Not-So-Beaten Paths
Hit the trail but avoid the crowds. NPCA staff picked 11 lesser-known hikes at some of the country’s most popular parks.
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Cape Hatteras, America's First National Seashore
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A feathery refuge
The piping plover is a federally protected species at Cape Hatteras, threatened due to habitat loss and a past demand for its feathers, used in hats in the 1900s. -
Mighty light
Made of approximately 1.25 million bricks and rising 210 feet above sea level, the Cape Hatteras Light Station is the tallest lighthouse in North America. -
Shifting sands
The forces of the wind and waves constantly reshape the seashore’s low-lying land masses, known as barrier islands.
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