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Jolly Roger

When you first catch sight of The Jolly Roger, you might be unsure exactly what to think of it. Since its conversion from a gas station/grocery store to a restaurant in 1972, The Jolly Roger has been anything but your ordinary Outer Banks...

Carolina Hideaway

Carolina Hideaway feels like your own seaside sanctuary, quiet, warm, and just 2 blocks from the soft sands of Kitty Hawk beach. Begin your day with coffee on the Screened Porch, linger over a book as ocean breezes drift in, and gather loved ones...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
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...

Carolinian II

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Everything that you love about Carolina can be found at the oceanfront property “Carolinian II” in South Nags Head. Breathtaking views, warm summer...

  • Nags Head
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
Jimmy's Seafood Buffet

Home of the Crab Leg & Lobster Buffet for 27 years! Jimmy’s Seafood Buffet is a great stop for an all you can eat affordable dinner extravaganza. The buffet offers over 100 different items. It even serves Jumbo Alaskan crab legs and Jumbo...

2869 - Seascape

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Welcome to Seascape, the perfect home for your next Outer Banks Escape! Seascape is located in the heart of Duck near great local shopping...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
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...

BR-9 | Wildlife

Welcome to The Breakers Oceanfront Condominiums Unit 9 Wildlife in the heart of Kill Devil Hills. This two bedroom two bathroom getaway was completely remodeled in 2020. Enjoy direct beach access and a newly paved community pool. Nearby there are...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 4
Corolla Wild Horse Fund

We are The Corolla Wild Horse Fund the non-profit 501 (c) (3) charity responsible for the care and protection of the wild Banker horses roaming the northernmost beaches of the Outer Banks. Join us in the summer season, every Wednesday morning from...

1745 - Beach Time

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Beach Time is a 6-bedroom, 4-bathroom Corolla vacation rental perfect for your Outer Banks escape. This spacious and...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
American Pie

Discover the best homemade ice cream and authentic made-from-scratch New York Style pizza the Outer Banks has to offer at American Pie in Kill Devil Hills. An Outer Banks favorite for lunch, dinner or a delicious scoop of scrumptious ice cream after...

The Beauty & The Beach

OCEANVIEW Salvo - Colony Dr. - Discover your fairy tale of a vacation at THE BEAUTY & THE BEACH, where this gorgeously refreshed six-bedroom/five full-bath and two-half bath home is destined to make your dreams come true. A few tons from the...

  • Salvo
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
H2OBX Waterpark

YOUR BEST SUMMER DAY - Nothing satisfies your craving for fun like a day at the H2OBX Waterpark. Start with that perfect Carolina sun. Add a dose of adrenaline as you soar 6 stories up on The Rogue Wave or drop 90 screaming feet down The Plank...

Chx Cottage S-49

Just across the street from the beach, CHX Cottage is designed for comfort, fun and relaxation! After a day at the beach, relax in the hot tub, on the hammock, or in the screened-in porch with a ceiling fan. Relax and enjoy the new front deck.Games...

  • Salvo
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 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 organization,  conduct their research and hear about some of the discoveries from more than a decade of studies and monitoring. Some of the hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the area show up so frequently they’ve even been given...

Ocean bottom or Gulf Stream fishing on the Carolina-style charter boat is the only boat licensed and built to take up to 27 passengers per Gulf Stream Charter. Fish for tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo, king mackerel, blue marlin, white marlin or sailfish...

Bodie Island Lighthouse

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras Island can't help but notice the...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will simultaneously be visiting the gorgeous Cape Hatteras National Seashore. One of the largest preserved parcels of the Outer Banks, the National Seashore stretches across 70 miles of shoreline...

Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park is an unmistakable landmark for Nags Head vacationers and virtually everyone passing through along the main beach bypass, US 158. This park is marked by its towering sand dunes, which reach 80' - 100' feet tall and look...