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Coastal Home OBX

Distinctive, Authentic, Affordable Coastal Furniture & Design. Beach Living Furniture Line • Largest In-Stock Furniture Warehouse on the OBX • Professional Design Services. Transform your home—visit our showroom in Kill Devil...

Hidden Treasure

Find your Hidden Treasure at this beautiful 8 bedroom home that makes for a spacious environment for your family to sprawl out and enjoy your OBX vacation. Surround yourself with lovely furnishings; enjoy open and airy rooms, a wonderful kitchen...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
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...

Coker Cabana

Enjoy soaking up the beach lifestyle at the Coker Cabana! Nestled in the quiet Carolina Dunes neighborhood, this 4 bedroom, 2 bath beach house offers plenty of space for your family. The large living area provides a great place to wind down...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
Super Wings

Best store on the beach! Everything you need for your vacation. Largest selection of beach supplies and the best deals on T-shirts, sweatshirts and mens, ladies, and kids, apparel, swimwear and resort wear. Get all your souvenirs, suntan lotions...

SONG OF THE SEA

Carolina Designs invites you to SONG OF THE SEA, a Duck oceanfront retreat just steps from rolling surf and soft sand. This 5-bedroom beachfront home features traditional design with southern comfort and easy beach living. Located in Wild Duck...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
OBX Ghost Tours

OBX Ghost tours is something your family will be talking about the rest of the summer! You'll be entertained as a guide leads you through down town Manteo by lantern telling the spooky stories that makes The Outer Banks one of the most haunted...

A TROUBADOUR

Melt your cares away in your own hot tub, or cool off in your own large, private salt water pool in a wooded setting in this four bedroom, three bath comfortable getaway, named "A Troubadour." It offers both convenience and privacy. The paved bike...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
9/6 - 9/13
$1,963  $2,216
$253 off
9/13 - 9/20
$1,730  $1,958
$228 off
9/20 - 9/27
$1,730  $1,958
$228 off
9/27 - 10/4
$1,730  $1,958
$228 off
10/4 - 10/11
$1,730  $1,958
$228 off
10/11 - 10/18
$1,730  $1,958
$228 off
Ben Franklin

Stop by Nags Head's Ben Franklin at Mile Post 10 on the Bypass where you will find everything you need for the beach! From Clothing, T-shirts and Swimwear to Boards, Chairs, Umbrellas and Tackle. You'll find it all…and of course, we have the...

SUNSHINE AND SERENITY

“SUNSHINE AND SERENITY” is tucked away in the peaceful community of Nantucket Village, this charming semi-soundfront condo offers the perfect blend of comfort, coastal charm, and convenience. Perched on a quiet cul-de-sac in the heart of Duck...

  • Duck
  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 4
Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 40 years the oyster has been our world. The Outer Banks only authentic oyster bar is the place to enjoy sensational fare from the sea washed down with your favorite brew or cocktail. We serve by...

023 | Serenity Now

This Beachfront Estate provides outstanding Ocean Views and promises a truly memorable family vacation. Designed in the traditional Nags Head cedar shake style, this modern home is beautifully decorated and furnished w/every Amenity to ensure your...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 18
8/22 - 8/28
$6,495  $7,695
$1,200 off
Sun Realty

Sun Realty offers the Best Selection of Vacation Rentals on the Outer Banks. Our large selection of Outer Banks rentals means you can choose from a wide range of amenities, including private swimming pools, hot tubs, theater rooms, game rooms, pet...

456 | Peaceful Easy Feeling

Peaceful Easy Feeling is a beautifully maintained family retreat located in a quiet, sound side neighborhood in Kitty Hawk, less than a mile from the beach and ideal for both relaxation and adventure. Welcoming up to Two Mature Dogs(pet fees...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
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...

Miss Oregon Inlet

Oregon Inlet Fishing Center is the home of the largest and most modern charter boat fishing fleet on the eastern seaboard. A full service marina in Nags Head NC, Oregon Inlet offers a comprehensive charter boat fishing experience for the "old salt" or the vacationing fisherman.  Give us a call at 252-441-6301 ext. 1

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...

Coquina Beach

Located just south of Nags Head, Coquina Beach is a refreshingly undeveloped stretch of shoreline that's close to the central Outer Banks towns of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Kitty Hawk, but feels like it's miles away.

Climb Aboard the Crystal Dawn Head Boat and Enjoy an Awesome Day of Head Boat Fishing or an Amazing Sunset Cruise! Bring the Whole Family! Fish for a variety of species, including spot, croaker, flounder, grey trout, speckled trout...

While the oceanfront of the Outer Banks gets plenty of morning glory, those in the know head soundside when sunset approaches. Located at Milepost 16 on the Roanoke Sound, The Soundside Event Site in Nags Head has transitioned from a wide-open...

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.