Currituck – Knotts Island Ferry

    Add more adventure to your Outer Banks vacation when travelling in Currituck. Take a ferry to the Knotts Island where you and your family can enjoy bird watching, hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, boating and camping.

    Discover and explore Currituck’s Knotts Island, absolutely free of charge. The Knotts Island ferry makes six daily round-trips from a dock near the Historic Courthouse.

    All aboard!

    Please call 1-800-BY-FERRY to confirm schedule or for any additional questions and inquiries. You can also view the schedule at https://www.ncdot.gov/travel-maps/ferry-tickets-services/routes/Pages/default.aspx

     

     

     

    Confederate War Memorial

    A large pink granite ball mounted on a base with a plaque that reads “To Our Confederate Dead 1861-1865”. The Union troops camped on the Courthouse lawn during part of the Civil War and Colonel Henry M. Shaw was in charge of the Eighth Regiment of North Carolina Troops. He lived in Indiantown in Currituck. The settlement is now called Shawboro and he is buried there. He was one of the signers of the Paper of Secession.