Fun Hatteras Activities

Hatteras Island is filled to the brim with things to do. And I don’t just mean your standard, run-of-the-mill attractions. Buried beneath that trip to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and your visit to the Frisco Native American Museum are quirky little open mic nights at coffee shops and bluegrass banjo pickers playing their hearts out in bar rooms. Hatteras Island is a life force all of its own flanked with...

Reason #7: The Culture People come on vacation for various reasons, but when you choose to travel to Hatteras Island, it’s because it is more than just a vacation. Period. It’s more than this compiled list of explanations you should come here. Granted, they’re all valid reasons, but the definition is by far the culture. This cozy little island is made of 7 small villages that are each full of heart...

Tons of us have a travel bucket list. Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru–the list is endless! But sometimes you just need to get out of town for a few days. Some time to recharge and get a break from your normal day-to-day routine. There’s no need to sacrifice something you want out of a vacation when you can have it all, and we happen to know of a little place...

Spending months planning a trip isn’t always feasible, but getting away for a week can be. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, all you have to do is visit Hatteras Island to get some divine relaxation. No need to hop three planes, a train, two buses and a cab to get to your vacation hot-spot when you can pop in the car, turn up the tunes and drive a few hours...

Kids, spouse, work, work, work. Sometimes you just need to escape and recalibrate. Whether it’s a long weekend, a week, or even two, you don’t have to hop from airport to airport to find the ultimate relaxation. Just jump in the car and head to Hatteras Island for some fun on the Cape and pure relaxation that will keep you coming back. What could be better in an island getaway...

World travel is always recommended, but when the United States of America is where you call home, traveling around the homeland isn’t so bad either. Whether it’s just a few hours or even a few days, traveling around the US is sure to land you into an adventure. One of those adventurous hot spots is Hatteras Island, so check out another one of our top reasons to visit Hatteras Island...

Traveling abroad is always an adventure, but rummaging around the US is pretty great as well. With so many different types of terrain coast-to-coast, there is a variety well known sites from Times Square to the Grand Canyon that are on most people’s bucket list, but there are also tons of little gems that are within a few hours drive that are perfect for just a week or even a...

Hatteras Island is choc-full of hidden gems that appeal to all ages. When you’ve gotten past the party years and the days of wrangling the kids and what not, it’s fun to use your travel days as an enrichment process and taking the time to learn what went into making a place so special. Hatteras Island is obviously no different. Beyond the beautiful beaches and the clean ocean, and past...

Family is a crucial part of life, and we at Midgett Realty love nothing more than bringing families together on Hatteras Island. One night in a rented convention hall just isn’t enough time to catch up on everything you’ve missed out on in the past year(s) of your family’s lives. Try a week in a beautiful beach front home on Hatteras Island, and make memories that you’ll never forget and...

With any luck, the kiddos are successfully transitioning into their next chapter of life as you’re rolling through your fifties. Certainly it’s a struggle at first—battling empty nest syndrome is a very real thing (and one that my mother seemingly had zero problems with), but once you break through that threshold and become accustomed to a quieter abode (or in my mom’s case, throw your hands in the air and...

Forty is definitely the new thirty. You’re more refined, more confident, you’re 100% smarter than you were when you rolled into your thirties (which we also call “wise”—hence the glorious glitter strands gently forming around your hairline) and you are completely in charge of your own life. That being said, your kids are old enough now to have sass mouth and that guy at the other end of your dining...

Ahhhh, your thirties: a decade of milestones. For some it’s marriage, for some it’s babies, for some it’s both and for some it’s neither. For some it’s finding the dream job and for some it’s leaving that job that you thought would be the dream. For most, your thirties is a time when you come out of the whirlwind that was your twenties and get slapped by that “aha moment”...