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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site


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A beginning chapter in the story of America is kept on the north end of Roanoke Island at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, the place of England's first colonization efforts. Sir Walter Raleigh's explorers and colonists established settlements in this area in 1585 and 1587. The site is home to the nation's longest running outdoor symphonic drama The Lost Colony, staged during the summer at the park's Waterside Theatre. Also within the site is The Elizabethan Gardens, a year-round living memorial to England's first colonists.




Address:
1401 National Park Drive
Manteo, NC 27954
Phone: (252)473-5772


Our Email: cahainformation@nps.gov
Our Website:www.nps.gov/fora

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

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North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

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Elizabethan Gardens

A living memorial garden to the English colonists who came to America in 1584-1587. Designed by the renowned firm of Innocenti and Webel, it contains elements of 16th-century statuary, indigenous plants and herbs. The Elizabethan Gardens is one of many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour (

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The Lost Colony

Experience history and mystery under the stars at the picturesque Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. In 1587, about 120 men, women and children established the first English colony in the New World, then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America'

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