Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

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.

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is located on the northern end of Roanoke Island, north of the town of Manteo, NC.

Arts and Culture
Theater
Junior Ranger Program
Park Film
Museum Exhibits
Shopping
Bookstore and Park Store

African American Heritage
Archeology
Colonization and Settlement
Enslavement
Explorers and Expeditions
Forts
Maritime
Piracy and Privateering
Military
Battlefields
Monuments and Memorials
Native American Heritage
Science, Technology and Innovation
Social Movements
Abolition Movement
Transportation
Tragic Events
Wars and Conflicts
Civil War
Forests and Woodlands

First Light of Freedom

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

Commemorating the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony

Thomas Hariot Trail

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

Venture through a maritime forest

Crucible Artifact

Pieces of a crucible left behind by the 1585 English expedition

Shards unearthed here provide clues to the English expedition of 1585

Waterside Theatre

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

Home of The Lost Colony drama performed every summer