North Carolina Ocean Campgrounds.
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In late March we drove / took the ferry from Cedar Island to Ocracoke to Hatteras and out on US-158 at Kitty Hawk.
There is every type of camping a person would want - from full resorts to bare beach camping.
North of Nags Head - the highway is lined with motels, restaurants, stores, etc.
South of Nags Head it tends to be 5-10 miles of bare undeveloped land with beach access and small villages about 2-3 miles long.
My feeling was that Rodanthe was the most developed area. We stayed in Avon at Sands of Time CG. For two reasons - it was the closest to the Hatteras Light that was open, and it was for the Passport America rate. Well also because the NPS campgrounds were not open.
Sands of Time is a nice clean CG - but isn't a resort CG with pool and activities for the kid. We would likely stay there again, though we might go to Frisco Woods for a longer stay.
One thing was obvious to me - the farther down the island you are - the longer drive can easily become a lengthy bumper to bumper multi-hour ordeal on busy holidays or key camping weeks.
We really like Ocracoke - and will stay at the NPS campground there some time - but even in March - the traffic for the ferry was such that we had to way until the third departure - the last of the day - to get off the island and on to main Hatteras Island.
Another thing - obey the warnings about beach driving. That sand is very soft, you can sink axle deep with a TV just pulling off the side of the road to watch the sunset. Did that between Avon and Buxton.
There is every type of camping a person would want - from full resorts to bare beach camping.
North of Nags Head - the highway is lined with motels, restaurants, stores, etc.
South of Nags Head it tends to be 5-10 miles of bare undeveloped land with beach access and small villages about 2-3 miles long.
My feeling was that Rodanthe was the most developed area. We stayed in Avon at Sands of Time CG. For two reasons - it was the closest to the Hatteras Light that was open, and it was for the Passport America rate. Well also because the NPS campgrounds were not open.
Sands of Time is a nice clean CG - but isn't a resort CG with pool and activities for the kid. We would likely stay there again, though we might go to Frisco Woods for a longer stay.
One thing was obvious to me - the farther down the island you are - the longer drive can easily become a lengthy bumper to bumper multi-hour ordeal on busy holidays or key camping weeks.
We really like Ocracoke - and will stay at the NPS campground there some time - but even in March - the traffic for the ferry was such that we had to way until the third departure - the last of the day - to get off the island and on to main Hatteras Island.
Another thing - obey the warnings about beach driving. That sand is very soft, you can sink axle deep with a TV just pulling off the side of the road to watch the sunset. Did that between Avon and Buxton.
