About Currituck County, NC

This is a recent question that I had gotten and had to think about for a while.

If you enjoy riding jet skies, there are a few places along the sound that allow you to rent them by the hour. There are are none to use on the ocean as the launching of Personal Water Craft (i.e. jet skies) into the ocean from the surf is not allowed anywhere on the Currituck Outer Banks. If you are planning on coming down here with your own jet skies your options become even more reduced by the fact that there are currently no public boat ramps on the 4-Wheel Drive beaches of Carova at this time, and only one on the "hard surface" of Corolla.

That would make the closest place to launch your own jet skies at the Whalehead Club in Cuttituck Heritage Park. On the plus side, while you're there, you can take in the many sites including the Currituck Lighthouse, Currituck Wildlife Museum, and the actual Whalehead Club. There are also many events that go on there throughout the year that are worth stopping over for.

As the almost mythical Mid-Currituck Bridge comes closer to being a reality, one question that keeps coming up is “How much will the toll be?”

I have heard numbers ranging everywhere from $10 to $25. Well, as it turns out, the NCDOT would like to get some input from us before deciding on how much locals and visitors are willing to pay. They have even gone so far as to set up an online survey for the Mid-Currituck Bridge.

The survey asks questions about how frequently you cross the Wright Memorial Bridge as well as household income. Oddly enough, it does not ask how much of a toll you are willing to pay. I guess they have statistical formulas based upon the chare level & purpose of the trip.

Anyone interested in participating can go to http://www.nustats.com/midcurrituck/.

It's great that Corolla is finally getting a bike trail. I see so many people walking and biking along Hwy 12 and it is very dangerous. The roads are curvy with lots of blind spots so this trail will help keep the locals and tourists safe. After all the money the government has wasted over the last few years of bailouts I am glad to see that at least some of it is going to good use. Below is an article from The Daily Advance on the bike trial.

Thanks to a $500,000 state grant, Corolla residents will soon have a trail for walking, jogging and biking.

Currituck County officials announced Friday that the county has been awarded the grant by the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. The $500,000, combined with $500,000 in county funds, will help pay the $1 million cost of constructing a 10-foot wide, 1.2-mile paved trail in Corolla.

"We're really excited about it," said Holly White, senior planner in the Currituck Planning Department. "Right now there's nothing there, so people are riding bikes and moms are pushing strollers along the side of the road." To learn more go to Corolla Bike Trail

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One of the most beautiful sights on see in Carova is a new foal. It leaves me wondering how lucky this creature is to have been born among the Corolla Wild Horses. I got to see some of the baby horses on the beach and just in time. It was starting to get too crowded there so they shortly decided that it was time to call it a day and go back home. :)

Sorry it's grainy...I shot it with my iPhone while taking a stroll on the beach last night. We are in Carolla for a wedding and it is so quiet and peaceful now that the majority of tourists have left. If you are not familiar with Carolla, it is located in the northern part of the Outer Banks, the barrier islands of North Carolina. Our friends rented 2 huge beach houses and everyone is staying here together. It's been a fabulous time and I'm sure watching our good friends, John and Malesa get married tonight on the beach will be a beautiful, magical moment!