Visit Plymouth
NC, Roper, Creswell
and all the
beautiful countryside between in Washington County, NC.
Fascinating historic sites, delightful waterways, parks and
refuges, as well as friendly shops and eateries await you.
2008-2009
Washington County Travel and Tourism Authority Grants
due May 16! Download
this application to apply for grant money that will
help create tourism-related business in Washington
County through advertising, special events and tourism
development projects.
Roanoke
River Lighthouse
Web Site is Launched
A new Web site for the
Roanoke River Lighthouse and Maritime Museum features a
virtual visit and introduces new partners like the Outer
Banks Lighthouse Society.
Visit here...
Maritime
Museum Opens
Expansion with New Exhibit The story is
told from many perspectives—transportation, commerce,
hunting and fishing or just having fun. Exhibits invite
you to try your hand at (pretend) navigation, observe
native fish in a huge aquarium and explore lighthouses.
Read more...
Region's
Waterfowl Attract Widespread Attention Washington
County's rich birding treasure is appreciated by people
across the state and even farther.
Click on the image at right to enjoy this wildlife
show,
courtesy WRAL in Raleigh. Visit us on the new
NC Birding Trail, too!
The History Channel
Documented "The
Most Daring Mission of the Civil War?"
Click here for to learn the whole story.
Roanoke River Lighthouse &
Maritime Museum Plymouth's replica
of the Roanoke River lighthouse is now open for weekend
tours!
read more
New Signs Blaze a
Trail through Plymouth’s Civil War History
Washington County is now on the
popular, three-state Civil War Trail!
Four signs mark significant sites with a fifth
scheduled for installation soon.
read more
CSS Albemarle Replica
The Port O'
Plymouth Museum presents the most successful ironclad of the
Civil War. read more
Somerset Place
Experience nineteenth century life on one of the
South's largest plantations. Also the site of the nation's
first "homecoming" of descendants of slaves...read more
Davenport Homestead
Learn what everyday life was like over 200 years ago at
this Mt. Tabor home of Washington County's first senator...read
more.
Roanoke
River Lighthouse 
Maritime
Museum Opens 
