Cape Lookout North Carolina

[rholbrook]

Trip to Cape Lookout this summer.
Quick report.

Day one exploring Corolla and finding wild horses.
Night one at Oregon Inlet NPS campground. $28/night
Day two playing on the beach and walking around Pea Island refuge.
Night two also at Oregon Inlet.
Day 3 spend driving to Ocrakoke Island including one ferry. Free ferry, NCVDOT
Night 3 at Ocrakoke NPS campground. $28/night
Day 4 spend driving to Cape Lookout. Ferry #2, $15 NCVDOT Ferry #3, $145 Morris Marina 252-225-4261
Night 4-Day 7 spent on the north island of Cape Lookout National Seashore. Free camping.

On cape lookout we packed in and out everything. There is a small ranger station with water but we had no need to re-supply.
4x4 only on all the beaches and access roads.

Our ride on a hard section of the beach.

Sunset over the dunes.

Rolling in late to the NPS campground at Oregon Inlet.
This place has warm showers and nice clean bath houses.
Staff is helpful and friendly.
All sites have no electric or water.

Interior road on Cape Lookout. One of the better sections.

The obligatory beach fire.


Ask any questions. It was a blast and I have hundreds of pictures.

 

[mtnbike28]

Great report. Love Cape Lookout!

 

[Greenbean]

Oh man! I'm so Jelly!

The wife and I want to get to Cape Lookout soon. We stayed a week in Ocracoke earlier this year and loved it.

Post of some more pics if/when you can.

 

[rholbrook]

Lunch stop on Hatteras

Ockrakoke ferry.
Free first come first serve.

Cedar Island ferry.
Reservation needed NCDOT ferry.ncdot.gov
Nice interior lounge with drink and snack vending. Nice exterior decks. 2.5 hour trip.

Morris Marina and Ferry Service
252-225-4261
Talk to Kari Martin, she will make your trip happen.
Reservations best but we simply showed up and only had to wait 2 hours for a spot. We were the only car on the ferry for our run and they let our kids into the wheelhouse to steer the ferry!

 

[rholbrook]

I could say our trips are purely recreational. But we take our 5 kids ages 9-1. They don't have phones or electronics. They learn about nature, planning, moving forward when plans change or storms hit, and that is ok to play and run around without shoes on. I hope to teach them to make their own adventures and how important it is to just go do something because it sounds fun. We aren't the best equipped. We aren't flashy. And there is a lot of stuff I'd like. But if we waited till our trucks were set up how we want, or if our kids are "old enough." We'd never go anywhere.

 

[PetitFrereArmada]

Classic!!! Love this. What a beautiful family and true adventure and family time. Keep it up man.