Vacation Rentals Outer Banks North Carolina

Why not go on a vacation to the great tourist destination of Outer Banks, in North Carolina. It is a super place for a vacation. It is a great place for a vacation. You may want to rent, buy, sell or hire or share or loan some vacation accomodation in the area.

You may now that the Outer Banks are a series of islands: from north to south, Bodie Island, Roanoke Island, Hatteras Island, and Ocracoke Island. The northern part of the Outer Banks, from Oregon Inlet northward, is usually considered part of the North American mainland, although it is technically separated by the Intracoastal Waterway, which passes through the Great Dismal Swamp occupying much of the mainland west of the Outer Banks. Road access to the northern Outer Banks ends in Corolla, North Carolina, with communities such as Carova Beach accessible only by four wheel drive vehicles. North Carolina State Highway 12 links most of the popular Outer Banks communities. The easternmost point is Cape Point at Cape Hatteras on Hatteras Island, site of the famous candy-striped Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Towns and communities along the Outer Banks include (listed north to south):

Bodie Island, Carova Beach, Corolla Light, Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Roanoke Island, Manteo, Wanchese, Hatteras Island, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras, Ocracoke Island, Ocracoke. These island territories might be great to view on your vacation.

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Portsmouth Island (Uninhabited)
Core Banks (Uninhabited)
Shackleford Banks (Uninhabited)

These islands may be great view on a vacation at the right time.

The islands are home to colonies of wild horses, sometimes called banker ponies, which according to local legend are descended from Spanish Mustangs washed ashore centuries ago in shipwrecks. Colonies exist near Corolla and on Ocracoke Island.

Ocracoke was also the home base of pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard.

The Outer Banks are not anchored to offshore coral reefs like some other barrier islands, and as a consequence often suffer significant beach erosion during major storms. In fact, their location jutting out into the Atlantic makes them the most hurricane-prone area north of Florida, for both landfalling storms and brushing storms offshore. Hatteras Island was cut in half on September 18, 2003, when Hurricane Isabel washed a 3000 feet wide and 30 feet deep channel called Isabel Inlet through the community of Hatteras Village on the southern end of the island. The tear was subsequently repaired and restored by sand dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Outer Banks are a 200 mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. They cover approximately half the northern North Carolina coastline, separating the Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean.

The Outer Banks are a major tourist destination and are known for their temperate climate and wide expanse of open beachfront. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore has 4 campgrounds where visitors may camp.

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