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==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=7|id=Q295787|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Dare County}} [[File:Welcome to Dare County marlin - Stierch.jpg|thumbnail|Dare County welcome center]] According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1541.74|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|383.23|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1158.51|sqmi}} (75.14%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the largest county in North Carolina by total area. Dare County includes the middle part of the [[Outer Banks]] and contains [[Roanoke Island]]. ===National protected areas=== * [[Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) * [[Cape Hatteras National Seashore]] (part) * [[Fort Raleigh National Historic Site]] * [[Monitor National Marine Sanctuary]] * [[Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge]] * [[Wright Brothers National Memorial]] ===State and local protected areas/sites=== * [[Bodie Island Lighthouse]] * [[Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve]] * [[Buxton Woods Game Land]]<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands">{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref> * [[Cape Hatteras Lighthouse]] * [[Dare game lands|Dare Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/> * [[Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum]] * [[Hatteras Inlet Crab Spawning Sanctuary]] (part) * [[North Carolina Aquariums#Jennette's Pier|Jennette's Pier]] * [[Jockey's Ridge State Park]] * [[Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve]] * [[Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve]] * [[Nags Head Woods Preserve Dedicated Nature Preserve]] * [[North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island]] * [[Oregon Inlet Crab Spawning Sanctuary]] * [[Pamlico Sound Mechanical Harvesting of Oysters Prohibited Area]] * [[Roanoke Island Festival Park]] * [[Roanoke Island Maritime Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roanoke Island Maritime Museum {{!}} Town of Manteo, North Carolina |url=https://www.manteonc.gov/departments/waterfront-operations/roanoke-island-maritime-museum |access-date=May 1, 2023 |website=www.manteonc.gov |language=en}}</ref> * [[Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve]] * [[Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land]]<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/> * [[List of North Carolina state parks#State Natural Areas|Run Hill State Natural Area]] * [[List of North Carolina state parks#State Natural Areas|Run Hill State Natural Area Dedicated Nature Preserve]] * [[Sandy Run Park]] ===Major water bodies=== * [[Albemarle Sound]] * [[Alligator River (North Carolina)|Alligator River]] * [[Atlantic Ocean]] (North Atlantic Ocean) * [[Broad Creek (North Carolina)|Broad Creek]] * [[Croatan Sound]] * [[Currituck Sound]] * [[East Lake (North Carolina)|East Lake]] * [[Hatteras Bight (North Carolina)|Hatteras Bight]] * [[Hatteras Inlet]] * [[Intracoastal Waterway]] * [[Long Shoal River (North Carolina)|Long Shoal River]] * [[Milltail Creek (North Carolina)|Milltail Creek]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge - Milltail Creek & Sawyer Lake |url=https://www.outerbanks.org/listing/alligator-river-national-wildlife-refuge-milltail-creek-%26-sawyer-lake/1107/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |website=www.outerbanks.org |language=en-us}}</ref> * [[Oregon Inlet]] * [[Pamlico Sound]] * [[Raleigh Bay]] * [[Roanoke Sound]] * [[Sawyer Lake (North Carolina)|Sawyer Lake]]<ref name=":1"/> * [[Shallowbag Bay (North Carolina)|Shallowbag Bay]] * [[South lake (North Carolina)|South Lake]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]] – north * [[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]] – southwest * [[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell County]] – west ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=NC|US|64}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US-Byp|64|dab1=Manteo}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|158}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|264}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|12}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|345}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|400}} ===Major infrastructure=== * [[Dare County Bombing Range]], within Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge * [[Dare County Regional Airport]], general aviation airport * [[First Flight Airport]], inside Wright Brothers National Memorial * [[North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division#Routes|Hatteras–Ocracoke Ferry]] (to Hyde County) * [[North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division#Emergency route|Stumpy Point–Rodanthe Ferry]], emergency ferry service typically used for [[Tropical cyclone|hurricane]] evacuations or when NC 12 is damaged after a storm
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