This is the Outer Banks at a glance — more than 100 miles of barrier islands from the Virginia line to Ocracoke. Zoom the interactive map, grab the printable version for the glovebox, or jump straight to the town you’re staying in.
The map traces the whole chain: the northern 4x4 beaches of Carova and Corolla, down through Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head, across to Manteo and Roanoke Island, then south along NC Highway 12 over the Marc Basnight Bridge (the Oregon Inlet bridge many longtime visitors still call the Bonner Bridge) to Hatteras Island — and finally the ferry hop to Ocracoke. Along the way you can see the towns, the bridges and ferry routes, the public beach accesses, and the four-wheel-drive zones at each end of the coastline.
Jump to your town
Each town has its own guide — where to stay, what to do, and how the beach access works on that stretch:
The two other ways to see it
Prefer paper? Open the full interactive map full-screen and use your browser’s print option to tuck a copy in the glovebox — handy once the signal drops past the bridges.
Already know your rental address? Our rental finder gives you your town, milepost, and nearest everything — beach access, grocery run, and the closest place to air down for the 4x4 sand.