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Outer Banks, NC

July 25, 2017 By Becca Leave a Comment

The OBX holds a special place in our hearts as it is unlike most vacation destinations in that it is relatively undeveloped. Of course there are the stereotypical mini golf places, restaurants and ice cream shops galore, and those beach trinket places but for the most part, when you go there, you go for the beach. To be honest, hubby and I kind of hate the beach. The boys could stay there all day everyday so we try to find balance between beach days and adventure days. Even after multiple visits a year to Nags Head, we still haven’t been to every adventure spot but I’ll list them anyway and fill in the blog posts as we cross them off our list.

I’ve roughly ordered them by location, North to South.

  • Italics= places we haven’t been yet
  • Bold- Must do!

Carova- Wild Horses

Currituck Banks Maritime Forest

Currituck Lighthouse and OBC Center for Wildlife Education

Duck Town Park

Sandy Run Park

David Paul Pruitt Jr. Playground

Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve

Meekins Park

Hayman Park

Dare County Recreation Park

Nags Head Town Park

Nags Head Woods Preserve

Jockey’s Ridge

The Sound Beach at Jockey’s Ridge

Harvey Soundside Park

Dowdy Park

Elizabethan Gardens

The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

Jeannette’s Pier

Whalebone Park

Alligator National Wildlife Refuge

Bodie Island Lighthouse

Coquina Beach

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Buxton Woods

Okracoke Island

While you’re there, check out some of our favorite places to eat:

Surfin’ Spoon Frozen Yogurt

Darrell’s Restaurant

Nags Head Pier Restaurant– Waterfront views, home style food!

 

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