The town of Kitty Hawk is located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Atlantic Ocean is to the East and the Albemarle Sound to the West. Kitty Hawk is famous for the first controlled, powered airplane flight made in 1903 by the Wright brothers.

Kitty Hawk ha mixture of year-round residents and rental properties. The beaches are more narrow as you go farther south and the real estate is less expensive.

Kitty Hawk to the south has rental properties, a fishing pier, public beach access, restaurants, shops and the Regional Medical Center. Many lovely rental homes and quiet neighborhoods west of the by-pass. Most vacation rentals are east of the by-pass.

All towns south along the 158 by-pass experience heavy traffic in the summer and have public beaches.

Population:  3,500 year-round, 30,000 in summer
  Beaches:   Public with parking lots and bath houses available