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Teamfour
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Feb 03, 2016

Outer Banks in Winter?

We are looking for a winter getaway place not too far from northern VA. Looking at the Hatteras KOA. Anyone have experience camping in this area in February?

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  • You probably know this - the "few" miles RoyB mentions is really more than 130 miles.

    We visit the Outer Banks at least once a year, occasionally in late February. Tentatively, we plan to be there this February, arriving late on the 21st and leaving in the morning of the 25th.

    Camp Hatteras and Cape Hatteras KOA are both nice campgrounds. We stay at the KOA, because it is more dog friendly and we travel with 4 dogs.

    The temperatures range between lows around 40º and highs around 55º. Those are averages, of course and there can be wide variations.

    Hatteras Lighthouse can be viewed from the outside, but is closed for the season as far as climbing.

    Tom
  • RoyB wrote:
    Hard to beat Myrtle Beach SC -

    By the time you zig zag around getting to OUTER BANKS might as well add a few more miles to the major roads and go where you have many more things to do and alot of choices to pick from...

    Roy Ken


    Thanks. We have been to MB. We enjoyed south of MB, but not MB itself. If I were to go that far I would more than likely return to Skidaway in Savannah.
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    RoyB
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    Hard to beat Myrtle Beach SC -

    By the time you zig zag around getting to OUTER BANKS might as well add a few more miles to the major roads and go where you have many more things to do and alot of choices to pick from...

    Roy Ken

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