Kitty Hawk Monument

Monument to a Century of Flight

www.monumenttoacenturyofflight.org
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The Monument to a Century of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC is an enduring legacy to the history, beauties and mystery of flight. It recognizes significant …

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Apr 28, 2024
This is right off of one of the rest areas as you enter the Kitty Hawk area. It is really cool to see the history of flight through the decades. Worth seeing. Full review by thumperrice
Dec 2, 2023
The visitor center exhibits are excellent - a great explanation of the technical issues with the human story. We arrived late in the day and my husband can’t walk far but you can still see a lot from… Full review by Z5631SYdeniser
Jul 2, 2023
Nice little park showing the history of flight thru time. Impressive to see how quickly flight developed immediately after the Wright Brothers foray. Full review by Dan B
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight, Monument to a Century of Flight opened to the public as a park in 2003. …
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How much time do you need to see this?
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Depends on how much you can and want to walk, and if you like to see and read everything. If you want to see and read all, and walk all around the field, I would say that about two hours …
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Depends on how much you can and want to walk, and if you like to see and read everything. If you want to see and read all, and walk all around the field, I would say that about two hours is right. One hour will give you a very good grasp for what the site offers. The good news is that the admission ticket is good for more than one day (3 or 5 days, I can’t remember exactly) so you can go in an get a sense for the place and then decide how much time to spend there and whether you want to break it up in more than one visits.
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Has the construction been completed? I do not want to drive the 1 1/2 hour trip from Norfolk if not all is going to be …
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Has the construction been completed? I do not want to drive the 1 1/2 hour trip from Norfolk if not all is going to be available. I can make another trip next year when all is completed (hopefully).
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just call the National Park Service (252) 473-2111
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What are the days and hours of operation? How much time should one allow to see the attractions?
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You can google the hours of operation and I would say it would take a good hour or so to take pictures and look and hike the hill
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is it a national park ranger who does the talk? also how long does it take if I were to take in the talk and things in the area?
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The Wright Bros. Memorial & First Flight is a National Park; there is a Ranger there. The Monument to a Century of Flight is located in a different place in Kitty Hawk, and is NOT a …
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The Wright Bros. Memorial & First Flight is a National Park; there is a Ranger there. The Monument to a Century of Flight is located in a different place in Kitty Hawk, and is NOT a National Park or National Monument. SEE: listing for the OBX guides.
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Directions to monument from route 158
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