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Waterfall Action Park, 24607 NC-12 (Rodanthe NC): 2010 no comments
Today's closing comes courtesy of commenter James R who writes (in a note I lost track of for quite a while...):
An out of the area closing, but I thought you might like the
pictures anyway. Facebook says it closed in 2011.
He links to his Google Photo set of pictures of the place, from which the top picture comes. The pictures put me in the mind a bit of Main Beach Arcade in Fernandina Beach.
There is also a Facebook page devoted to the park, with many more photos, including some of it in operation.
Here's what I've been able to find out online (mainly here and here): The park is on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks, was built in the 1980s, and operated until 2010. At that time, one of the owners passed away, and the place was closed. It was intended to be temporary as the family dealt with the situation, but in the meantime, Hurricane Irene hit in 2011 doing enough damage that the park could not simply re-open. Since that time it has sat vacant with the family putting in just enough money to fence it off and handle the worst safety issues. A local civic association has tried to buy the park property several times, but as of early this year, that had not happened.
(Hat tip to commenter James R)
