Go shell hunting on the wide stretches of remote beaches, see the famous Ocracoke wild horses, and have a nice meal on the water. Here are the 15 best things to do in Ocracoke, North Carolina ...

Making repairs or even evaluating the damage to a transmission cable causing a power outage on the North Carolina islands of Ocracoke and Hatteras is proving more difficult than initially ...

Accessible only by ferry or private plane, the 16-mile-long barrier island has one main highway and a single village, Ocracoke, with a population of 797, according to the 2020 Census.

Gulls and terns on the southern end of Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. Anna Mazurek; Ocracoke Island has 16 miles of beaches and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina.