Ocracoke Island boasts a number of magnificent Southern Live Oaks, many of them hundreds of years old. This map shows the location of the Old Hammock oak.

Ocracoke Island boasts a number of magnificent Southern Live Oaks, many of them hundreds of years old. This map shows the locations of two at Springer’s pt.

Ocracoke Island boasts a number of magnificent Southern Live Oaks, many of them hundreds of years old. This map shows the location of three on Howard St.

Ocracoke Civic and Business Association is a non-profit organization that promotes local businesses and events.

Approaching Ocracoke from the south or west the ferry will pass two metal piles in Big Foot Slough Channel. They are part of a dredge which sank in 1942.

A Tale of Blackbeard is a musical play presented occasionally in the summer season as a community theater production on Ocracoke Island.

Rent a kayak or bring your own and explore the waters of Silver Lake and Pamlico Sound.

Catch Ocracoke’s nationally renowned folk band, Molasses Creek, at Deepwater Theater on Wed. and Thurs. during the season! Albums in local stores.

Held the first full weekend of June each year, the Ocrafolk Festival celebrates music, storytelling, and artisans from the NC coastal region and beyond.

Non-profit dedicated to enriching the community by encouraging and sponsoring cultural, artistic, educational, and environmental activities.

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In the 1940s and early 1950s, Ocracoke’s main link to the mainland was the privately owned and operated mail boat, Aleta.

Native islanders almost always refer to Silver Lake Harbor as “The Creek.” More formally it is called “Cockle Creek,” a name used for generations.

United States Post Office

North of the village across from the NPS campground is Hammock Hills Nature Trail, a ¾ of a mile loop through some of the highest points on the island.

The south terminal provides passage to Cedar Island and Swan Quarter while the north terminal connects Ocracoke to Hatteras Island.

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Ocracoke is home to a herd of wild ponies descended from Spanish Mustangs introduced by early colonists.

Now a ghost town, Portsmouth was a thriving port village in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

During WWII, the U.S. Navy used Ocracoke for a top-secret base for training a specialized unit in psychological warfare and deception.

A U.S. Navy installation designed for detecting U-boats off the North Carolina Coast during World War II.

See images from Ocracoke’s past. Find out where the pictures were taken and how the camera was oriented.

During World War II, the US Navy built a base on Ocracoke Island to patrol the coast and deter U-boat attacks.

During the Civil War, a Confederate fort was constructed on Beacon Island, about one mile inside Ocracoke Inlet. The fort was destroyed on September 17, 1861, and in 1998, the remains were discovered.

The historic old Coast Guard building houses the Ocracoke branch of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

The story of Old Quawk has been told on Ocracoke Island since at least the early nineteenth century.

This old general store was established in 1918 and sold groceries, clothes, fishing supplies, hardware, and even caskets.

Ocracoke is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. There are many programs offered at the National Park Service Visitor Center on Ocracoke.

The Ocracoke Preservation Society is a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to the preservation of Ocracoke Island’s rich historical and cultural heritage.

The Howard Cemetery is one of the oldest on the island and one of the largest. George Howard, son of the last Colonial owner, is buried here.

For many years Ocracoke boasted the tiniest public library in the United States. The current library replaced the 96 square foot small wood frame building in 1998.

Springer’s Point is the last maritime forest remaining in Ocracoke Village. Off its shore lies Teach’s Hole, where Blackbeard’s last battle took place.

Built in 1901, the upper floor of the main section was used as the meeting room for the Odd Fellows Lodge. The lower floor was used as a schoolhouse.

The Assembly of God church, carries on the Pentecostal tradition begun in 1938 on Ocracoke Island.

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Road map of Ocracoke

In the harbor of St. Kitt’s in the Caribbean, Captain Thomas spied a stately home with a wide veranda and decided to have a replica built for himself and his new bride back on Ocracoke.

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One of five general stores on Ocracoke during the first half of the twentieth century, Albert Styron’s store, established in 1920, served the need of people living Down Point.

In November of 1718, the governor of Virginia sent Robert Maynard of the British Royal Navy to hunt down Blackbeard. In a deep water channel off the shore of Springer’s Point, Maynard’s men overpowered the smaller pirate crew and beheaded their captain.

Ocracoke has the smallest public school in the state of North Carolina. The school averages just over 6 graduates per year.

The Methodist Episcopal Church was first established on Ocracoke Island in 1828.

In 1883 the US government established the island’s first Life Saving Station near Hatteras Inlet.

A History of the United States Post Office at Ocracoke.

Influenced by both New England turn-of-the-century resort architecture and by Colonial Williamsburg style, the Castle was built in the mid-1950s by industrialist Sam Jones.

Join native islanders and accomplished storytellers on one of our popular Ghost & History Tours. When dark descends on Ocracoke, don’t look over your shoulder!

This small graveyard is the final resting place of four British sailors from an armed trawler torpedoed in 1942.

This house is representative of the basic island home, the historic “story and a jump,” a diminutive frame house, one and a half stories high.

Howard Street is a North Carolina treasure. No other street has the history and charm it boasts.

Village Craftsmen on Howard Street offers an extensive selection of quality American-made handcrafts.

Teach’s Hole Blackbeard Exhibit was founded by George and Mickey Roberson in 1992 with the purpose of educating the traveling public about North Carolina’s most infamous pirate.

Ocracoke Island’s most prominent landmark is its 75′ tall lighthouse built in 1823.

Find anything you are looking for on Ocracoke with this comprehensive map.