2026 Buxton Activities Guide

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Outer Banks Blue

Since 2005, Outer Banks Blue has delivered exceptional vacations for OBX visitors. Our family-owned and locally managed rental company focuses on service and promises “a relaxing experience with a local touch.” Turn your dream vacation...

Its R Dream

New for 2026 - new picnic table and additional parking!Located in Corolla / 4 Bedrooms / 3 Full Bathrooms / 1 Half BathroomLet the dream begin while the whole family enjoys the wide beaches of Whalehead. Conveniently close to shopping areas...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Flip Flop Shops

Free Your Toes!®Live, work and play with your toes exposed® and the freedom of flip flops on your feet. 



Sound Wave

SOUND FRONT Avon – Wave hello to your next great windsurfing adventure when you settle into SOUND WAVE, a three-bedroom/two-full-bath home perched right on the water’s edge. From this location on one of Pamlico Sound’s most revered wind sport...

  • Avon
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Pigman's Bar-B-Que

You haven’t experienced North Carolina until you’ve experienced North Carolina BBQ, and Pigman’s Bar-B-Que offers excellent North Carolina BBQ meals served with southern hospitality. Pigman’s offers traditional eastern...

SEACRET GETAWAY

Seacret Getaway is a rare find in the Carolina Designs collection: a flattop custom-built in 2022, tucked beneath mature live oaks just four homes from the east end of a quiet dead-end street in Southern Shores. Friday check-in lets you skip...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
OBX Ghost Tours

OBX Ghost tours is something your family will be talking about the rest of the summer! You'll be entertained as a guide leads you through down town Manteo by lantern telling the spooky stories that makes The Outer Banks one of the most haunted...

K3005 Wine Down at Sand Castle Village

Welcome to Wine Down at Sand Castle Village by KEES Vacations A tranquil setting overlooking the 12th green at the Nags Head Golf Links. Luxurious amenities like private pools and dedicated recreation rooms. Over 2300 square feet over three floors...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
Just for the Beach Rentals

Just for the Beach Rentals (not to be confused with the similarly-named "Just for the Beach") offers rentals to accommodate your stay. Equipment includes linens, baby gates, cribs, monitors, seats, joggers, bikes, kayaks, skim boards, surf boards...

K5305 Kings Landing 4 Bedroom home at Pi...

Welcome To Kings Landing At Pirates Cove! Escape to the Outer Banks and spend your nights in this newly renovated and redecorated, charming four-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bath home. The owners continue to make improvements to this property for...

  • Manteo
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Kitty Hawk Kites

Kitty Hawk Kites has been Teaching the World to Fly since 1974 and is home to the world’s largest hang gliding school. As the Outer Banks leader in quality outdoor recreation and adventure, Kitty Hawk Kites offers more than 30 activities to...

Love R Shack at the Beach

NEW TO BRINDLEY BEACH FOR 2027!Located in Corolla / 10 Bedrooms / 10 Full Bathrooms / 2 Half BathroomsLocated in the sought-after Buck Island community, this broad getaway combines both sides of a duplex into one sizable vacation home, ideal for...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
Nags Head Dolphin Watch

Scientists run these dolphin tours as part of their research on these beloved aquatic animals, so you know this will be an interesting trip. Passengers will be able to see how researchers with the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, a nonprofit...

KNOCK ON WOOD

Location, location . . . directly across from the beach access with terrific ocean views. This lovely cottage has a unique decor that combines antique and contemporary touches.Level 1:Living room with gas fireplace, flat screen TV and hardwood...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
9/11 - 9/18
$1,435  $1,770
$335 off
9/25 - 10/2
$1,502  $1,770
$268 off
10/9 - 10/16
$1,502  $1,770
$268 off
10/23 - 10/30
$1,317  $1,473
$156 off
11/6 - 11/13
$1,198  $1,323
$125 off
11/13 - 11/20
$1,198  $1,323
$125 off
11/27 - 12/4
$1,274  $1,323
$49 off
12/4 - 12/11
$1,271  $1,323
$52 off
12/11 - 12/18
$1,271  $1,323
$52 off
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its black and white candy-cane stripes, is one of the most famous and recognizable lighthouses in the world. Protecting one of the most treacherous stretches of the Outer Banks, with a beam of light that spans 20...

Buxton Woods

Perhaps the reason that this area of maritime forest goes unnoticed, (an area which in fact comprises the majority of Frisco Village), is simply because the oceanfront beaches just yards away are too alluring to ignore, and garner the lion's share...

Haulover Day Use Area (Canadian Hole)

Canadian Hole may be an unfamiliar term to the typical, laid-back Hatteras Islander vacationer, but to windsurfers around the world, the phrase invokes thoughts of an exact, postcard-perfect locale on the Outer Banks, where windsurfing and water...

We are Daniel, Kate and Brooke, a team of experienced documentary portrait and wedding photographers from Hatteras Island. We Love creating stunning and meaningful photographs. Our style is natural, bold, and sincere. Our work highlights unscripted...

Ask any crowd of visiting kiteboarders about Kite Point, and they'll readily give you exact directions to this unmarked but internationally renowned soundside beach. Located in between Avon and Buxton villages abutting the Pamlico Sound, Kite Point...