Ocracoke - National Park campground in Ocracoke, NC: We stayed here in November a couple years ago. This time we drove through only for this review. We remembered how our previous November visit was so delightful. Crowds were absent at the campground, on the beach and in town. Lovely.
(Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good
(70 yr olds in 17’ trailer with a desire for a campsite that has at least some visual privacy offered - after the trailer is in the spot.)
Overall Rating: 3
Price 2023: $ 14 w interagency pass
Usage during visit: Light
Site Privacy: Mostly a very open park like campground surrounded by low growing shrubbery.
Site Spacing: Moderate
Site surface: Blacktop
Reservations: Required
Campground Noise: Quiet.
Road Noise: Not located near a highway.
Through Traffic in campground: No reason for a drive through. Best sites are on the outer loop, but there will be more traffic as campers come and go.
Electric Hookup: No
Sewer Hookup: No
Dump Station: Yes
Potable Water Available: Yes
Generators: Allowed
Bathroom: Flush toilets
Showers: Yes
Cell Service (AT&T): Yes
Setting: Very open park like bordered by sand dunes
Weather: High in Themis 60s when we drove through
Bugs: Not this time of year.
Solar: Very good solar
Host: On duty. Their sites are near the entry
Rig size: Large rigs can find a spot
Sites: Most sites do not offer much if any visual privacy. Among our favorites, that offer some visual privacy after the trailer is backed in the site are B1, D1, D3, D5, D23, D25, D37. Other better sites: A1,7, B3,5,12, C1,3,5,7, D7,9,13,15,17,19,27,30. Some of these sites are pictured below.