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lionesshea
I am planning a vacation to the East Coast and wanted to camp/ horseback ride on the beaches. Is the outer banks crowded in August? Is it a good place to be camping at? Is there any other advice you can give me or possibly other beaches to camp on along the east coast?
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You won't find a less crowded beach anywhere on the east coast than Hatteras Island of the Outer Banks. You can camp at Oregon Inlet Campground and Frisco Campground operated by the National Park Service (NPS). They are in the National Seashore right on the beach. There are small towns along the Island with private campgrounds, but for the true Outer Banks experience go with the NPS. Other advice, yeah, tie down your tent real good the wind can blow pretty hard down there, even in August. But it will be worth it just for the experience. Heck, the Outer Banks is a place you have to make a special effort to get to, it's way out of the way from anywhere. lol Take the free ferry over to Ocracoke Island while you're there. It's relaxing and hey, it's where Blackbeard used to hang out. Climb the Hatteras lighthouse too. Check out the Chicamacomico lifesaving station in Rodanthe. Don't miss the 'Serandipity'. The 'Nights In Rodanthe' house. Have fun.
You won't find a less crowded beach anywhere on the east coast than Hatteras Island of the Outer Banks. You can camp at Oregon Inlet Campground and Frisco Campground operated by the National Park Service (NPS). They are in the National Seashore right on the beach. There are small towns along the Island with private campgrounds, but for the true Outer Banks experience go with the NPS. Other advice, yeah, tie down your tent real good the wind can blow pretty hard down there, even in August. But it will be worth it just for the experience. Heck, the Outer Banks is a place you have to make a special effort to get to, it's way out of the way from anywhere. lol Take the free ferry over to Ocracoke Island while you're there. It's relaxing and hey, it's where Blackbeard used to hang out. Climb the Hatteras lighthouse too. Check out the Chicamacomico lifesaving station in Rodanthe. Don't miss the 'Serandipity'. The 'Nights In Rodanthe' house. Have fun.
Can I use Coglhans' 12 inch tent pegs for camping on the beach?
fratwins
My family is camping on the Outer Banks of NC. We have been advised when making reservations that we need 12 inch stakes specially made for camping on the sand. Any and all ideas will be gratefully appreciated.
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I haven't seen a picture of them but if they look like nails, then they will not hold very well in soft soil like sand. If they have 2 flat sides about an inch wide each and at about 90 degrees to each other, then they should work well.
The plastic tent stakes that come with many tents will also work well. Wooden stakes made from grade stakes similar to what you may have seen on a construction site before a building is built can also work well if cut to the desired length and then notched at top to hold the loop on the tent.
If they allow you to dig into the sand, you can also tie a short piece of rope around the loops where the tent peg goes and then tie the other end around a stake that is buried about 6" below the surface and laying horizontally. It will be next to impossible for the wind to blow the tent hard enough to pull the stake loose.
I haven't seen a picture of them but if they look like nails, then they will not hold very well in soft soil like sand. If they have 2 flat sides about an inch wide each and at about 90 degrees to each other, then they should work well.
The plastic tent stakes that come with many tents will also work well. Wooden stakes made from grade stakes similar to what you may have seen on a construction site before a building is built can also work well if cut to the desired length and then notched at top to hold the loop on the tent.
If they allow you to dig into the sand, you can also tie a short piece of rope around the loops where the tent peg goes and then tie the other end around a stake that is buried about 6" below the surface and laying horizontally. It will be next to impossible for the wind to blow the tent hard enough to pull the stake loose.
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