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Attractions near Southern Shores

Wright Brothers National Memorial and more near Southern Shores

Historic places make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. None of them is inside Southern Shores itself. Yearly visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore number about 2.7M. If you have a day, head to MacArthur Memorial, 59 mi away.

Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
7 mi
Wright Brothers National Memorial
National park units
3
parks & monuments
National Memorial · 7 mi southeast

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where each one is

On the map, most of the 5 sit to the southeast.

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Orange: Southern Shores. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

Everything here is within 60 miles, 22 places in all.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Southern Shores → · Southern Shores’ history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

MacArthur Memorial: Unknown, Public domain · Norfolk Scope: Cag1970, Public domain · Wright Brothers National Memorial: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Nauticus: Ewelch1, CC BY 3.0 · Mount Trashmore Park: Kubigula (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Hatteras National Seashore: Vbofficial, Public domain · Chrysler Museum of Art: Gosscj at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Bodie Island Light: RyanGRodgers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0 · Military Aviation Museum: Jnc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Aquarium: Rlevse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hampton Roads Naval Museum: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Norva Theatre: Faithlessthewonderboy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station: Elizabeth from burlington, CC BY 2.0 · Chrysler Hall: Hampton Road Partnership, CC BY 2.0 · Chesapeake Arboretum: Puddin Tain, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harrison Opera House: VirginiaProp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art: Rachel Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edenton National Fish Hatchery: USFWS, Public domain · Town Point Park: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0

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