2025 Buxton Nature Spots Guide

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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...

Family Time

OCEANVIEW Avon - Sandfiddler Ln. - Thinking about spending some FAMILY TIME at the beach? Well, here is the ideal location for your family. The private swimming pool is a great place to start your vacation, and the kids will adore the convenient...

  • Avon
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Corolla Wild Horse Tours

Corolla Wild Horse Tours knowledgeable guides will ensure you and your family have a great wild horse tour! Along the way the guides will stop and point out interesting sites and local history and details of the Corolla Wild Horses history. Be sure...

Steer 553

Set your sites on a Hatteras Island vacation and navigate yourself to Steer. Located in Frisco on a serene canal in Brigand's Bay, Steer has advantageous one-level living, great views, and miles of quiet subdivision streets perfect for a relaxing...

  • Frisco
  • 3 Bedrooms
The Christmas Shop

Discover gifts, garlands and glittering lights galore. Looking for a trinket for someone who has everything? Choose ornaments for every hobby, occupation, occasion or enthusiast; from the fisherman or Disney lover; dancer or photographer. Throughout...

Sunshine House

Spend your beach vacation in sunny, bright, and cheery “Sunshine House”. More like a home than a vacation rental, it has been tastefully updated with a coastal ambiance and will have a brand new private pool in 2023. Enjoy relaxing in the...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 11
Ben Franklin

Stop by Nags Head's Ben Franklin at Mile Post 10 on the Bypass where you will find everything you need for the beach! From Clothing, T-shirts and Swimwear to Boards, Chairs, Umbrellas and Tackle. You'll find it all…and of course, we have the...

7680 - Sandy Bottom

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Sandy Bottom is a spacious Outer Banks vacation rental ready for you and your family to enjoy! Located in Avon, this 5-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom beach cottage...

  • Avon
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 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...

Over at Carova

Pool Heat Now Included at No Extra Charge! Located in Corolla / 5 Bedrooms/ 4 Full Bathrooms/ 1 Half BathroomAccessible by 4 x 4 car only, roughly 9.75 miles up the beach! Watch the wild horses wander and graze Over at Carova! Family memories will...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
Harbor Star Dolphin Tours at Wanchese Marina

The Harbor Star's Wild Dolphin Tours depart three times daily plus a Sunset Cruise (weather permitting) This 2 hour cruise includes an entertaining tour and an opportunity to spot wild dolphins aboard the all new 40-foot Pontoon boat. Tickets must...

5608 - Surf Watch

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Elevator not operational October & November 2025. Stunning Condo! This fabulous three bedroom condo has been completely...

  • Nags Head
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Miller's Waterfront Restaurant

MILLER’S OFFERS ONE OF THE FEW TRULY WATERFRONT DINING EXPERIENCES ON THE OUTER BANKS. Enjoy casual dining in our downstairs family-friendly seafood restaurant, or our signature drinks and grill menu in our upstairs deck bar while watching...

Port O'Call II 537-A

Come enjoy this traditional 5-bedroom Nags Head semi-oceanfront home. With a new walkway to the beach, it's just a quick 150 foot walk to the re-nourished beaches of South Nags Head, as well as just a short car ride to shopping, water sports...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
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...