Historic Albemarle Tour Explained

State:	NC
Type:	Trail
Route:	Historic Albemarle Tour
Maint:	NCDOT
Counties:	Bertie, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington

The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina. The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.

Route description

The tour route is not a linear route, like most scenic routes, but a collection of several highways in the region. The following list are the componenthighways that make-up the tour route:

Highway	Route	Sites of Interest
	Williamston - VA state line
	Washington - VA state line
	Williamston - Whalebone Junction
	Barco - Whalebone Junction
	NC 561 - VA state line
	Washington - Whalebone Junction
	Halifax - VA state line
	Pitt-Martin county line - Murfreesboro
	NC 99 - VA state line
	Barco - Sligo
	US 64 - US 17
	US 264 - NC 99/NC 306
	Pantego - NC 32
	Sligo - VA state line
	US 13 - US 258/NC 561
	US 301 - US 258

Sites

• Aurora Fossil Museum
• Bath, the oldest continuously inhabited town in North Carolina
• Belhaven Memorial Museum, currently housed in Belhaven City Hall, in the town of Belhaven
• Camden County Welcome Center, located on the Dismal Swamp Canal
• Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station located in Rodanthe
• Columbia
• Corolla, location of the Currituck Beach Light
• Edenton, former colonial capital of the Province of North Carolina
• Elizabeth City
• Frisco Native American Museum in Frisco, North Carolina
• Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village
• Halifax, location of the Fourth Provincial Congress, which authorized the Halifax Resolves
• Hertford
• Hope Plantation, a restored antebellum plantation house near Windsor
• Jackson
• Museum of the Albemarle
• North Carolina Aquariums with locations in Manteo, Fort Fisher, and Pine Knoll Shores
• Ocracoke
• Plymouth
• Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo
• Somerset Place, a restored antebellum plantation house near Creswell
• Tarboro
• Williamston
• Windsor

History

The tour route was established in 1975 by the North Carolina General Assembly, which included designated highways, locations and signage. A 1977 act amended the original law to expand the list of designated highways and locations.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Historic Albemarle Tour

Notes and References

1. Web site: NC Senate Bill 315: An act to designate certain major highways s Historic Albemarle Tours Highways . March 20, 2016.
2. Web site: NC Senate Bill 409: An act to amend the Historic Albemarle Tour Highway Act . March 20, 2016.