Beach Guide

Wright Brothers Memorial

Memorial hill · Roanoke Sound · first-flight view

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

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SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🛩️

First-Flight History

all evening

🌅

Hill Walkers

at sunset

🐦

Sound Egrets

at dusk

🪁

Kite Flyers

before dusk

📸

Photographers

at the dip

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Access

park fee

monument grounds by day

Best spot

the hill

Big Kill Devil Hill crest

Wildlife

egrets

in Roanoke Sound at dusk

applause at the dip

Sunset time, countdown and the Sunset Score are computed live from Open-Meteo’s real cloud forecast at each day’s sunset hour. The in-page cam is an animated preview — tap “live cam” for the real webcam. The Memorial Hill Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Kill Devil Hills, the sun sets at 8:07 PM today — about 13h 55m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:12 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Kill Devil Hills update at the top of the conditions page.