{"id":22067,"date":"2021-05-21T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=13475"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:53:55","slug":"national-parks-in-nc-go-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/national-parks-in-nc-go-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"National Parks in NC Go Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13476 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/NPS-Mobile-App.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"541\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial have announced several new ways for visitors to digitally connect with their national park sites.<\/p>\n<p>The recently released National Park Service (NPS) mobile app, available for free download in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/national-park-service\/id1549226484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS App Store<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=gov.nps.mobileapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play Store<\/a>, gives the public up-to-date information about all 423 national parks in one easy-to-use app.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the NPS mobile app are new audio tours available for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial, as well as up-to-date information on ranger-guided interpretive programs for the upcoming summer season.<\/p>\n<p>A virtual tour of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse also is now available that allows visitors both onsite and across the world to virtually experience a climb of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and to explore 360-degree views from the lighthouse. The tour features historic images and educational information, too.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.obxforever.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outer Banks Forever<\/a>, a webcam was recently placed on the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, allowing visitors to check out the live view and observe weather and beach conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/hdp\/exhibits\/caha\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">View the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse virtual tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obxforever.org\/obx-national-park-webcams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">View the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse webcam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>adapted from an NPS news release<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial have announced several new ways for visitors to digitally connect with their national park sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[1384,1385,1386,1387,1388,1389],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-22067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-currents","tag-cape-hatteras-lighthouse","tag-cape-hatteras-national-seashore","tag-fort-raleigh-national-historic-site","tag-national-park-service-mobile-app","tag-nps-mobile-app","tag-wright-brothers-national-memorial"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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