Acting Superintendent Darrell Echols announces the temporary off-road vehicle (ORV) access closure of Cape Point area in accordance with the requirements of the ORV Management Plan for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
On April 9, 2013, approximately 0.5 of a mile south of Ramp 44 adjacent to the ocean shoreline, National Park Service staff observed piping plover breeding behavior in an area south of what is commonly known as "the bypass." The required buffer of 75-meters to the east resulted in the closure to vehicles.There currently is not an alternative ORV access route through the resource closure to Cape Point.Pedestrian access remains east of the closure along the shoreline to the tip of Cape Point.
For more information on beach access, check Google Earth maps at:
https://www.nps.gov/caha/planyourvisit/googleearthmap.htmor call 252-475-9000.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
