Ocracoke Island

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Ocracoke Island

Island · Ocracoke

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North Carolina 27960

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Island escape with historic lighthouse, seafood, and beaches  

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50 States, 50 Cuisines: The Food Worth Traveling For in Every State

"Ocracoke Island's cuisine incorporates the customs, language, and food of the Indigenous Woccon people along with traditions from English colonizers and pirates. Seafood is a focal point of the cuisine, featuring dishes like clam fritters, boiled drumfish, and stewed crab. A notable dessert is the luscious fig cake, created by local baker Margaret Garrish as a substitute for dates."

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Brenda Adams

Google
What an experience! Nice beaches, not crowded. So much fun camping, driving on the beach and looking for shells. Some much history, and all the locals were so nice.

Luci Di Giovanna

Google
Upon arrival, we went about exploring Ocracoke Island with a golf cart rental with our two happy, tail-wagging LABradorables. They absolutely loved the ride! 🛺🐾👅 Stretching 14 miles long, this secluded and tranquil island at Orcacoke offers a quiet escape to untouched shores and a charming coastal town with an adorable 200 years old historical lighthouse well worth exploring. It's definitely an island where time literally stops! At the end of the day, we made sure our LABradorables had their own play time on a secluded beach, where they roamed freely. It was PAWsitively wonderful! 🏝🐾🌊🌞🔍🛺🏞🦤👀🌤⚓📸💙

Johnny I. (Logan)

Google
In my opinion, it is the jewel of the OBX. Amazing history, great people, beautiful beaches, spectacular sunsets, great food spots (Looking at you, Howard's Pub). Been going to the island for so years. Will go for the next 50.

Dawn Butcher

Google
One of my favorite local getaway places for a few days. The ferry ride from Hatteras is an adventure and great way to view the inlet.

SL Ritter

Google
Quaint. It's not a hustle & bustle place. Great location to relax & unwind. Everyone we encountered was very friendly.

gaynor henry

Google
Although it wasn’t what we expected and was bigger and busier than we anticipated, it was really nice. It has EVERYTHING and lovely beaches as well. Worth a trip, though perhaps not at its busiest in summer.

Kanwa Sengupta

Google
Beautiful small island. Took the car ferry from Hatteras

Seth Crumpton

Google
I have been to Ocracoke for vacation several times. My wife and I absolutely love this little piece of paradise. The beaches go on for what seems like forever. The water is very warm. Great little shops and places to eat. The fresh seafood is amazing. Very scenic and great for pictures. The trail to Teach's Hole is a nice little walk through a wooded area only to open up to a wonderful little area on the sound side. Also the boat tour to Portsmouth is awesome. Portsmouth is very remote and great for shelling. Just make sure to take the bug spray. All in all awesome place to be. I will be going again in the future. 8/2020: Back to this beautiful island again for another year. Wow we were worried about the island following hurricane Dorian and then another punch of trouble due to COVID. But this is such an amazing place with great people who will not let this island stay down. I truly do enjoy everything this island has to offer. It is an extra trek sound from the famous OBX but Ocracoke ranks much higher to me. See some amazing pictures.