Walker's Island - Lea Nature Preserve (Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina)
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Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
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park, bank, island
This privately owned island features an extensive marsh system of approximately 65 acres where wetlands join maritime forest hammocks to create an idyllic home for river otter, deer, fox, muskrat, and the occasional bear. The island is also an important nesting area for more than 50 species of birds, including heron, osprey, wood duck, great horned owl, and pileated woodpeckers. Drs. Joseph and Elena Lea of Chapel Hill, NC purchased the land in 2003 and established the Lea Nature Preserve to help preserve the native plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life in coastal North Carolina.
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Coordinates: 36°0'1"N 75°41'3"W
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge 29 km
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore 35 km
- Lake Mattamuskeet 75 km
- Great Dismal Swamp 119 km
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge 127 km
- Cape Lookout National Seashore 136 km
- Croatan National Forest 175 km
- Singletary Lake State Park 299 km
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area 307 km
- Green Swamp Preserve 317 km
- Wright Brothers National Memorial 2.2 km
- Nags Head Woods Preserve 3 km
- Colington Harbour 3.3 km
- Dare County Regional Airport (MEO/KMQI) 9 km
- Roanoke Island 14 km
- Dare County, North Carolina 33 km
- Dare Bombing Range 36 km
- Dare Game Land 37 km
- Currituck County, North Carolina 45 km
- Tyrrell County, North Carolina 47 km