Length: About 115 miles.

When to go: Popular year-round.

Ferries: For information on ferry schedules, fees, and reservations, call 1-800-BY-FERRY.

Words to the wise: Keep your car on the road and on paved pulloffs; if you try to park on the shoulders, you’ll almost certainly get stuck in the sand. Swim only where lifeguards are on duty.
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Visitor centers: Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke Island.

Further information: Superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 1401 National Park Dr., Manteo, NC 27954; tel. 252-473-2111,www.nps.gov/caha/.

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