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Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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100% of reviewers
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$20.00
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8.5
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Description:
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Rated third best beach (2006) in America by
Dr. Beach http://www.drbeach.org/drbeach/top_t...beach_list.htm
This National Park Sevice campground is located on Cape Hatteras National Seashore on 13 miles of pristine beach. The Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound are both within walking distance. THREE MILES EAST OF OCRACOKE VILLAGE OFF NORTH CAROLINA ROUTE 12. TEN MILES WEST OF HATTERAS INLET FERRY TERMINAL. ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY A FERRY OR AIRCRAFT. The Ferry is free between Hatteras and Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke Campground is set close to the ocean on Ocracoke Island. It is suitable for tents and R.V's. Modern toilets, drinking water, cold showers, grills (no campfires), a dump station and picnic tables available. Great location map at http://www.nps.gov/caha/map.htm.
Great activities/info at the Ocracoke Visitors' Center.
Blackbeard stayed here! For more information on pirates in Ocracoke see http://www.teachshole.com/
and http://www.ocracoke-nc.com/blackbeard/. Ocracoke village website is at http://www.ocracokeisland.com/
Descendants of shipwrecked ponies (banker ponies) live near the campground. Many programs and activities are offered by the national park system. See website for details.
Online reservations at http://www.recreation.gov/
1-877-444-6777
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Keywords:
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Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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Campground Web Address:
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http://www.nps.gov/caha/index.htm
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Author
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tin sista
We can tow it!
Registered: January 2005
Posts: 1625
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Would you recommend the campground? Yes |
Price you paid?: $20.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Ferry is free, great, and they don't crowd your trailer
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Cons:
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Campground dull/location awesome (oceanfront)
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<P>If you want to see the Island from a great natural perspective, this is the place to stay the campground is an 8 but the location is a 10 plus. Just over the dunes behind the campground is the ocean and you can walk for miles with the piping plovers running along nearby. You are essentially boondocking, but you are very near some lovely seafood restaurants and shops in the village of Ocracoke. You can rent bikes, kayaks, canoes, at the marina. In the village you can easily spend the whole day shopping and walking around. Blackbeard lived hereabouts, so the pirate store called Teach's hole is fun to visit. The little unpaved village lanes have seashells on top. Campsites are narrow, no trees out here to speak of but that's the landscape so it doesn't affect the rating--due to the winds you can't really have a campfire except in the grill really too windyfor awnings. But wow bring your kite! There are many full service campgrounds on Hatteras but its very congested and crowded. Be sure to get your gas and supplies in or before Nags Head as the prices go way up for everything the further out you get.Also there are no laundromats on the Island so plan accordingly.We were really nervous at first taking our 28' trailer on the ferry, the ferry crewmen were really nice and have lots of experience with rvs on the ferry they gave us two lanes.The ferries come and go very often so you aren't waiting a long time to get back and forth. The lower rating came from the fact that the bathrooms were in need of remodeling and the showers were just mist. Check the campground map before you go and get an idea of where you'd like to be since the reservations are not site specific.Try to get a site that backs up to the dunes then you can just walk over the dunes to the ocean.Ocracoke village is really quaint. Its worth a visit even if you decide to stay in a full service campground on Hatteras.Other commercial campgrounds on the Island appear unattractive and poorly kept up we toured both.If you go to the Island's coffeehouse/bakery be sure to get there early in the morning if you would like a bagel or donut.</P>
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 Steph in MI Air# 6996-
I  Hockeytown USA!!
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asteiger
2 Rivet Member
Registered: July 2018
Posts: 22
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Would you recommend the campground? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Love Ocracoke! Close to the beach
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Cons:
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Bugs....dependent upon season
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We brought our tent and the kids and stayed here for two nights prior to checking into the Soundfront Inn on Ocracoke. Had a great time and everyone was super!
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