Warning
GeneralStatewide Burn Ban--Effective Saturday, March 28 until further notice. Due to increased wildfire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning. Beach fires are considered open burning. If you are camping, portable gas stoves or grills are alternate methods for cooking food.
About Oregon Inlet Campground
Number of accommodations: 229
Campground Amenities
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Beach Access -
Pet Friendly -
Potable Water -
Showers -
Dump Station
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Sites & Availability
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Reviews (557)
What Guests Are Saying
Oregon Inlet Campground offers a great location for beach lovers, with easy access to the ocean and beautiful views. Many campers appreciate the clean facilities, friendly staff, and spacious sites, especially for activities like fishing and relaxing by the shore. However, some visitors noted issues with crowded sites, limited restroom availability, and occasional disturbances, which could affect the overall experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Oregon Inlet Campground offers a great location for beach lovers, with easy access to the ocean and beautiful views. Many campers appreciate the clean facilities, friendly staff, and spacious sites, especially for activities like fishing and relaxing by the shore. However, some visitors noted issues with crowded sites, limited restroom availability, and occasional disturbances, which could affect the overall experience.
Review Summary
Scott M
VerifiedNovember 1, 2024 • Stayed at: A021, Loop: A - Tent Only
Clean and well maintained campground and facilities. Beautiful, secluded campground with easy access to beach, marina and town of Nags Head.
John C
VerifiedNovember 1, 2024 • Stayed at: C033, Loop: C - RV or Tent
Great place to stay. Would be nice if more attention to rest rooms occurred.
Jim J
VerifiedNovember 1, 2024 • Stayed at: C006, Loop: C - RV or Tent
Love this campsite just wish it would be easier to get electric and water hookup but other than that I'm down here for the fishing and I always have such a great time
ron s
VerifiedOctober 31, 2024 • Stayed at: A023, Loop: A - Tent Only
Clean campground and rest facilities. I had the opportunity to see deer in the dunes and listened to coyotes howling in the night. Great spot for star gazing, the Milky Way was visible with a 3/4 moon in the sky.
Andrew S
VerifiedOctober 30, 2024 • Stayed at: C007, Loop: C - RV or Tent
I've camped at Cape Hatteras National Seashore since the late 60s. Until recently, it's been an all-positive experience; however, in recent years, the Oregon Inlet Campground in particular has been overtaken by the dogs. I, too, am a pet owner, but the situation is out of control. While most dog owners pick up after Buster or Patch, it's the crap smear left behind that leaves gut worms and other pathogens for the little barefooted human children to run through and wedge between their toes. Then the joyful kids jump into a tent or an RV and spread more dog excrement into sleeping quarters. A few weeks ago, my wife and I tented at Oregon Inlet, and while we were there, a constant parade of canines yanked their owners to poop spots on OCCUPIED camping sites, between vehicles and RVs, while those other families were fixing breakfast. Dog owners scraped and clawed at soupy droppings, as campers not more than 12 feet away sipped coffee and munched on waffles. Clearly, the Park Service needs to rethink policies that allow for a major bio-hazard to proliferate where we eat and sleep. This is a disgusting situation that carries risk. Furthermore, the Park Service is so intent on preserving the coastal natural surroundings, yet campers wake up to barking dogs these days, rather than the chirps of shorebirds. It used to be that terns and gulls were inhabitants within the campground, but now it's dogs yipping and growling at one another. With its unfettered dog-allowance policies, the Park Service has effectively exiled wildlife from the campground to placate folks who simply cannot go anywhere without their "fur babies." Oregon Inlet campground has become a travel kennel. And good luck to those who are tenting at the campground; you will be hard pressed to find a patch of grass that doesn't have brown kill spots from dog urine. The answer is not to ban dogs, but to designate 1 of the 3 camping sections as dog-friendly, while banning them from other sections.
Kenneth N
VerifiedOctober 30, 2024 • Stayed at: A016, Loop: A - Tent Only
Great location with access to beach and point. Clean facilities.
Eric F
VerifiedOctober 29, 2024 • Stayed at: B043, Loop: B - RV or Tent
Small campground right next to the ocean and Oregon inlet. Sites were tight to back in my 30 ft class A with the tow dolly on
Bathroom’s we’re clean. Showers were pull the chain beach showers that we didn’t try. Sand spurs were bad in our site #63 Great location for outer banks. Dump station across the street at Marina
Deb D
VerifiedOctober 28, 2024 • Stayed at: B009, Loop: B - RV or Tent
Nice campground. Trails through the dunes to the beach. Near lots of great restaurants and the Wright Brothers memorial. Warm showers! No shade anywhere though.
Christopher O
VerifiedOctober 26, 2024 • Stayed at: B029, Loop: B - RV or Tent
Nice campground especially if you like to surf fish. The marina across the street has the dump station. Good food and fishing supplies at the marina. Only thing that would be nice is availability to air up your tires. Bring a compressor.
Claus K
VerifiedOctober 25, 2024 • Stayed at: A032, Loop: A - Tent Only
Sehr schöner Platz, hat uns sehr gefallen, auch die Sanitäranlage war 👍
Location Oregon Inlet Campground
Address:
12001 Nc Hwy 12
Nags Head, NC, 27959
United States
North (From Richmond, VA)
Follow I-95 South to Richmond, VA. Take I-64 East toward Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. Take I-64 or I-664 to Chesapeake, VA. From I-64, take Exit 291B to Route 168, the Chesapeake Expressway (a toll-road costing $3.00- $6.00 each way). Once in North Carolina, Route 168 turns into US-158 East. Follow US-158 East through Nags Head, NC to the junction of NC-12 South. Continue on NC-12 South, and the campground will be on your left just before you reach Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet.
West (From Rocky Mount, NC)
Follow US-64 East through Tarboro, Williamston, Plymouth, Columbia, and Manteo, crossing the Alligator River Bridge and the Virginia Dare Bridge. Keep going on US-64 East to Nags Head, NC, going over the Washington Baum Bridge, to the junction of NC-12 South. Turn right onto NC-12 South and you will be at the north entrance. Continue on NC-12 South, and the campground will be on your left just before you reach Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet.
South (From Florence, SC)
Take I-95 North to Wilson, NC. Take US-264 East through Greenville, NC and Washington, NC. From Washington, NC, take US-17 to Williamston and follow US-64 East to Nags Head, NC and the junction of NC-12 South. Continue on NC-12 South, and the campground will be on your left just before you reach Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet.
Latitude & Longitude: 35.8003 / -75.545
Elevation: 2 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
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| General |
All campsites are exposed and subject to weather extremes. There are no shaded sites in the campground. |
| General |
Camping is limited to a total of 14 days of camping between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Making reservations under another name or account to circumvent the 14 day restriction is prohibited. |
| General |
Quiet hours are 10:00 pm - 6:00 am - Generators must be turned off during quiet hours. |
| General |
Wood fires are not permitted in the campground. Only charcoal cooking fires are permitted in a grill, stove, or other self-contained unit. |
| General |
A fire may be ignited and maintained only by using fuel sources designed and commonly used for warmth or the preparation of food, such as charcoal briquettes or natural firewood. Lighting or maintaining a fire with other materials including, but not limited to, flammable liquids, garbage, fireworks, plastics, aerosol canisters, batteries, or other manufactured or synthetic materials, is prohibited. |
| General |
All equipment must fit on the site pad; large RVs over 25 feet may have to park second vehicles in auxiliary parking away from the campground, or purchase an additional campsite. Vehicles cannot park on the grass. |
| General |
Biting insects are prevalent in the summer months, therefore netting and repellent are recommended. |
| General |
There is a limit of 6 persons per site, a maximum of 2 cars, or 1 car and 1 trailer, and a maximum of two tents. |
| General |
The Access Pass and both the Senior Annual and Senior Lifetime Pass are the only passes that provide a discount on the fee for the campsite physically occupied by the pass owner, not to any additional campsite(s) occupied by members of the pass owner's party. The discount does not apply to utility hookups. The pass discount must be applied at the time of the reservation; it cannot be applied retroactively. For more information on Interagency Passes visit https://store.usgs.gov/. |
| General |
Must be 18 yrs of age to reserve a campsite. |
| General |
For specific questions please call (252) 475-9054, hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm est. |
Warnings & Advisories
Warning
GeneralStatewide Burn Ban--Effective Saturday, March 28 until further notice. Due to increased wildfire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning. Beach fires are considered open burning. If you are camping, portable gas stoves or grills are alternate methods for cooking food.
