With multi-use paths, bike lanes, quiet side streets, trails in natural areas and more, Kill Devil Hills things to do include running, walking and hiking. Bay Drive on the west side of town is a popular place for runners as is the only significant hill in town at Wright Brothers National Memorial. The track at First Flight High School is open to runners and walkers when the students are not using it. Many of Outer Banks Sporting Events’ marathons, half-marathons, 10K and 5K events occur in Kill Devil Hills or at least pass through town.
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Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
P.O. Box 265, Kill Devil Hills
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the year. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of these events supports two Outer Banks nonprofits – Outer Banks Relief Foundation and Dare Education Foundation – and this is why the slogan of Outer Banks Sporting Events is Run for a Reason. This organization hosts races like Running of the Leprechauns 5 and 10K in March, Flying Pirate Half Marathon in April, Outer Banks Triathlon in September, the Outer Banks Marathon (a Boston qualifier) and Southern Fried Half Marathon in November and more. All the events have after parties, finisher awards and activities for the whole family. Challenge yourself while giving back to the community. Volunteer opportunities are always available.
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the year. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of these events supports two Outer Banks nonprofits – Outer Banks Relief Foundation and Dare Education Foundation – and this is why the slogan of Outer Banks Sporting Events is Run for a Reason. This organization hosts races like Running of the...read more
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the...read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
P.O. Box 265, Kill Devil Hills
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the year. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of these events supports two Outer Banks nonprofits – Outer Banks Relief Foundation and Dare Education Foundation – and this is why the slogan of Outer Banks Sporting Events is Run for a Reason. This organization hosts races like Running of the Leprechauns 5 and 10K in March, Flying Pirate Half Marathon in April, Outer Banks Triathlon in September, the Outer Banks Marathon (a Boston qualifier) and Southern Fried Half Marathon in November and more. All the events have after parties, finisher awards and activities for the whole family. Challenge yourself while giving back to the community. Volunteer opportunities are always available.
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the year. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of these events supports two Outer Banks nonprofits – Outer Banks Relief Foundation and Dare Education Foundation – and this is why the slogan of Outer Banks Sporting Events is Run for a Reason. This organization hosts races like Running of the...read more
Outer Banks Sporting Events is an event-planning nonprofit that organizes multiple fitness events throughout the...read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
The Town of Kill Devil Hills' Aviation Park is on Veterans Drive, near Kill Devil Hills Town Hall. The park includes a paved path and fitness trail that is ideal for biking, walking and rollerblading around a small pond, playground equipment, a popular skatepark, a dog park, a roller hockey rink and restrooms.read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
The Dare County Family Recreation Park is located on Mustian Street behind the Outer Banks Brewing Station. There are fields for playing baseball, softball and soccer, tennis courts, a playground and a recreation center with indoor basketball courts, game rooms, a dance room and space for classes.read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
This race course weaves through The Nature Conservancy’s Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, one of the best remaining examples of mid-Atlantic Maritime forest. The main race starts at 8 a.m. on the second Saturday in May. It is an out-and-back course that covers gently rolling terrain on a gravel roadway. North Banks Rotary Club hosts the race, and all net proceeds go to support local...read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
A beautiful place for hiking, trail running and birding, Nags Head Woods Preserve is one of the best remaining examples of a mid-Atlantic maritime forest. The 8 miles of hiking trails in the 1,200-acre preserve are open and free to the public every day from dawn until dusk. There are lushly wooded dunes, peaceful ponds, brackish marsh and an upland maritime forest complete with live oaks...read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
Run Hill is like a mini Jockey's Ridge. It's an active, migrating dune system just like Jockey's Ridge, but it's much smaller - 123 acres instead of 420. And it seems wilder and more mysterious. It's a state natural area instead of state park, so there's no visitor center or amenities and it's lesser known, which means it's far less crowded than Jockey's Ridge. Run...read more
Running, Walking & Hiking in Kill Devil Hills
Wright Brothers National Memorial commemorates two ingenious brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who, in 1900, chose the sparsely populated area known as the Outer Banks to conduct a series of experiments that three years later resulted in the world’s first powered, sustained and controlled flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright traveled to the Outer Banks for their flight experiments because of the wind, slopes without trees or...read more
