2026 Outer Banks Coastal Life Guide

Mike Dianna's Grill Room

Welcome to Mike Dianna's Grill Room, home to the finest seafood, USDA prime beef, amazing live entertainment and more! Come have brunch or dinner with us in Corolla on the beautiful Outer Banks. Celebrating over 20 years in the Timbuck II Shopping Center in Corolla, Mike Dianna's Grill Room is owned and operated by a true Corolla local who grew up here and has lived in the area since 1984.

ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals

ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals provides our communities and our visitors with fun, safe and convenient access to innovative transportation while providing an unparalleled customer experience. Don’t carry all of your beach gear, we’d love to make it easy for you! DUCK • KITTY HAWK • SOUTHERN SHORES • COROLLA

Black Pelican

Black Pelican oceanfront restaurant is one of the Outer Banks’ premier restaurants serving lunch and dinner daily. Black Pelican is where you can enjoy fresh seafood, steaks, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches and some of the barrier island’s best wood-fired pizzas complete with a beautiful ocean view from the dining rooms and outdoor deck. The restaurant is big enough to handle large parties, but the setting is intimate enough for a cozy date.

OBX Shipping Center

We are the only Authorized Shipping Center on the OBX for FedEx, UPS and DHL. Come to OBX Shipping Center for all your shipping and office needs. We offer Notary services, copies, faxing, laminating, among other office services. You do the shopping… and we'll do the shipping!

Basnight's Lone Cedar Cafe

Enjoy Waterfront Dining at Basnight's Lone Cedar Café where we specialize in fresh and local Outer Banks seafood. If you’re craving the freshest fish, clams, crab, shrimp and oysters from local North Carolina waters, you’ll find them at the Lone Cedar Café. Since it first opened in 1996, Basnight’s has been the restaurant where all the movers and shakers in the state would eat when they visted the barrier islands. Owned by Outer Banks native and former state Sen...

Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education

Corolla, North Carolina is a must see nautical village scented with the spray of the salty sea. It's located on NC Highway 12 along a thin strip of land bordered on the east by the tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the inland waterway...

Transform your home with the trusted experts at Beach Painting and Beach Construction Group in Kill Devil Hills. For over 20 years, Beach Painting has delivered professional interior and exterior painting, renovations, carpentry, and dependable home...

Welcome to Dirty Habit Offroad, Premier Aftermarket Jeep Parts & Accessories dealer in the Outer Banks, NC! Virtually three businesses in one, our Retail Showroom is Full of Jeep Parts & Accessories. As an Independent Dealer, we have Custom...

With over 23 years of experience in window treatments on the Outer Banks, FullTilt Blinds & Shutters know what products work well in the harsh environment of the coast of North Carolina. And we know how guests on vacation may treat your house...

A Landscape Architect company providing Design, Consultation & Construction Administration services on the Carolina Coast! Let us transform your landscape dreams into reality.

Gibson Clean, LLC is a local, family‑oriented exterior cleaning service—best known across the Outer Banks for tackling pressure and soft‑washing projects with care and precision. We specialize in exterior house washing tailored to coastal...

Our mission is to make sure your Outer Banks home is healthier, safer and more efficient. We do that by providing simple, honest HVAC repair, installation, and improvement services. We do that by providing simple, honest HVAC repair, installation...

Curtis Bros a licensed contractor in the OBX. We are a full-service construction firm built on a foundation of ethical values, craftsmanship, and an unwavering commitment to quality. We are committed to building the community and enriching the...

Your Best Days on the Water Start Here! The Outer Banks’ newest full-service marine dealership. We look forward to serving you and your family as you pursue your passions on the water. Quality • Reliability • Performance &bull...

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Paradise Fun Park

Off the beach, one of the best activities for groups to enjoy in the Outer Banks is mini golf, bumper cars or Go-Karts. Thankfully, Paradise Fun Park offers all three activities! Paradise Fun Park offers exciting outdoor activities that kids and...

DAWN TREADER

This lovely vacation home, complete with an elevator, is located on a quiet dead end street in family oriented Seacrest Village. No public access to this street so the beach is very private. This house is only “64 steps” to the beach, which is...

  • Southern Shores
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 14
10/16 - 10/23
$3,053  $3,687
$634 off
10/23 - 10/30
$3,053  $3,687
$634 off
10/30 - 11/6
$3,053  $3,537
$484 off
11/6 - 11/13
$2,902  $3,537
$635 off
11/13 - 11/20
$3,015  $3,537
$522 off
12/4 - 12/11
$3,219  $3,537
$318 off
12/11 - 12/18
$3,219  $3,537
$318 off
Isabel 375-C

Isabel is a cozy coastal cottage, conveniently located at milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills, close to shopping, restaurants, bicycle rentals and family entertainment. Very easy beach access is only 1 1/2 blocks from the cottage and across the beach...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
FLYING SOUTH

A sand volleyball area and basketball hoop flank the 34-by-17-foot private pool at Flying South, a Carolina Designs eight-bedroom retreat in Duck's Duck Landing community, 267 yards from the beach access. A hot tub sits alongside the pool, and...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms