Beach access report for Aug. 11

The National Park Service announces its beach access report for Aug. 11-17 as follows:

Ramp 1 – Ramp 2 (Coquina Beach Area) (1.2 miles)
Status: The beach is open for pedestrian access, but not for ORV access.

Ramp 2 – Ramp 4 (2.4 miles)
Status: Ramp 2 is closed for ORV access. North of Ramp 4, the beach is open for ORV and pedestrian access for approximately 2.4 miles.

Ramp 4 – Oregon Inlet (Bodie Island Spit: 2.0 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access south of Ramp 4 for approximately 0.3 of a mile. A pedestrian only corridor extends south for an additional 0.2 of a mile of oceanside access. A resource closure on the ocean shoreline precludes ORV and pedestrian access to Oregon Inlet.

Hatteras Island (Ramp 23 South to Hatteras Inlet; 42.8 miles of ocean shoreline)
Mileage Summary: 20.0 miles open to ORVs and pedestrians; 17.4 miles open to pedestrians only; 2.9 miles of “limited access;” and 2.5 miles closed to public access due to resource closures.

Villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo – Ramp 23: (Pea Island NWR boundary to Ramp 23 – 3.0 miles)
Status: The beach in front of the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo is closed to ORV access. The annual seasonal village closure is in effect from May 15 through September 15, 2011. The beach in front of
the villages is open for pedestrian access for 3.0 miles. The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 0.3 of a mile north of Ramp 23.

Ramp 23 – Ramp 27: (4.3 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 2.0 miles south of Ramp 23 where two full beach closures for sea turtle nest protection areas preclude through ORV and pedestrian access. There is approximately 1.6 miles of “limited access” between the two closures.

Ramp 27 – Ramp 30: (2.1 miles)
Status: Ramp 27 is closed to ORV access and pedestrian access. There is ORV and pedestrian access for 0.1 miles north of Ramp 30 where a full beach closure for a sea turtle nest protection area precludes access.

Ramp 30 – Ramp 34: (4.3 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 3.4 miles south of Ramp 30 and 0.7 of a mile north of Ramp 34. A full beach closure for a sea turtle nest protection area precludes through ORV and
pedestrian access.

Ramp 34 – Ramp 38: (3.9 miles)
Status: The beach in front of Avon Village is closed to ORV access. The annual seasonal village closure is in effect from May 15 through September 15, 2011. The beach in front of Avon Village is open for pedestrian access for 3.9 miles.

Ramp 38 – Ramp 43: (6.0 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 2.2 miles south of Ramp 38 and 0.4 of a mile north of Ramp 43. There is pedestrian access 1.0 mile north of Buxton Village and from Buxton Village beaches south for approximately 2.8 miles to Ramp 43.

Ramp 43 – Ramp 44: (0.4 of a mile)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 0.3 of a mile south of Ramp 43 where a closure for a sea turtle nest protection area precludes through access to Ramp 44.

Ramp 44 – Ramp 45: (Ramp 44 to tip of Cape Point: 3.4 miles)
Status: ORV and pedestrian access is open from Ramp 44 south along the east side of Cape Point and west for through access to Ramp 45. The Interdunal Road and Ramp 45 are open to ORV and pedestrian access. Salt
Pond Road is open.

Ramp 45 – Ramp 49: (South Beach: 3.4 miles)
Status: Ramp 45 is open. There is ORV and pedestrian access 3.0 miles west of Ramp 45 where a full beach closure for a sea turtle nest protection area precludes through access to Ramp 49.

Ramp 49 – Ramp 55: (5.9 miles; includes Sandy Bay soundside parking area)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for 0.3 of a mile northeast and 0.5 of a mile south of Ramp 49. There is pedestrian, but not ORV, access from the Frisco village line to 0.1 of a mile east of Ramp 55.

Ramp 55 – Hatteras Inlet: (Hatteras Inlet Spit: 2.2 miles)
Status: ORV and pedestrian access is open along the ocean shoreline from Ramp 55 south/west for 2.4 miles and approximately 0.3 of a mile west around the tip of Hatteras Inlet to the soundshore. The Pole Road is open to ORV and pedestrians. The Spur Road is open to ORV and pedestrians for soundside access. Cable Crossing is open with limited parking for ORVs and soundside access for pedestrians.

Ocracoke Island (20.5 miles of ocean shoreline)
Mileage Summary: 9.2 miles open to ORVs and pedestrians; 9.3 miles open to pedestrians only; 2.0 miles closed to public access due to resource closures.

Hatteras Inlet (North Ocracoke Spit) to Ramp 59: (1.4 miles)
Status: Access is open from Ramp 59 north to the inlet. ORV access is open along the ocean shoreline for 0.8 mile north of Ramp 59 and pedestrian access is open to the inlet shoreline.

Ramp 59 – Ramp 67: (7.8 miles)
Status: The beach is open for ORV and pedestrian access for 1.0 mile south and 0.9 of a mile north of Ramp 67 where a full beach closure for a sea turtle nest protection area precludes through ORV and pedestrian access. A total of approximately 6.3 miles of pedestrian access (via NC 12) is located between the two closures.

Ramp 67 – Ramp 70 (includes Ramp 68): (3.9 miles; includes Ramp 68)
Status: The beach is open for ORV and pedestrian access for 0.6 of a mile between Ramp 67 and Ramp 68. The beach is open for ORV and pedestrian access for 0.5 of a mile south of Ramp 68 and ORV access for 0.1 of a mile north of Ramp 70.

Ramp 70 – Ramp 72: (1.8 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV and pedestrian access for through access between Ramp 70 and Ramp 72.

Ramp 72 to South Point: (2.6 miles)
Status: The beach is open to ORV access for approximately 2.3 miles south and pedestrian access for approximately 2.5 miles south of Ramp 72.