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Carolina Designs Realty

Plan your Outer Banks vacation with Carolina Designs! Browse our inventory of 350+ select Outer Banks vacation rentals located in the towns of Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. Book online anytime, or reach...

Steele Away Too 305-B

This wonderful 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom vacation home, located on the beach road in Kitty Hawk, offers stunning ocean views, easily seen from the spacious sun and covered decks. Start the morning off by relaxing with the cool ocean breeze, a great way...

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

Cape Winds

OCEANVIEW Rodanthe - Hatteras Island Estates - CAPE WINDS will thrill guests of all ages with pools for both adults and little ones, a toasty hot tub, gas and charcoal grilles, Tiki bar and generous outdoor furnishings set in a roomy and elegantly...

  • Rodanthe
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
Bob's Wild Horse Adventure Tours

Welcome to Bob’s Wild Horse Adventure Tours, Corolla’s #1 source for family fun since 1996 and voted Best Wild Horse Tour in the Reader's Choice BEST of OBX contest! We offer guided tours to see the Corolla Wild Horses in several ways...

One Grand Whim

This is a Blue Standard Bedding Property. Learn more about our hospitality bedding program here.Select “One Grand Whim” for your vacation and find what a great idea it really is! Enjoy a thoughtfully appointed and excellently cared-for...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
Salt Coast Outfitters

We offer one of a kind SALT COAST OUTFITTERS brand name tees, long sleeves, performance gear, Yeti tumblers, caps, eyeglasses, and more! Browse the fullest collection of coastal lifestyle clothing on the beach. Featuring a sizable selection of brand...

428 | Betsy B

6/9/26: Beach Nourishment has been completed in this area. Come and enjoy the refreshed beach! This exquisite Nags Head Oceanfront home is beautifully furnished and decorated and provides endless views of the Ocean and Beach. Your family will be...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 16
8/30 - 9/5
$5,495  $5,895
$400 off
ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals

ZoomAround Street Legal Golf Cart Rentals provides our communities and our visitors with fun, safe and convenient access to innovative transportation while providing an unparalleled customer experience. Don’t carry all of your beach gear...

Sands of Tide

SEMI-OCEANFRONT Avon – Dolphin Lane – Time has a way of standing still at SANDS OF TIDE, a charming three-bedroom/three-bathroom home located just across the dunes from the pretty Atlantic Ocean. Savor the cozy bungalow feel of this home...

  • Avon
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 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...

Our Island BIS-218

This stunning, completely renovated 2 bedroom condo is a private and quiet top floor/end unit with great ocean views, top-of-the-line appliances, and a bright and beautiful interior design. Enjoy the open floor plan and a well-appointed gourmet...

  • Duck
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Corolla Wild Horse Tours

Corolla Wild Horse Tours knowledgeable guides will ensure you and your family have a great wild horse tour! Along the way the guides will stop and point out interesting sites and local history and details of the Corolla Wild Horses history. Be sure...

629 | My Only Sunshine

Kitty Hawk-Semi-Oceanfront!If you are looking for a fantastic vacation location w/Ocean Views, this Kitty Hawk home has exactly what you are looking for. Comfortable and well equipped, your family will marvel at the Spectacular Ocean Views, and the...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
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...

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.