7 On the Beach
Corolla Chapel
Part of the Outer Banks since 1885, it’s the
only year-round church in Corolla and a
favorite for weddings.
1136 Corolla Village Rd. • Corolla, NC 27927
252-453-4224 • www.corollachapel.com
Wild Horse Museum and Store If you love the horses, check out the
Corolla Wild Horse Museum and
Corolla Wild Horse Fund, a non-profit
organization that raises funds to
protect the horses. The museum offers
fun, educational activities for children
during the summer months. There is no
admission fee and only nominal fees for
children’s programs.
520 Old Stoney Rd. • Corolla, NC 27927 • 252-453-8002
www.corollawildhorses.com
Audubon Sanctuary
at Pine Island The Audubon Society isn’t just “for the
birds,” as many think, but covers all
Earth’s creatures, humans included.
Fortunately for Currituck County,
the Donal C. O’Brien Jr. Audubon
Sanctuary and Center at Pine Island
is taking a lead in conservation and
restoration efforts.
Locally called Pine Island Sanctuary, this refuge lies across from
Hampton Inn and Suites in Corolla in a section of undeveloped scrub
just past the Welcome to Currituck County sign on NC 12. Nicely
hidden is a three-mile nature trail and viewing stands open to the
public. Farther back amidst the marsh, forest and grassland is a
modest complex of buildings with big plans to become an educational
center and research station.
The center’s staff love sharing news about this preserve brought
about by a 3,000-acre donation from the Earl Slick family in the
‘70s. Photography lovers can focus their lenses to capture migratory
waterfowl, deer, heron, raccoon, osprey
and even bobcats.
Pine Island is a sanctuary for birds
and people, a place where visitors
can step into nature and experience
something that they can’t experience
anywhere else on the Outer Banks.
300 Audubon Dr. • Corolla, NC 27927
252-453-0603 • pineisland.audubon.org
Corolla Schoolhouse
Corolla’s two-room historic schoolhouse,
built in the late 1800s to serve the children of
lighthouse keepers and surfmen, reopened in
2012 as the first charter school on the Outer
Banks. In its first year, it served 16 children
in grades K-6.
1126 Schoolhouse Ln., Corolla, NC 27927
252-455-9449
www.watersedgevillageschool.com
/www.corollachapel.com
/www.corollawildhorses.com
/pineisland.audubon.org
/www.watersedgevillageschool.com