1. Sands Of Time Campground
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-5596
Address: North End Road
Description: This year-round campground has 51 full hookup sites and 15 tent sites, some with full shade. Hot showers, flush toilets, laundry facilities, a dump site, picnic tables, and a pay telephone are offered to all Sands campers. Visitors enjoy swimming, fishing, and sunbathing at the nearby beach. The infamous Canadian Hole is just 2 1⁄2 miles away, making this a great spot to stay for your kiteboarding or windsurfing vacation. Grills aren’t provided, and open fires are not allowed. Bring your camp stove to cook. Pets are allowed on leashes. Reservations are accepted and recommended for summer and fall. Credit cards are not accepted.
2. Avon Golf
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-5480
Address: NC 12
Description: Adjacent to the Avon Pier, this 18-hole, natural-grass course is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week all summer. You can play as many games as you can squeeze in from noon until 6 p.m. for $8. In the offseason you can play all day for $8. Avon Golf is open from Easter through the week after Thanksgiving, depending on business.
3. Rc Theatres Hatteras Cineplex 4
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-9060
Address: Hatteras Island Plaza, NC 12
Description: With four screens and first-run movies year-round, this large movie house shows films all day on weekends and throughout the summer, and on evenings only in the off-season.
4. Hatteras Island Boardsports
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-6160, (866) HIB-WAVE
Address: NC 12
Description: Just like the name suggests, this surf shop has boards—pick from all styles of surfboards (including custom designs), skimboards, and body boards. Wet suits and surf clothing are sold as well.
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: NC 12
6. Hatteras Island Boardsports
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-6160, (866) HIB-WAVE
Address: NC 12
Description: For windsurfing and kiteboarding equipment, new or used, for sale or to rent, visit Hatteras Island Boardsports. Instructors teach all levels, catering to your specific needs, particularly with private lessons. The shop stocks casual clothing for the beach and to wear at home. Kayaks, kayak tours, and other water-sport needs are served here. The shop is open all year; call for hours.
7. Hatteras Island Boardsports
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-6160, (866) HIB-WAVE
Address: NC 12
Description: Rent a kayak (single or double) for the sound or ocean. Choose from a variety of styles and makes. Rent for a half day, a whole day, three days, or a week. HIB delivers, or you can pick up the gear yourself. Single surf kayaks rent for $15 for 4 hours, regular single kayaks rent for $20 for 4 hours.
8. Carolina Outdoors Island Shops
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-6060, (800) 334-4777
Address: NC 12
Description: These locations of Kitty Hawk Kites/Carolina Outdoors offer kayak rentals for the sound as well as the ocean. They also perform kayak ecotours on the sound. Another location is at Hatteras Landing NC 12, Hatteras Village, (252) 986-1446, (800) 334-4777.
9. Kitty Hawk Kites/Carolina Outdoors
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-6060
Address: Island Shops, NC 12
Description: The Avon location of Carolina Outdoors rents Wind Rider trimaran sailboats, probably the easiest boats to learn to sail on. Carolina Outdoors also offers kayak rentals.
10. Avon Golf & Fishing Pier
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-5480
Address: NC 12
Description: Avon Golf & Fishing Pier has a reputation for being a hot spot for red drum. The all-tackle world-record red drum, weighing in at 94 pounds, 2 ounces, was caught about 200 yards from the pier in 1984, and the record holds to this day. The pier opens at the beginning of Apr and remains open through Thanksgiving. Purchase or rent your fishing supplies here, buy sandwiches and drinks, and pick up nautical gifts, including T-shirts and sand mirrors. They also offer an 18-hole natural-grass putting green on the premises. Play is unlimited, and you can come and go as you please.
11. Frank And Fran’S Fisherman’S Friend
City: Avon, NC
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (252) 995-4171
Address: NC 12
Description: A full-service tackle shop and headquarters for the local Red Drum Tournament held every October, Frank and Fran’s is an emporium of fishing gear. This is another official weigh station for the state and the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association.