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 Ocracoke Campground
Number of accommodations: 131
Campground Amenities
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Beach Access -
Potable Water -
Showers
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (591)
What Guests Are Saying
Ocracoke Campground offers a beautiful location just over the dunes from the ocean, with friendly staff and well-maintained facilities, including clean bathrooms. While the lack of hot showers and occasional weeds can be drawbacks, visitors appreciate the private sites and easy beach access. Overall, it's a peaceful, clean campground ideal for families and nature lovers, with many guests expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Ocracoke Campground offers a beautiful location just over the dunes from the ocean, with friendly staff and well-maintained facilities, including clean bathrooms. While the lack of hot showers and occasional weeds can be drawbacks, visitors appreciate the private sites and easy beach access. Overall, it's a peaceful, clean campground ideal for families and nature lovers, with many guests expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Brad F
VerifiedNovember 6, 2023 • Stayed at: B036, Loop: B
Overall, we enjoyed our stay. The campground was clean and looked nice. You did get a sense that a lot of things needed repaired or replaced. The picnic table at our site had seat boards that were warped and split. The carriage bolts rusted away and the steel frame badly was rusted. At the dump station (which I only found by looking online at reviews that mentioned how hard it was to find) needs a new dump station lid. The existing one is broken.
Jesse G
VerifiedNovember 6, 2023 • Stayed at: B020, Loop: B
We love this camp ground, we have been coming here for almost 40 years
Stephen M
VerifiedNovember 4, 2023 • Stayed at: A009, Loop: A
Disappointed that beach area adjacent to campground now open to vehicles. At high tide dangerous conditions exist between walkers and fast moving vehicles. A very poor decision to open this segment of beaches diminishing and limiting our time on the beach. Number of vehicles parked on grass without enforcement of rule for all vehicles to be on pavement was also extremely disappointing. Rutted grass, massive RVs barely fit. Campground was really misused
Donna H
VerifiedNovember 3, 2023 • Stayed at: A003, Loop: A
Love love love!!!
Clean. Super close to the water.
Loved hearing the ocean waves from the camper.
John S
VerifiedNovember 3, 2023 • Stayed at: D009, Loop: D
It is a great place to camp. I was in generator-free zone in class c motorhome. Beach, dunes and waves are great! I look forward to returning.
Laurel P
VerifiedNovember 2, 2023 • Stayed at: D001, Loop: D
We love Ocracoke and have been coming for years. This is the first year we noticed that the beach in front of the campground is opened to trucks (we usually come off season). The ORV access point is at the beginning of the campground and there was no room for campers on the beach because of the high volume of trucks. We'd like to recommend closing the beach in front of the campground to ORVs.
We'd also like to recommend quiet hours start earlier than 10pm. We were in loop d (no generators) but in the first spot so we were still next to a generator spot. We love falling asleep to the sound of the ocean.
Marc A
VerifiedNovember 2, 2023 • Stayed at: B032, Loop: B
Doug C
VerifiedNovember 2, 2023 • Stayed at: C003, Loop: C
What a great spot… quiet, incredible beach. Very welcoming staff.
Marc A
VerifiedNovember 2, 2023 • Stayed at: B030, Loop: B
Scott L
VerifiedNovember 1, 2023 • Stayed at: B008, Loop: B
A terrifically beautiful natural island setting a few miles from Hatteras. If you love the ocean, this is a wonderful place to stay. The campground was clean and well run. The hosts were the ones who deserve the credit. They are so nice and so accommodating. My car wouldn't start on my check-out morning. I let the hosts know and they helped me make sure I could stay another day. The part I needed was being sent overnight from California. Amazingly, FedEx delivered to the campsite. But the hosts were planning to go to the downtown Hatteras NPS office in case the package was delivered there. In my opinion, this was an above-and-beyond courtesy, and it certainly gave me peace of mind. I'm grateful for their calm helpful demeanor and they do a great job keeping the campground clean and running smoothly.
Location Ocracoke Campground
Address:
4352 Irvin Garrish Hwy
Ocracoke, NC, 27960
United States
Latitude & Longitude: 35.1228 / -75.9261
Elevation: 1 feet
Policies & Rules
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Ocracoke is accessible only by ferry or aircraft. Ferry reservations may be required during peak season. |
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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 are allowed throughout the campground and must be turned off during quiet hours. |
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Wood fires are not permitted in the campground. Only charcoal cooking fires are permitted in a grill, stove, or other self-contained unit. |
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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. |
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All equipment must fit on the site pad. If you have a large RV over 25 feet, you may have to park your second vehicle in the auxiliary parking area just outside the campground or purchase an additional campsite. Vehicles may not be parked on grass. |
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At each campsite, there is a limit of six people, two cars (or one car and one trailer), and two tents. |
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Check in is 3:00 pm. Check out is 12:00 pm. |
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After heavy rain there may be areas of standing water due to the low terrain. |
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Biting insects are prevalent in summer months. Netting and repellent are recommended. |
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Campsites are exposed and subject to weather extremes. There are no shaded sites. |
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Must be 18 yrs of age to reserve a site. |
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For specific questions please call (252) 475-9054, hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm ET. |
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.
