Rustic beachfront cottages lining the beach, a vast maritime forest calling out to be ex-plored, and what are arguably the best burgers on the Outer Banks are just some of the magic of Kitty Hawk.

The town of Kitty Hawk will forever be associated with the Wright Brothers and the first successful powered flight. The site of that event is enshrined at the Wright Brothers Monument in Kill Devil Hills.

On the north end of town, before the intersection of US158 and NC12, there is a very shopping center with a Walmart Supercenter, Harris Teeter Supermarket and a number of other stores and services. There is a Home Depot just past the Harris Teeter