Fun Hatteras Activities

There is always fun to be had on Hatteras Island, no matter the season. As summer is quickly coming to a close and the cooler days of fall will be here before we know it, we want to share two family fun events held annually in Hatteras Village that are must attends, should you be able to make it to this little place that we know and love. 2 Great...

Are you counting down the days for your upcoming Hatteras Island beach vacation? While there is no shortage of good times while you’re here, we have created a collaborative list of the top 3 classes available to you while you’re staying on this little sandbar that we all know and love. TOP 3 CLASSES TO TRY ON HATTERAS ISLAND DURING SUMMER 2021 1. Find Peace with Hatteras Yoga Emerging from...

In April of last year, the Midgett Realty team was rocked when one of our own lost her battle with cancer. Monica Scarborough, a long-standing Reservations Sales Agent, was a beloved friend and member of the Midgett Realty team. Working side by side with her for any length of time, you would quickly learn a few core things about her that made her so special: 1. Her family was her...

Most of the places that we as individuals call home have several great qualities about them. If nothing else, they are our homes. They are the familiar, the space that is ours, the place where our families are, the place where our memories reside and make up the fabric of our being. On the flip side, it can be nice to get away from the familiar from time to time,...

Picture it. Hatteras Island. Summer 2019. (Yeh, that’s a Golden Girl’s reference) You made it. Vacation. The warmth is all encompassing and the waves are breaking in the background. You are completely relaxed. For the next 7 days! Your skin is toasted, the sun has set, your Midgett Realty vacation home is nice and cool. The bed is nice and cozy. You are completely relaxed. For the next 7 days!...

The shoulder seasons, October in particular, highlight the beauty of Hatteras Island like none other. Crowds are smaller, days are shorter, sunsets are richer, nights are cooler and the holidays are creeping up, starting with Halloween at the month’s end. What better place to celebrate the fun of Halloween than on Hatteras Island? Bring your own tales to the table, but don’t forget to explore the dark happenings of the...

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Well, before a big day out at the beach, that is certainly true. As you know, food is one of the many things Hatteras Island does right, so we did some major taste-testing and narrowed down our favorite Hatteras breakfast spots at the beach and some of their top menu items that you don’t want to miss out on!...

Shoulder seasons are the ideal time to visit Hatteras Island as the weather continues to be consistently warm, but visitor numbers have dwindled considerably as school is back in session. Restaurant waits are basically non-existent, grocery lines aren’t nearly as long, and you’re likely not going to get smacked in the face with some kid’s Frisbee two parties down at the beach because that kid is in class and you...

In comparison to other vacation destinations, Hatteras Island is definitely a more budget-friendly place to frequent, with a variety of activities that are both fun and Instagram-worthy and even better, don’t break your wallet! That being said, we’ve put together a list of FREE things to do on Hatteras Island. Top Free Things to Do on Hatteras Island 1. The BEACH! The great thing about the beach is that you...

Locally coined the “Tri-Villages”, it’s often hard to decipher where one ends and the other begins, so we’ve crammed all of the goodies from Salvo, Waves and Rodanthe into one post for you to split up as you please. Now listen, we are all about some full course meals. We didn’t get our extra insulation by eating small plates all of the time, but the name of the game is...

If you haven’t been keeping up with the series, we are eating our way through the Hatteras Villages so you can do the same. This week we’re in Avon gobbling up all of their delicious appetizers as a convenient way to fit more in and try more treats! Appetizer up! KINNAKEET BITES LA FOGATA: Choriquezo:  Chorizo + queso = AH-MAZING! Cheese Dip:  Creamy queso perfect for chip dipping! PANGEA TAVERN:...

RECAP: If you didn’t start at the beginning of this blog series, then here is what’s up. We’re just a couple of self-proclaimed “foodies” eating our way through the villages of Hatteras Island. One of us cooks (the one who is not me), and I don’t mean he finds a Pinterest recipe and throws some stuff in a crockpot. I mean he’s a real cook that makes fancy things that...