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Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates

Since 1968, our family owned and operated company has offered families just like yours a wide selection of Outer Banks vacation rentals in beach communities and towns of Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and South Nags...

Serenity SS-199

Serenity, a beautifully spacious home tucked among the woods of Southern Shores, truly lives up to its name. This spacious, high elevation home offers wooded privacy but is just a quick walk to the beach and centrally located between the restaurants...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
The Mystic Jewel

Walk into this shop and you’ll be delighted by all the glittering and sparkling from the way the mirrors and lighting show off jewelry from over 100 different designers and local artisans. Artfully-designed cases line the walls, filled with...

Fair Winds

Fair Winds is located at a prime junction between South Nags Head and the Manteo causeway. Visitors can head west to Roanoke Island, north to the central Outer Banks, or south to Hatteras Island. World-class marinas are nearby as well as the Cape...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
OBX Laser Tag and Arcade

Here’s some high energy entertainment for the kids, and for young adults (or young at heart) who love laser tag. On one side of this large facility is the “moon bounce inflatable room,” where the young ‘uns can go and bounce...

WISH GRANTED

3,300 square feet of Corolla living opens onto a ground-level rec room and media lounge, and climbs to a great room with ocean views. WISH GRANTED, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Crown Point, sits on a large corner lot directly...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
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...

NHBI05 Pettibone Suite at Nags Head Beac...

Welcome to Pettibone Suite at Nags Head Beach Inn by KEES Vacations! New for 2026: Enjoy access to the exclusive Village Beach Club included with your stay! This historic hotel property is perfectly situated just off the beach road at milepost 10.5...

  • Nags Head
  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 1 Bathrooms
Lost Treasure Golf

The noted explorer, archaeologist, anthropologist, paleontologist, and part-time plumbing contractor from the University of Chicago, Professor Duffer A. Hacker, led two expeditions to the outer banks in the late 1920’s. The purpose of these...

Walking On Sunshine WHL-808

You'll be Walking on Sunshine at this thoughtfully planned, pet-friendly home in Corolla. Just 1100’ from the beach, this well-appointed oceanside retreat offers something for everyone. Outside features a large pool and separate kiddie pool...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
Wild Horse Adventure Tours

Wild Horse Adventure Tours has been voted the #1 tour company in the USA by TripAdvisor. Feel the ocean breeze and taste the salty beach air as you cruise the Outer Banks beaches in our exclusive OPEN AIR, 13-passenger Hummers with one of...

Morningstar

Located in Duck / 4 Bedrooms / 4 Full BathroomsOnly 3 tons back from the ocean! You'll thank your lucky stars that you chose Morningstar as your vacation spot. Offering an striking outdoor vacation space with pool, kitchen and sun/ shade seating...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 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...

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
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...