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Nor'Banks Sailing & Watersports

Nor'Banks Sailing & Watersports beautiful location and top-of-the-line equipment, together with a friendly and professional staff make it one of the premier water sports centers on the Outer Banks. Nor'Banks' sound front location has a huge...

The Oasis

OCEANFRONT Avon - Ocean Isle Estates With its broad living area, THE OASIS is effortlessly found in Avon's most premier community. This 6,430 sq. ft. home is a exhilarating escape from reality! The seven bedrooms are all masters with private...

  • Avon
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 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...

Black Dog

Located in Corolla / 4 Bedrooms / 3 Full Bathrooms / 1 Half BathroomLight, airy, and appealingly located, this refreshed beachside end-unit, "admiral villa" puts you just 485 feet from the beach access in sought-after Corolla Light. Designed for...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
Surf or Sound Realty

Surf or Sound Realty invites you to explore our collection of over 600 premier vacation rental homes on Hatteras Island, featuring the largest selection of oceanfront accommodations. Nestled within the breathtaking Cape Hatteras National Seashore...

7015 - Nirvana

BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! This is the ultimate Outer Banks beach home for multiple families to enjoy the vacation of a lifetime together! This...

  • Rodanthe
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
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...

K6305 To the Beach and Back

Welcome To the Beach and Back by KEES Vacations! NEW FOR 2026: Enjoy newly rebuilt decks across the entire home! A quiet morning. You wake to the sound of Atlantic waves gently buffeting marble shores, as a distant wind is absorbed by dunes and wax...

  • Rodanthe
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 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...

Seaglasses

OCEANSIDE Frisco — Runboat Cir. — Finding a unique piece of seaglass along the shore is like stumbling upon a hidden gem — much like the kismet of finding your ideal beach home. The aptly named SEAGLASSES, a four bedroom/three-full and...

  • Frisco
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
Flip Flop Shops

Free Your Toes!®Live, work and play with your toes exposed® and the freedom of flip flops on your feet. 



1661 - The Best Nest

FREE POOL HEAT APRIL, MAY, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2027! BEACH GEAR RENTAL INCLUDED! Always Included, complimentary linens and made beds! Welcome to The Best Nest, a 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom Oceanfront...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
Southern Shores Realty

Southern Shores Realty offers over 350 Outer Banks rentals from Corolla to S. Nags Head.  We've been an Outer Banks tradition since 1947, providing families just like yours with memories that last a lifetime.  Take a moment to search...

Sunset Cay

CANALFRONT Hatteras — Peerless Ln. — Take a private peninsula location, add a dash of impressive vistas, mix in coveted waterfront amenities and what you have is SUNSET CAY, the ideal elixir for reconnecting with yourself, each other, and that...

  • Hatteras
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 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...

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.