Hog Island is a chain of pristine islands with over 600 acres overlooking Pamlico Sound, Back Bay & Cedar Island Bay, adjacent to the Cedar Island-Ocracoke NC Ferry Terminal, "The Gateway to the Outer Banks." West Hog Island and East Hog Island have multiple building sites and are currently inhabited by wild horses left by Spanish Explorers. Cedar Island Village is located at the Cedar Island - Ocracoke Ferry Terminal on NC Hwy 12, part of the NC Outer Banks Scenic Byway, with year-round traffic from north and southbound tourists, vacationers, business travelers, hunters, fishing & outdoor enthusiasts. The unique culture and landscape of the communities along this route earned it recognition as a scenic byway on a state and national level. This central hub destination village offers visitors easy, affordable access to world class red drum fishing, duck hunting, horseback riding, hiking, kite surfing, clamming, oysters, bird watching, along with access to some of the East Coasts most beautiful National Parks & Seashore at Cape Lookout, Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras and minutes to the 14,000 Acre Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge, formed in 1964 under the Migratory Bird Act to provide a sanctuary for migratory birds. "A Sport's & Nature Lover's Paradise!"