There are many child and family-oriented things to do in Hatteras. The island is one of North Carolina’s most family-friendly beaches. Families can explore nature to their heart’s content and enjoy plenty of attractions and activities as well. The thing many families love about Hatteras Island is that it’s a throwback to a simpler time, making this a great place to teach children about simple pleasures and the quiet life.
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58848 Hatteras Landing, Hatteras Landing, Hatteras
39432 N.C. Highway 12, Island Shops, Avon
24502 N.C. Highway 12, Waves Village, Rodanthe
794 Sunset Boulevard, TimBuck II Shopping Village, Corolla
819 Ocean Trail, Monterey Plaza, Corolla
1216 Duck Road, Wee Winks Square, Duck
3933 S. Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 12.5, Jockey's Ridge Crossing, Nags Head
307 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Manteo
7517 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Whalebone Watersports Center, Nags Head
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as flags, toys, boomerangs and games. You’ll find a wide selection of Outer Banks gear, beach sportswear and footwear from Crocs, Chaco, Hey Dude, Southern Fried and Life is Good apparel, t-shirts, sweatshirts, outdoor clothing, sunglasses and more. Kitty Hawk Kites also offers a number of adventure activities including hang gliding, kayak and SUP tours, lessons and rentals, parasailing, Jet Skis, dolphin tours, wild horse tours, historic tours and much more. The brand-new Whalebone Watersports Center on the Nags Head Causeway offers kayak fishing, Jet Skis, pontoon boat rentals and more. At Kitty Hawk Kites' Waves Village Watersports in Rodanthe, you can learn kiteboarding; buy and rent kiteboarding gear; rent a kayak, surfboard or standup paddleboard or climb the adventure tower/ropes course. Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head offers private lessons, beginner lessons, advanced lessons and training packages for hang gliding, as well as retail merchandise and sand boards available for rent.
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as...read more
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail...read more
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Saltair Images Art Studio specializes in step-by-step paint parties, children's arts and craft classes and group art activities. The art activities are suitable for all levels of artistic ability, and they're really fun. The owner, Trish, is an artist and former teacher, which is the perfect combination for offering fun art classes for all ages.read more
Child & Family Oriented in Hatteras
The proximity of the Gulf Stream, Continental Shelf and Labrador Current make Cape Hatteras a dynamic environment that attracts a plethora of sea birds. Capt. Brian Patteson, who has been leading pelagic bird trips since 1986, takes trips to the Gulf Stream to see these birds on his 61-foot boat, Stormy Petrel II. Each trip is staffed by two to five leaders, each of whom...read more
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Simply OBX is a Hatteras souvenir and beach gear superstore. You'll find T-shirts and towels, kites and flags, jewelry and henna tattoos. There's also a selection of gourmet foods. Everything in the store costs $9.99 or less. This giant store is hard to miss in Avon, but you'll know you're there when you see the giant chicken out front. New in the store is a...read more
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South Island Arcade is a simple game room offering games of chance, video games and air hockey. It's open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. almost daily in the summer months, with reduced hours in the winter. You'll find it in the shopping center next to Island Convenience in Rodanthe. read more
Child & Family Oriented in Hatteras
Step aboard Captain Buddy O'Neal's 25' Carolina Skiff, and you'll get a taste of Kinnakeet life. Captain O'Neal is U.S. Coast Guard licensed and has decades of experience on the water, so you know you're in good hands for a day on the sound. He'll take you fishing and clamming, sightseeing, cruising, picnicking, island hopping and sunset watching. Each trip is customized for the
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weather observations gathered near Cape Hatteras were important for forecasters all along the East Coast. The Hatteras Island weather station was so critical that in 1901 the U.S. Weather Bureau constructed a dedicated Weather Bureau building in Hatteras village, one of only 11 such buildings constructed in the nation at the turn of the century. The building...read more
Child & Family Oriented in Hatteras
For a chance to see the offshore boats unloading the day’s deep-sea catches, head down to one of the Hatteras Village marinas between 3:30 and 5 p.m. When the boats come in, the fishing mates unload the day’s catches onto the docks so the fish can be taken away and cleaned. Most days you’ll see something, usually yellow-fin tuna, mahi mahi and wahoo or some...read more
