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A red WACO biplane flying past Bodie Island Lighthouse on the Outer Banks

The Outer Banks, mapped.

Outer Banks maps for every beach access, town, and attraction — plus live tides, water temps, and the mile-marker system locals give directions by.

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LIVE RIGHT NOW

TIDE · DUCK…Duck station SUNSET…Nags Head WATER · DUCK…NOAA Duck

Today on the Outer Banks → rip currents, surf, water temperature and tides, rebuilt every morning · the live cams →

Live wind over the banks

Illustrated Outer Banks mile marker map from the Virginia line to Ocracoke, showing Currituck 4x4 beach miles 13 to 23.9, highway mileposts MP 1 to 72, the Currituck Beach, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke lighthouses, and painted vignettes of wild horses, wildlife and things to do.

Corolla · Nags Head · Hatteras · Ocracoke

The Outer Banks Mile Marker Map

Mile by mile, from the Virginia line down to Ocracoke village — every milepost, the lighthouses, the landmarks, and what there is to do at each one.

Carova and the 4x4 beach miles Kitty Hawk Duck Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Pea Island and Hatteras Island Avon, Buxton and Frisco Ocracoke Island How the milepost system works The 4x4 beach north of Corolla Corolla wild horses Currituck Beach Lighthouse Corolla and the Whalehead Club Wright Brothers Memorial Jockey’s Ridge Jennette’s Pier and the fishing piers Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony Manteo and Roanoke Island Bodie Island Lighthouse Chicamacomico Station, Rodanthe Canadian Hole Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Point Graveyard of the Atlantic The Hatteras to Ocracoke ferry Ocracoke Lighthouse Ocracoke Blackbeard at Teach’s Hole Red wolves and black bears Black bears Shelling
Tap a lighthouse, a village or the 4x4 beach to open that map. · How the milepost system works

Explore the Outer Banks

Beach Accesses

Where to get on the sand, Corolla to Ocracoke.

Towns & Attractions

Each town, and what there is to do in it.

Where to Eat

The restaurants map — the places we send people.

Trails & Biking

Three maritime forests to walk, and the paved bike paths town by town.

Shipwrecks

The Graveyard of the Atlantic, visible from the beach.

Bears & Wildlife

Black bears and wild red wolves, twenty minutes past Manteo.

Pet Friendly

The OBX from a dog's point of view.

4x4 Beaches

Ramps and rules — Carova needs 4WD, Cape Hatteras needs an ORV permit.

Kildare Island

The show's name, decoded: Kill Devil Hills + Dare County, and 25 things to do on the real coast.

Lighthouses

All five, and which ones you can climb.

Ferries

Every crossing to Ocracoke and the mainland.

What's Near My Address?

Type any Outer Banks address — the house you rented, a hotel, a friend’s place. You get the town, the highway milepost, the nearest public beach access, the closest grocery store and urgent care, and whether you need 4WD to get there.