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Fish Heads Bar and Grill

Rustic waterfront pub at a fishing pier with a large deck for seafood eats, draft beer & live music. Fish Heads Bar and Grill is THE tiki bar of the Outer Banks. Located at Mile Post 18.5 in Nags Head, we offer a view that is second to none...

Always Dreaming

OCEANVIEW Rodanthe - Beacon Rd. . You’ll be ALWAYS DREAMING of this cavernous six bedroom home just steps from the beach and offering beautiful ocean vistas from the top two levels. Savor watching the waves break against a striking sunrise just...

  • Rodanthe
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
Pirates Island at Corolla Light Town Center

Check out Corolla's newest 5-star attraction! Pirate-Themed 18-Hole Minature Golf Course and Arcade with waterfalls, a pirate ship, caves, skulls, and more! So much fun for the whole family! Come...

701 | Endless Summer

Endless Summer is an exceptional Oceanfront home that features endless ocean views and upscale furnishings throughout. The large oceanfront windows on the top-level bring the magnificent Atlantic views right to the living, dining, and kitchen area...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
Beach Realty and Construction

Over 450 Outer Banks vacation rentals with amenities such as private pools, hot tubs, elevators, keyless entry, 1 - 9 bedrooms, Oceanfront to Soundfront, 4x4 Carova...

WRITTEN IN SAND

Forget your troubles, consider them written in sand, when you come to relax and live the beach life at this awesome vacation rental in Duck! The reverse floor plan lets you enjoy the idyllic sunset views from the spacious decks and upper and middle...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
7/5 - 7/12
$4,437  $5,580
$1,143 off
7/26 - 8/2
$4,830  $5,580
$750 off
8/16 - 8/23
$3,641  $4,181
$540 off
8/23 - 8/30
$3,508  $3,834
$326 off
8/30 - 9/6
$3,003  $3,334
$331 off
9/6 - 9/13
$2,830  $3,080
$250 off
9/13 - 9/20
$2,472  $2,743
$271 off
9/20 - 9/27
$2,505  $2,743
$238 off
9/27 - 10/4
$2,517  $2,743
$226 off
10/4 - 10/11
$2,517  $2,743
$226 off
10/11 - 10/18
$2,517  $2,743
$226 off
10/18 - 10/25
$1,671  $1,743
$72 off
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...

Windhaven

OCEANFRONT Avon — Greenwood Pl. — As one family’s vacation home for nearly 40 years, the smartly refreshed WINDHAVEN is the ideal choice for other families and friend groups who want to start their own family vacation tradition. Perched...

  • Avon
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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...

040 | She Crab

"She Crab"---Oceanfront---Nags Head.Relax and enjoy your Outer Banks vacation at this terrific Oceanfront Beach Cottage located near the 12.3 Milepost in Nags Head. The perfect get-a-way, your family will be thrilled with the open floor plan...

  • Nags Head
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
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...

Beach Therapy

SEMI-OCEANFRONT Rodanthe – Mirlo Beach – There’s no better place to soothe the soul than at BEACH THERAPY, a newly refreshed eight-bedroom/seven-full and one-half-bath home just steps away from both ocean and sound and worlds away from daily...

  • Rodanthe
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
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...

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

Overview The promise of sun-kissed vacation days is yours when you reserve Simply Irresistible, a 4,600 square foot beachfront retreat filled with private bedroom suites and popular entertainment features. Enjoy panoramic views of the...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 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...

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...

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...

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...