Everyone associates Ocracoke Island and Blackbeard the pirate. Well, this is the place he hung out, just off Springer Point. Ocracoke Inlet between Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Island was the best route from the Atlantic into Pamlico Sound and the many colonial era towns on the mainland. Just outside the inlet was a perfect hiding spot for pirates. It was hidden from view from ships entering and leaving the inlet. Ocracoke Island rises up to its highest point near here and there is a little cove, referred to as "Teach's Hole".
Today Springer Point and the nearby forest is protected by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. They allow access along a footpath. Live oaks and coastal red cedars dominate the tangled forest. There is no parking at the only trailhead so it is often a private place. Take a walk through with me.
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