St Clair Landing Campground

The Great Outdoors

The Outer Banks consist of over 100 miles of seashore, with some of the country’s best beaches, but you can also find some stellar nature parks when you rent an RV near St. Clair Landing Campground. To the north and south, you can see a few of the wonderful nature preserves, like Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. This incredible piece of land is a birdwatcher’s paradise, with 30,000 acres serving as a safe haven for migrating birds of all types. Canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and hiking are also great ways to spend time at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Cape Lookout National Seashore are two epic nature areas worth checking out when you pick up your Outer Banks campervan rental. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a unique place, famous for being the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” due to an abnormally high number of shipwrecks occurring off the coast. Aside from the treacherous waters offshore, the beach is a lovely reminder of why so many people journey to the Outer Banks, for unparalleled beauty and wide-open beaches. Surfing, fishing, swimming, boating, skimboarding, seashell collecting: there is no limit to the fun you can have at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.Over by Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk, guests to St. Clair Landing Campground can see Jockey’s Ridge State Park, nestled in the lofty sand dunes of the Outer Banks. Hiking through these fascinating ecosystems provides insight into the wildlife of coastal North Carolina, and there is a great museum on site telling the story of the Wright brothers as well. If you don’t mind leaving the Outer Banks for a quick trip, Croatan National Forest is a nice place to add to the itinerary. This 360,000-acre swath of land contains spellbinding forests with a vast network of nature trails carving through the wilderness. You can trek through the park, go mountain biking, kayaking, canoeing, boating, fishing, hunting, and even camping in your RV rental when you take a ride to Croatan National Forest.

City Sightseeing

The Outer Banks is dotted with shopping venues, fishing villages, piers, wharves, mini-golf courses, water parks, and seafood restaurants, so there is tons of fun to be had during your Rodanthe camper rental trip. If sightseeing is what you are after, you’ll have some fantastic options. The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Hatteras Island is a captivating place to learn about Cape Hatteras and the many shipwrecks that have occurred offshore. Learn about famous ships, participate in fun scavenger hunts, and see pieces of history on display, rescued from the ocean depths over the years.The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island has been open since 1976. It's a fabulous place to learn about marine life. This first-rate learning facility offers tours so that you can see different species of fish and coast-dwelling animals in a family-friendly setting.The Wright brothers are celebrated for their contributions to humankind up in Kitty Hawk, where they first tested their prototype airplane on the windswept dunes of the Outer Banks. The Wright Brothers National Memorial pays respects to Orville and Wilbur Wright, who forever changed the course of human history with their invention. There are other small art galleries and museums located on the Outer Banks; you'll never run out of sights to see when you rent a motorhome in Dare County, North Carolina.