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Sunset Hammock Oasis on The Point • 2-...

Welcome to A Place in the Sun on The Point in Emerald Isle, a cavernous 3-bedroom, 3-bath coastal getaway just about a 2-min. walk to beach access and The Point’s famed sunsets, shelling, fishing, and wide shoreline.Designed for calming...

  • Emerald Isle
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 10
Unique Octagonal-Style Beach Home with P...

Our Beach home is a very unique octagonal-style home with a lot of natural stone features. The home is a 5,500 sq ft cavernous place to gather for huge families, family get-togethers or group gatherings. It features a very sizable, open...

  • Emerald Isle
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 20
Island Ferry Adventures

Bird Shoal, Carrot Island, Sand Dollar Island & more! Dive into an exploration of some of the Southern Outer Banks’ most remote shorelines with an excursion that’s led by Island Ferry Adventures. Featuring both transport to the...

Classic beach house right on the ocean.

You will appreciate this classic beach home that sits right on the ocean with upstairs and downstairs porches affording marvelous vistas and ocean access! It is comfortable and cozy, old school, with no frills, but with all that is needed for a fun...

  • Atlantic Beach
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 8
Kitty Hawk Kites

Founded as the world's first hang gliding school in 1974, Kitty Hawk Kites has grown into a beloved retail and outdoor recreation venture with more than 28 locations up and down the east coast! With more than 50 years of teaching the world to fly...

Hammocks Beach State Park

Just west of the town of Emerald Isle, and across a maze of marshy terrain off the coast of mainland Swansboro, lies Hammocks Beach State Park, an incredible refuge for beach lovers who want to forego the crowds, and enjoy a parcel of barrier island...

Swansboro's Bicentennial Park may not be the grandest of most extensive park along the Crystal Coast's Inner Banks, but it is certainly one of its most scenic. Surrounded by the deep waters of the White Oak River and Swansboro Harbor, patrons to...

Enjoy a gorgeous sunset, a little birdwatching, or just a leisurely and short hike that hovers above the White Oak River with a visit to the aptly-named Riverview Park. Located along NC Highway 24 / Corbett Avenue, in between the central downtown...