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

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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

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* 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

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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

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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

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* Historic Albemarle Tour

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia

Landforms|

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

Places|

City of Virginia Beach
Sandbridge

Currituck County
Carova Beach
Corolla
Knotts Island

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

Hyde County
Ocracoke

Carteret County
Cape Lookout Village
Portsmouth

Waterways|

* Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
* Atlantic Ocean
* Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
* North River

Bays
Back Bay
Knotts Island Bay
Onslow Bay
Raleigh Bay

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

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

Lighthouses|

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

Protected areas
and wildlife|

National seashores
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore

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

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

State coastal reserves
Buxton Woods
Kitty Hawk Woods

Game lands
Buxton Woods Game Land
Currituck Banks Game Land
North River Game Land
Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land

Preserves
Nags Head Woods Preserve
Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve

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

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

Wildlife
Banker horse
Red wolf

Transportation|

Routes
Historic Albemarle Tour
North Carolina Ferry System
North Carolina Highway 12

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

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

History|

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

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

Weather|

* 1936 Outer Banks hurricane
* 1945 Outer Banks hurricane
* Hurricane Fran (1996)
* Hurricane Isabel (2003)
* Hurricane Irene (2011)
* Hurricane Dorian (2019)
* Hazard mitigation

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