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ABOUT
THE AREA
Location:
Hyde County, off the southwest tip of Hatteras Island, NC, about 15
miles east of the mainland.
Access: NC DOT ferry, private boat, or airplane.
Call 1-800-BYFERRY for reservations. Visit
NCFerry.org for a map and
schedule or look over our
direction section.
Size: About 16 miles long and half a mile wide.
Ownership: National Park Service. Ocracoke Island
is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Privately owned land
is limited to the village of Ocracoke at the southern end of the
island, totaling less than 1000 acres.
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