Cape Point Campground

Don't be trying to get to sleep anywhere near one of the facilities buildings after 10pm "quiet time". Many other campers just don't care about cutting right through the middle of your site, or shining flashlights at your tent.

But the grounds themselves are clean and well-tended, everything as advertised.

Cheap campsite, toilet and shower provided on site but the showers are obsolete without light and work with a rope . the ground is permanently soak. The location is near of a beautiful beach.

floods when heavy rain

Make sure to bring a bathing suit, a body board or a surf board, and a kayak if you have them. The beach is right there, all around you. It's not crowded, so you have lots of space to spread out and play in the water. The beach connected to the campground had some strong waves (at least when I was there), but the beach just outside the camp is more gentle and had surfers catching tubes. On the weekend, the one supermarket nearby will be crazy h, so bring what you need foodwise before you get there. There were plenty of unused camping spots, so you don't need to camp near the front like I did... actually I wished I had picked something further in where no one had rented just to have some privacy. It was scorching hot during the day, but the night weather was just perfect for sleeping. Lots of ants that bit my feet up pretty bad so bring some repellent, or ant spray or something to fend them off. There were also some horseflies the first night that were absolutely relentless after they got into the tent. I finally had a "flymagedon" moment where I killed them all, and the rest of their community must have gotten the message because there were no more after that. There are bunnies and deer that frequent the park and are unafraid of the campers. You should go see the lighthouse and the museum, if only to get out of the tent into some air conditioning. But this camping spot is all about the beach. There were a couple sharks out in the water, but they stayed pretty far out. People are big into fishing for red drum from the shore, so you will see a lot of that at the beach. It was a dreamy camping experience except for the ants and the flies. The bathrooms were clean, but like I said there is no privacy like in other camping areas that have trees... this place is flat and grassy.

Great bang for the buck. Expectations set correctly by recreation.gov. Expect flooding, insects & loud frogs at night. Best / closest location to beach for fishing & fish clean up station. Toilets exceptionally clean. Outdoor shower is nice and "refreshing". Going there again in a few days :)

Fantastic site. The showers and bathrooms were clean. The lighthouse was absolutely peaceful throughout the evening. I was concerned the light pattern would be distracting but it was the opposite. On our first morning we had a sizeable flock of birds wake us up with their antics and chatter. That was an amazing experience. The deer were entertaining. The mosquitoes would make their appearance in the evening as the wind died down but I was well equipped with high capacity cans of deep woods Off. We learned long ago that when it comes to those tiger mosquitoes deet is the only way to go.
Overall, an outstanding campsite that is well maintained. Yes, it's on a barrier island and can have flooding occasionally. We found a couple of decent sites and had no issues.

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Amazing experience! Very beautiful campground and the bathrooms and showers are very clean. Would recommend to anyone visiting Cape Hatteras.

Great Campground. Unfortunately, it flooded not once but twice in the span of 14 days and we had to cut our stay short.

I wish the NPS would take steps to mitigate the flooding, such as creating causeways to maintain at least the areas where the RVs are parked dry.

Nice campground and well kept. Two issues:
1- there is no clear path to the bathhouse and bathroom without having to pass through other people’s campsites.
2- no hot water.

Aside from these two issues, I had a great time.