest of Manteo
County: Dare
Original Date Cast: 1961

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Battle of Roanoke Island (BB-4)

Location: NC 345 south of junction with US 64/264
County: Dare
Original Date Cast: 1961

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Carolista Baum 1940-1991 (B-78)

Environmental activist. Stopped destruction of Jockey’s Ridge sand dune in 1973. Fundraised and lobbied to preserve as a N.C. State Park, 1975.

Joachim Gans (B-75)

Scientist; Jewish native of Prague. Led metallurgy experiments, 1585-86, at the first Roanoke colony near here. Part of Lane's English expedition.

Freedmen's Colony (B-71)

The first refugee slave community in N.C. Est. in 1863 by Union troops. It operated until 1867 on land nearby, extending S.

Dasemunkepeuc (B-69)

Algonquian village at the time of Roanoke voyages. Home of leader, Wingina, slain by colonist, 1586. Abandoned in 1587, it was in this vicinity.

Civil Air Patrol (B-68)

Coastal Patrol Base, first in N.C., opened ½ mi. S.E., in 1942. Civilian pilots supported military and patrolled for German U-boats.