Shore Stay Suites

This is a great trail that is a mix of sand, grass, and dirt with some covered areas and open areas. There are lots of deer tracks, bunnies, birds, and turtles. Accessibility: Visitors using wheelchairs, mobility equipment, or strollers may need all-terrain tires or adaptive/motorized equipment for the surface type. Accessible Parking: Number of designated accessible spaces: 2 at parking lot marked with a waypoint; Number of van-accessible spaces with access aisles: 2; Parking lot surface:...

This is a great hike to see the southern end of ESVA. The trail is well marked and connected to most of, if not all of the other trails at Kiptopeke. Lots of overview areas for pictures of the bay and the concrete ships. Dolphins can be seen close to shore in the morning or further out throughout most of the day. It is recommended to bring binoculars. There are several areas for seeing hawks, eagles, falcons, osprey, birds of prey, and shorebirds (pelicans, cormorants, gannets). There are...

A gravel road leads visitors on a half mile tour of tidal marshlands and then to miles of white sand beach. Walkers can extend this route a couple more miles by walking along the beach all the way to Factory Point. The Back River Lighthouse was built in 1829 for $4250. It stood for 127 years before being completely destroyed by a hurricane in 1956. All that remains is a pile of rocks about 50 yards in the ocean. There are informational signs at the start of the trail.

This is a simple trail from the beachside parking lot down to the beach. It is on the campground side of US60, not across the highway with most of the trail system. Accessibility: There are 2 designated accessible spaces in the paved parking lot at the trailhead and Visitors Center. Both of them are van-accessible with striped access aisles. This wooden boardwalk trail is typically at least 8 feet wide. There are handrails and edge barriers along the way. There may be blue mats at the bottom...