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Jimmy's Seafood Buffet

Home of the Crab Leg & Lobster Buffet for 26! 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...

4215 - The Duck Pond

Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! NEW FOR 2026: Master bedroom mattress. Nestled in the Georgetown Sands community, The Duck Pond offers an inviting coastal retreat just steps...

  • Duck
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
Pigman's Bar-B-Que

You haven’t experienced North Carolina until you’ve experienced North Carolina BBQ, and Pigman’s Bar-B-Que offers excellent North Carolina BBQ meals served with southern hospitality. Pigman’s offers traditional eastern...

SmileAway

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Take your family on an unforgettable Outer Banks Vacation at “SmileAway” this summer! Oceanside, private pool with outside speakers, hot tub, plenty...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 18
Risky Business Shrimping and Crabbing

If you’re looking for a fun, hands-on activity that the whole family can enjoy together, hop aboard Risky Business for an Outer Banks shrimping and crabbing charter. Our experienced captain and mate will show your group how to pull crab pots...

CAROLINA DREAMIN

Carolina Dreamin' features a large, central great room with cathedral ceiling, a well-equipped kitchen, 5 bedrooms each with private bath, hardwood floors in the kitchen and great room. In addition, a large deck extending the entire width of the...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
5/2 - 5/9
$2,884  $3,308
$424 off
5/9 - 5/16
$2,884  $3,308
$424 off
5/23 - 5/30
$3,302  $3,783
$481 off
6/6 - 6/13
$5,176  $5,899
$723 off
7/25 - 8/1
$6,894  $6,985
$91 off
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...

Dolphin Destination

Welcome to Dolphin Destination, where panoramic ocean views await just steps away from the shore. This spacious oceanfront home, only 5 yards from the beach (beach chairs provided), will charm your family with its convenience and allure. Gather...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 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...

Skipper's Haven 519-A

Enjoy morning sunrises over the Atlantic and evening sunsets backdropped by Cape Hatteras National Seashore at Skipper’s Haven, a 6-bedroom, 3.5 bath, pet-friendly oceanfront home just past milepost 17 in South Nags Head. As the popularity of our...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
Outer Banks Blue

Since 2005, Outer Banks Blue has delivered exceptional vacations for OBX visitors. Our family-owned and locally managed rental company focuses on service and promises “a relaxing experience with a local touch.” Turn your dream vacation...

Duck Chill Inn

Upgrades for 2025 included upgraded outdoor pool furnishings and TVs in all bedrooms. Located in Duck/ 7 Bedrooms | 7 Full Bathrooms | 2 Half BathroomsThis home will not disappoint with fantastic outdoor spaces, wide sun and shade decks and a...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Back Country Safari Tours

Discover wild Spanish Mustangs and our unique Barrier Island ecology on the Wild Horse Safari. Explore over 30 miles of "off road" beach, dune and sand trail and ride with a professional naturalist guide in a custom 4x4 open-air Safari Cruiser, or...

Splash Mansion

OCEANFRONT Salvo – Hattie Creef Landing Ct. – Live out your grandest vacation dreams in one of the biggest homes on Hatteras Island, SPLASH MANSION, a striking 7,500-sq.-ft. home designed to exemplify luxury living with a elegant sense of...

  • Salvo
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms

You’ll find Causeway Waters Sports on the beautiful Roanoke Sound on the Causeway between Nags Head and Manteo, just past Whalebone Junction. This family outdoor activity center offers parasailing, kayaking, paddleboarding, wave runners and...

Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head offers fishing and fun for the entire family! Go fishing, take a family fishing class or simply walk out to the end of this 1,000-foot-long, concrete ocean pier.

Kitty Hawk Kites’ Whalebone Watersports Center is your one-stop shop for Outer Banks water adventures. Located on the Nags Head-Manteo Causeway right on Roanoke Sound, this location offers it all – dolphin watching cruises with a marine...

Outer Banks Horseback is a rental service specializing in guided beach horseback rides. We genuinely have a passion and love to horseback ride. Our ability to do it on the beach is something everyone in this world should experience. We strive to...

The Outer Banks Family YMCA is a great place for all ages. Programming offered for children, teens, and adults to stay active in mind, body, or spirit. Though COVID-19 restrictions may currently limit the use of the YMCA facility, outdoor fitness...

One of the oldest authentic surf shops on the Outer Banks, Secret Spot has been surfer-owned at the same location since the early 1980s.  Store founder Steve Hess started board shaping in 1971, and his world-renowned boards have been ridden by...

 There are few locales on the Outer Banks where multiple roads cross paths, and Whalebone Junction is one of the main intersections along this barrier island shoreline. The term refers to the area in South Nags Head where three major highways...