Carova Beach, North Carolina

Carova Beach or Carova is an unincorporated community in Currituck County in the extreme northeast corner of North Carolina, USA. The community, which is found on Currituck Banks, north of Bodie Island, can only be accessed by boat or by four-wheel drive vehicle since there are no paved roads connecting Carova Beach to either neighboring settlements of Sandbridge in Virginia Beach, Virginia or Corolla, North Carolina and no bridge connecting it to Knotts Island, North Carolina, on the mainland. Four-wheel drive vehicles drive north along the beach from Corolla into the community, as access from Virginia is only limited to pedestrians.

The community's name derived from the combination of the first syllables of Carolina and Virginia since the coastal community lies just south of the North Carolina-Virginia state line. Thus, it is the northernmost of the Outer Banks communities of North Carolina.

Banker horses and other wildlife roam freely on the beaches of Carova. There is an enforced law on the beach that states that no one is to get within 50 feet (15 m) of the horses. Commercialism is absent from this section of the Outer Banks; there are no restaurants, shops, or other attractions that often accompany beach communities. There are many beach homes, however, and developers continue to build in the area.

Municipalities and communities of Currituck County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Currituck
CDPs
  • Coinjock
  • Moyock
Unincorporated
communities
  • Barco
  • Carova Beach
  • Corolla
  • Currituck
  • Grandy
  • Gregory
  • Harbinger
  • Knotts Island
  • Jarvisburg
  • Mamie
  • Maple
  • Point Harbor
  • Poplar Beach
  • Poplar Branch
  • Powells Point
  • Sanderling
  • Shawboro
  • Sligo
  • Spot
  • Waterlily
The Outer Banks of North Carolina
Landforms
  • Bodie Island
  • Roanoke Island
  • Pea Island
  • Little Hatteras Island
  • Hatteras Island
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Ocracoke Island
  • Portsmouth Island
  • Core Banks
  • Cape Lookout
Places
  • Currituck County
  • Dare County
  • Hyde County
  • Carteret County
  • Carova Beach
  • Corolla
  • Duck
  • Southern Shores
  • Kitty Hawk
  • Kill Devil Hills
  • Nags Head
  • Manteo
  • Wanchese
  • Rodanthe
  • Waves
  • Salvo
  • Avon
  • Buxton
  • Frisco
  • Hatteras
  • Ocracoke
  • Portsmouth
Waterways
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
  • Currituck Sound
  • Albemarle Sound
  • Croatan Sound
  • Roanoke Sound
  • Oregon Inlet
  • Pamlico Sound
  • Hatteras Inlet
  • Onslow Bay
  • Raleigh Bay
  • Ocracoke Inlet
  • Core Sound
  • Drum Inlet
  • Barden Inlet
  • Back Sound
  • New Inlet
  • Isabel Inlet
Lighthouses
  • Currituck Beach Light
  • Bodie Island Light
  • Cape Hatteras Light
  • Ocracoke Light
  • Cape Lookout Light
Protected areas
  • Cape Hatteras National Seashore
  • Cape Lookout National Seashore
  • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
  • Jockey's Ridge State Park
  • Mountains-to-Sea Trail
  • North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
  • Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Wright Brothers National Memorial
Transportation
  • North Carolina Highway 12
  • U.S. Highway 64
  • U.S. Route 158
  • Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
  • Dare County Regional Airport
  • First Flight Airport
  • Billy Mitchell Airport
  • North Carolina Ferry System
History
  • Pea Island Life-Saving Station
  • Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station

Coordinates: 36°31′24″N 75°51′33″W / 36.52333°N 75.85917°W / 36.52333; -75.85917

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