Best Places to Travel in 2025: Where to Go in the U.S. for an Enriching Family Trip
BBC Travel
By Amelia Edelman
May 26, 2025
There are many things that make this string of barrier islands, stretching 200 miles off the North Carolina coast up to Virginia, so special. For one, the opportunity to go kayaking among great blue herons and wild horses - something my family does off the coast of Beaufort, NC, every summer. Another idea? Give back to the OBX (that's Outer Banks to locals).
The islands are one of the first U.S. destination to create a tourism-specific volunteering program that directly connects the traveler with 90-plus non-profit organizations for ways to live up to the Outer Banks Promise, a pledge by both visitors and residents to protect and preserve the ecosystem. Consider joining a beach cleanup between playing in the waves.
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May 26, 2025
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by Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
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