Historic Albemarle Tour

Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Existed| 1975 (1975)–present
Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
Counties| Bertie, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Highway system

* Auto trails

* North Carolina Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Scenic

The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina. The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.

## Route description[edit]

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village Manor House of Hope Plantation near Windsor North Carolina Aquarium near Manteo

The tour route is not a linear route, like most scenic routes, but a collection of several highways in the region. The following list are the component highways that make-up the tour route:

Highway  | Route  | Sites of Interest

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US 13 | Williamston-VA state line  |
US 17 | Washington-VA state line  |
US 64 | Williamston-Whalebone Junction |
US 158 | Barco-Whalebone Junction |
US 258 | NC 561-VA state line  |
US 264 | Washington-Whalebone Junction |
US 301 | Halifax-VA state line  |
NC 11 | Pitt-Martin county line-Murfreesboro |
NC 32 | NC 99-VA state line  |
NC 34 | Barco-Sligo |
NC 37 | US 64-US 17 |
NC 92 | US 264-NC 99/NC 306 |
NC 99 | Pantego-NC 32 |
NC 168 | Sligo-VA state line  |
NC 308 | US 13-US 258/NC 561 |
NC 561 | US 301-US 258 |

### Sites[edit]

* Aurora Fossil Museum
* Bath, the oldest continuously inhabited town in North Carolina
* Belhaven Memorial Museum, currently housed in Belhaven City Hall, in the town of Belhaven
* Camden County Welcome Center, located on the Dismal Swamp Canal
* Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station located in Rodanthe
* Columbia
* Corolla, location of the Currituck Beach Light
* Edenton, former colonial capital of the Province of North Carolina
* Elizabeth City
* Frisco Native American Museum in Frisco, North Carolina
* Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village
* Halifax, location of the Fourth Provincial Congress, which authorized the Halifax Resolves
* Hertford
* Hope Plantation, a restored antebellum plantation house near Windsor
* Jackson
* Museum of the Albemarle
* North Carolina Aquariums with locations in Manteo, Fort Fisher, and Pine Knoll Shores
* Ocracoke
* Plymouth
* Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo
* Somerset Place, a restored antebellum plantation house near Creswell
* Tarboro
* Williamston
* Windsor

## History[edit]

The tour route was established in 1975 by the North Carolina General Assembly, which included designated highways, locations and signage. A 1977 act amended the original law to expand the list of designated highways and locations.[1][2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NC Senate Bill 315: An act to designate certain major highways s Historic Albemarle Tours Highways" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2016.
2. ^ "NC Senate Bill 409: An act to amend the Historic Albemarle Tour Highway Act" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Historic Albemarle Tour

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Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia

Landforms|

* Bodie Island
* Knotts Island
* Monkey Island
* Mary Island
* Colington Island
* Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
* Roanoke Island
* Pea Island
* Hatteras Island
* No Ache Island
* Cape Hatteras
* Shelly Island
* Ocracoke Island
* Beacon Island
* Portsmouth Island
* Core Banks
* Cape Lookout

Places|

City of Virginia Beach
Sandbridge

Currituck County
Knotts Island
Carova Beach
Corolla

Dare County
Duck
Southern Shores
Kitty Hawk
Kill Devil Hills
Colington
Nags Head
Whalebone Junction
Manteo
Wanchese
Rodanthe
Waves
Salvo
Avon
Buxton
Frisco
Hatteras

Hyde County
Ocracoke

Carteret County
Portsmouth
Cape Lookout Village

Waterways|

* Atlantic Ocean
* Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Bays
Onslow Bay
Raleigh Bay
Back Bay
Knotts Island Bay

Sounds
Currituck Sound
Albemarle Sound
Croatan Sound
Roanoke Sound
Pamlico Sound
Core Sound
Back Sound

Inlets
Oregon Inlet
New Inlet
Isabel Inlet
Hatteras Inlet
Ocracoke Inlet
Drum Inlet
Barden Inlet

Lighthouses|

* Currituck Beach Light
* Bodie Island Light
* Cape Hatteras Light
* Ocracoke Light
* Cape Lookout Light

Protected areas and wildlife|

National Seashores
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore

Wildlife Refuges
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

State Parks
False Cape State Park
Jockey's Ridge State Park

State Coastal Reserves
Kitty Hawk Woods
Buxton Woods

Game Lands
Currituck Banks Game Land
Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land
Buxton Woods Game Land

Preserves
Nags Head Woods Preserve
Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve

Museums, zoos, and institutes
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute

Other
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
Run Hill State Natural Area

Wildlife
Banker horse
Red wolf

Transportation|

Routes
North Carolina Highway 12
North Carolina Highway 45
U.S. Highway 64
U.S. Highway 64 Bypass
U.S. Highway 158
North Carolina Highway 345
North Carolina Highway 400
North Carolina Highway 615
Historic Albemarle Tour
North Carolina Ferry System

Bridges
Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
Marc Basnight Bridge
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge
Wright Memorial Bridge
William B. Umstead Bridge
Washington Baum Bridge
Melvin R. Daniels Bridge
Rodanthe Bridge
Mid-Currituck Bridge
Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge

Airports
Dare County Regional Airport
First Flight Airport
Billy Mitchell Airport
Ocracoke Island Airport

History|

Events and places
Pea Island Life-Saving Station
Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
Roanoke Colony
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Torpedo Alley
Battle of the Atlantic
Hatteras Weather Bureau Station
Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island

People
Roanoke people
Croatan
Wanchese
Manteo
John White
Richard Grenville
Blackbeard
Raleigh
Virginia Dare
Marc Basnight

Weather|

* 1936 Outer Banks hurricane
* 1945 Outer Banks hurricane
* Hurricane Fran
* Hurricane Irene
* Hurricane Isabel
* Hurricane Dorian
* Hazard mitigation

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