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Gray's

Gray’s Outer Banks Lifestyle Clothing Company offers the absolute best in Outer Banks T-shirts and Sweatshirts including Champion, Under Armour with "Outer Banks” and Gear! We carry quality fashions and accessories for the whole family...

446 | Luckie Lady

Semi-Oceanfront, Kitty Hawk. Luckie Lady is a terrific Vacation Home where you can relax and enjoy endless Atlantic Views from the ocean facing decks, living area and from you own Private Oceanfront Beach Access that includes a Dune Deck and Gazebo...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
Paradise Dolphin Cruises

With the best views around and the quickest access to dolphins, Paradise Dolphin Cruises is committed to offering you one of the most amazing experiences of your life! Climb aboard the Kokomo, our 34-passenger catarmaran and the area’s newest...

5478 - If it's the Beaches

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Sure to please, If It's The Beaches is a 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom Outer Banks vacation rental located in the heart of Nags Head. This tastefully...

  • Nags Head
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 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...

370 | Sunrise Serenity

6/9/26: Beach Nourishment has been completed in this area. Come and enjoy the refreshed beach! Ideally situated on a high dune overlooking the Beach, Sunrise Serenity offers the perfect location to spend your Outer Banks vacation. Beautifully...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
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...

Sea Mist

OCEANFRONT Frisco - Tide's Edge Road - Twin Home: This is one of two nearly identical 6,450 sq. ft. enormous homes on the same road. Rent one or both for your group – ideal for accommodating huge-scale get-togethers, multi-generational...

  • Frisco
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
Sound Feet Shoes

Sound Feet Shoes is family owned and operated. Sound Feet has been in the retail shoe business for over 72 years, opening their first store in 1953. They provide the best customer service and are the only Outer Banks’ area full service shoe...

Treasure Island

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.With “Treasure Island,” you have found your treasure on the Outer Banks with this lovely semi-oceanfront cottage in Nags Head! This house has...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
Kitty Hawk Kites

Looking to fly a kite on the beach or atop the spectacular dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park? Kitty Hawk Kites offers the largest selection of kites, wind art, flags, games, and toys on the Outer Banks, with experts on staff to get you flying...

Three Little Birdies CC-503

Three Little Birdies is a bright and airy vacation home, located in the beautiful Currituck Club community in Corolla, NC! Whether you're a golf enthusiast or simply seeking a relaxing beach retreat, Three Little Birdies offers all the amenities you...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
8/8 - 8/15
$3,969  $4,669
$700 off
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...

4749 - Salty Dawgs

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! NEW FOR 2026: New roof, and new Weber grill. NEW FOR 2025: New hot tub. All new decking and rails. Salty Dawgs is the top choice for your next...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 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...

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...

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...

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...