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1BR beach getaway: pool, pier, sunset vi...

Welcome to this enchanting bungalow in Emerald Isle. This awesome property features a comfortable bedroom and a striking living room with a couch bed for additional guests. Savor the convenience of amenities like a washing machine, WiFi, and...

  • Emerald Isle
  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 1 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 4
Perfect for Large Families – 6BR with ...

This delightfully designed 6-bedroom, 4-bathroom beach home is the ideal escape for huge families or multiple groups looking to appreciate the coast in comfort and style. With a traditional floor plan and fantastic ocean vistas, the cavernous layout...

  • Emerald Isle
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 12
Shackleford Wild Horse & Shelling Safari

Take a quick and scenic ferry ride with your experienced guide over to the pristine Outer Banks Island of Shackleford Banks, which is part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. There, you are introduced to the wild horses of Shackleford...

Bonnie Banks, Almost Oceanfront House in...

Bonnie Banks is an Almost Oceanfront 4 bedroom 3.5 bath beach home in charming Emerald Isle. Constructed on a sand dune, this home affords gorgeous expansive ocean vistas from the 2nd and 3rd floor living areas including covered decks and screened...

  • Emerald Isle
  • 4 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...