It is considered by conservationists to be an important link along the Atlantic Flyway for migratory birds such as snow geese.
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore protects the southernmost part of Bodie Island, and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park protect portions of the Virginia part of the peninsula.
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From the southern tip at Oregon Inlet, the peninsula stretches largely northwest out of North Carolina and into Virginia Beach, Virginia to join the mainland at Sandbridge near the north shore of Back Bay.
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The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge has its administrative building on Sandbridge Road, and there is a large garden of American Lotus across the street on an inlet of the Currituck Sound's Back Bay.