Scenic byways in North Carolina
Outer Banks Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway 155 mi in North Carolina.
About the Outer Banks Scenic Byway
Drive the Outer Banks Scenic Byway today. With the help of two ferries, visit the beaches and see the ocean from the barrier islands. Enjoy old-time village communities that haven't lost their maritime culture. Wrap yourself in local history on the Outer Banks Scenic Byway.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, North Carolina State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadOregon Inlet Campground · National Park Service · 245 sites · reservable
- on the roadOcracoke Campground · National Park Service · 140 sites · reservable
- 0.9 mi offFrisco Campground · National Park Service · 128 sites · reservable
- 3.7 mi offGreat Island Cabin Camp · National Park Service · 25 sites · reservable
- 3.7 mi offSouth Core Banks -- Beach camping · National Park Service
- 4.4 mi offNorth Core Banks - Beach Camping · National Park Service
- 4.5 mi offLong Point Cabin Camp · National Park Service · 20 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.