Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlements from 1584 to 1590. This site also preserves the cultural heritage of the Native Americans, European Americans and African Americans who have lived on Roanoke Island.

First Light of Freedom

Commemorating the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony

Back of the monument commemorating the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony

Thomas Hariot Trail

Venture through a maritime forest

Tree standing next to the maritime forest path of the Thomas Hariot Trail

Crucible Artifact

Shards unearthed here provide clues to the English expedition of 1585

Pieces of a crucible left behind by the 1585 English expedition

Waterside Theatre

Home of The Lost Colony drama performed every summer

Stage of the Waterside Theatre with a view of the Roanoke Sound in the background