Kitty Hawk cottages, like rental cottages throughout the Outer Banks region, are popular with vacationers throughout the year. And like in other areas of the Outer Banks, Kitty Hawk cottages are a perfect home base for discovering all the jewels of the North Carolina barrier islands. In Kitty Hawk, tourists can play on the beach, fish off the pier, or simply enjoy the view from their porch.
Kitty Hawk cottages are especially popular with small families who desire a home away from home to spend their vacation. Instead of trying to find ways to accommodate the whole family in a small hotel room, cottages allow families to spread out and enjoy themselves. Just like at home, cottages allow the parents to have their own private areas to relax.
Kitty Hawk Cottages for Exploring the Islands
Kitty Hawk is best known for its contribution to aviation. Most guests are familiar with the story of the Wright brothers and their first flight on the beaches of the Outer Banks. Today, guests can visit the very site where the brothers assembled their flying machine and only a few miles away from there is the actual site of the flight itself.
The origins of the name Kitty Hawk remain a point of contention among historians and there are several stories in circulation that attempt to explain the odd moniker. One popular version of the odd name origin is that it is derived from the local Indian reference to goose hunting season as "killy honker" or "killy honk." Still other theories state the name evolved from the mosquito hawks--"skeeter hawks"--that are common in the area.
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