Manteo Waterfront & Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
Manteo Waterfront
A quiet harbor town on Roanoke Island, with a wooden boardwalk, small shops and a replica of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, a small white lighthouse built on pilings.
Manteo is the county seat of Dare County. Its waterfront has a wooden boardwalk along Shallowbag Bay lined with galleries, cafés, seafood restaurants and a yacht marina, and it feels quieter than the beach towns. At the end of the boardwalk stands the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, rebuilt in 2004 to its original design. It is a white cottage-style lighthouse on pilings, and admission is free. Across the water is Festival Park, and it is pleasant to eat seafood and watch the sunset here in the evening.
Opening hours
Open all day; lighthouse open during the day
Nearby sights
- Roanoke Island Festival Park
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama
- Elizabethan Gardens
- Jockey's Ridge State Park
- Jennette's Pier
- Nags Head Woods Preserve