The land pirates of the Outer Banks of North Carolina would place a lantern around a "Nags Head" (the head of a mule or similar 4 legged animal) and walk it up and down the sand dunes on the beach. This up and down motion of the lantern, at night, would look like a ship or large vessel moving up and down in a harbor. The vessels or trade ships that were out at sea would see the light and head towards in hopes of finding a place to wait out the storm. As the trade ships got closer to land (towards the direction of the lantern on the mule going up and down on the sand dunes) the trade ship would beach itself like a whale or in nautical terms, "Run Aground", and the Land pirates would then invade the ship and do what pirates do best...
That is the FABLE. There is no way that you could put a BURNING anything around a horses neck...TRY IT. The real origin is not clear but it is probably named after (as many places were) a town or place or area in England. A more unlikely explanation is that from the water the area looked like the head of a nag, because the way it juts out a little, which it does. The original name, or "official" name first given by the post office was Griffin. The story about a lantern, again something that is on FIRE, put around an animals neck is a FABLE. Jockey's Ridge did NOT get its name from horse racing. It most likely got its name from the original land owners last name Jackey or Jawkey... land records were hard to read/decipher. Should I go on?
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, According to google maps it seems that the mileage would be about 178 miles from Nags Head to Morehead City, NC. Good Luck, and I hope that you found this useful
Kitty hawk. Jockey's Ridge is the name of the Largest Sand Dune on the East Coast which is located in Nags Head, NC. It is also a State Park.
The distance between Miami, FL, and Nags Head, NC, is 969 miles and will take approximately 14 Hours 55 Minutes of driving time.
According to Google Maps, The Distance from Nags Head to Avon, NC is 44.8 miles, and the trip will take about an hour. Hope this is helpful
There usually about the same
The address of the Rogallo Foundation Inc is: Po Box 1839, Nags Head, NC 27959-1839
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About 290 miles.