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Henry's Restaurant

Henry's Restaurant offers down home, simple food done Outer Banks style. Henry's Restaurant has been serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina since the summer of 1989. They are pleased to be considered one of the most popular restaurants in Dare...

K0318 Opal Oasis 3 Bedroom Premium Condo...

Welcome to Opal Oasis at Hamilton Cay Reserve by KEES Vacations! Escape to Hamilton Cay Reserve, a premier soundfront luxury vacation rental in the Outer Banks! This newly built, pet-friendly condo (Unit 401) offers the perfect combination of...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with...

STAR GAZER

If you are looking forward to a luxurious oceanfront vacation, you’ve found the perfect beach house in Star Gazer. Outside, you can watch the sunrises from the open deck on the Oceanside and sunsets from the covered porch in the front. Inside, you...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
KEES Vacations

KEES Vacations offers the best Outer Banks rentals for family vacations, romantic weekend getaways and groups of all sizes looking for the perfect OBX rental for their stay. When booking with KEES Vacations, travelers can expect excellence in...

2065 - Sweet Home Carolina

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Sweet Home Carolina is the Corolla oceanfront home you’ve sought to find! Both beautiful and comfortable, Sweet Home...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Serving our customers on the Outer Banks since 1994, Big Buck's ice Cream is dedicated serving you “The Best.” We offer a full line of super-premium ice cream products, smoothies, chocolates, and custom-made ice cream cakes! 2 locations...

5607 - Dancing Dunes (formerly Heron Cov...

Community Pool under construction now through Fall of 2026. Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! This spacious, well-maintained dune front condo is located on the first floor. You...

  • Nags Head
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
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...

5595 - Serendipity

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Discover Serendipity, a beautiful pet-friendly Nags Head home just a short stroll from the beach. This spacious...

  • Nags Head
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 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...

SALTY BREEZES

At the end of a quiet street in Duck Ridge Shores, Salty Breezes stacks six full baths and two half baths behind just six bedrooms, so a houseful never waits in line. This Carolina Designs oceanfront home sits directly on the beach in Duck with...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Old Man Charters

  Experience the Outer Banks from the water with Old Man Charters, a personalized boat tour company based in the historic fishing village of Wanchese. Departing from a private dock on the southern end of Roanoke Island, Old Man Charters...

Our Happy Place

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.WOW! What a value for a beach house with an ELEVATOR, Private Pool, Hot Tub, Tiki Bar and allows dogs! At the house, it’s paradise! Besides the pool...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
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...

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...

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...

Jennette's Pier

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.