Cape Hatteras National Seashore Campgrounds
Hey Campers, I’m considering a late summer trip to the outer banks and I’d prefer boon docking at the primitive NPS camps. My first concern is showing up at the First Served camps and finding no r...
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We have been to three of the four NPS campgrounds several times, most recently in early May this year. We have never stayed at Cape point. Our favorite NPS campground is on Ocracoke Island at the southern end of the island chain. Ocracoke is the only campground that takes reservations. A free ferry ride is necessary to get to Ocracoke, a very enjoyable ride on a nice day. IMO Ocracoke has the shortest walk to get to the beach, with Oregon Inlet being about twice as far and Frisco being a long way from many of the campsites. No idea about weather or campground availability in Aug/Sept, as we always go in the Spring. In early may this year, the campgrounds were only about 25% full.
For pretty good views of the campgrounds, try Google Earth and zoom in as far as you can go.
For pretty good views of the campgrounds, try Google Earth and zoom in as far as you can go.
