Summer Duck - Rodanthe, OBX

02/02/2025

Our booking calendar is live so make your reservations soon!!! Summer is already filling up!! ❤️🏖️☀️🦆🐚

Rent Summer Duck - #335, a charming 5 bedroom Semi-Soundfront vacation home in Rodanthe, on the beautiful Outer Banks, North Carolina

02/02/2025

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01/21/2025

❄️ Snow is starting to accumulate on the Outer Banks; this is a look at Pea Island in Dare County.
Photo: NCDOT

01/16/2025

01/12/2025

🌊✨ in 1953, Cape Hatteras National Seashore was officially established! ⚓🎉

Although first authorized by Congress in 1937, it took nearly 16 years to bring this incredible landscape to life as the nation's very first national seashore! 🏖️

Stretching over 70 miles from north to south, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a treasure trove of history, culture, and nature. With breathtaking beaches, historic lighthouses, marine wildlife, tales of pirates, and so much more, there's something for everyone to discover. 🏝️

Whether you're exploring the history of the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" or soaking in the wonders of this unique landscape, Cape Hatteras is a destination that inspires awe for all ages. 🌟

💬 What’s your favorite memory of Cape Hatteras? Share below!

📸 NPS Photos

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Summer Duck!!! ❤️🏖️☀️🦆

12/24/2024

Some new additions to our decks!! The covered porch on the top floor now has 2 pollywood bar height chairs and a pollywood table and the smaller top floor back deck has 2 pollywood bar height chairs! They’re so comfortable to sit in and enjoy the views! We ate breakfast and lunch out there the other day when it was warm! 😊

12/23/2024

With 2,678,290 visitors recorded during the first 11 months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded the following monthly totals for 2024: January – 77,193 February – 79,256 Marc...

12/23/2024

Moonrise over the ocean in Rodanthe last night after midnight!!! Some of the pictures are a little blurry, because the wind was blowing my iPhone around. It was so beautiful and there were a billion stars out!! I saw a shooting star also!! 🌕⭐️☄️

12/22/2024

After a chilly (the windchill was 29°) beautiful walk on the beach up Pea Island from our home, we came back and had Bloody Mary’s and pizza for breakfast lol! ❤️

12/17/2024

The Wright stuff…

On the morning of December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight that lasted just 12 seconds and 120 feet. On the fourth and final flight of the day, Wilbur traveled 852 feet, remaining airborne for 59 seconds. That morning, the brothers became the first people to demonstrate sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine under the complete control of the pilot.

Who was first? North Carolina and Ohio both played a role in the Wright Brothers quest for flight. Learn more about their story and early aviation on a visit to North Carolina’s Wright Brothers National Memorial and Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Ohio.

Image: Aerial view of granite monument, dedicated in 1932, perched atop Kill Devil Hill.

12/16/2024

It’s a gorgeous sunny 65° day in Rodanthe!! I finished putting the ornaments on our tree this morning! A lot of these I bought here at the Outer Banks! 🎄

12/16/2024

We put up our Christmas tree today!!! ❤️🎄🏖️

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!! May you have a blessed year!!

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11/21/2024

With 2,509,873 visitors recorded in the first 10 months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded the following monthly totals for 2024: January – 77,193 February – 79,256 March .....

11/11/2024

Thank you to all the Veterans who have served our nation! May you have a blessed day. 🇺🇸

11/08/2024

Over 170 bird species were spotted during the recent main session of the 26th annual Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival, which was held Oct. 22-27, with a number of the sightings occurring within the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. A second session of the 2024 Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival...