1. Island Shoppes
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Address: NC 12
Description: This small shopping center houses two of the Outer Banks’ most popular stores—Sawgrass Gallery and Kitty Hawk Kites. Kitty Hawk Kites is a sports store selling kites and offering kayak ecotours, kiteboarding lessons, and parasailing. It’s also an outfitter, selling sporty outdoor clothes and gear for all your adventures.
2. Sandcastles
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-7171
Address: NC 12
Description: Sandcastles is a store made from dreams and sand. Local art, unique jewelry, windchimes, and hand-made kaleidoscopes offer a dreamy shopping experience.
3. The Fisherman’S Daughter
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-6148
Address: NC 12
Description: The Fisherman’s Daughter offers clothing from the Brighton collection, items from Vera Bradley, and other popular name brands, along with Pandora jewelry. Filled with one of a kind finds, it carries OBX and HI products, Yankee Candles, and Cat’s Meow. Check out the souvenir and gift area upstairs.
4. Mill Creek Gifts
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-3188
Address: NC 12
Description: This true Hatteras Island shop, owned by a real local, is filled with delightful gifts. Mermaids, fairies, and angels abound, and lighthouse collectibles and candles, seashells, and souvenirs wait on the shelves. Wind chimes catch the constant breeze, while fish mobiles and stained glass twinkle in the sun.
5. Avon Surf Shop
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-4783
Address: NC 12
Description: No attitude here, just a good selection of surfboards, skateboards, and accessories. Surfwear is available here for men, women, and little ones. Surf lessons and board rentals are offered here as well. Newtons Surfboards from local shaper Mark Newton are available here.
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Address: NC 12
7. Nags Head Hammocks
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-3744
Address: NC 12
Description: Here’s another branch of the Outer Banks’ legendary hammock shop. Nags Head Hammocks are known for their sturdiness. Select from traditional hammocks, hammock porch chairs, hammock tables, hammock swings, or hammock stools. Fitted pillows make them even more comfortable.
8. Dairy Queen Shopping Center
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Address: NC 12
Description: Take a break from the sun and while away an afternoon in the Dairy Queen Shopping Center. The Glass Bead has all the supplies for jewelry making, including a fabulous selection of beads. Crystal beads, handmade beads, and semiprecious stones make up just a part of the selection. The painting and photography of artist Zofia Lategano is featured in Zofia’s Art Gallery. Art classes for kids are offered, too. If shopping for windsurfing gear is on your list, stop in at Sailworld, with its complete range of windsurfing and kiteboarding accessories.
9. Askins Creek Store
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-6283
Address: NC 12
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Description: Askins Creek is the southernmost shopping spot in Avon. Askins Creek is a well stocked store offering tackle, beach items, books, and grocery needs. Check out the jewelry too! Out back, you can wash the salt air off of your vehicle or boat in the carwash.
10. Country Elegance
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-6269
Address: Harbor Road
Description: As you head south, if you turn right on Harbor Road at the only stoplight south of Whalebone Junction, you’ll come across this store in Old Avon Village. It features birdhouses, aromatherapy oils, lighthouses, handpainted shirts, antique quilted heirlooms, whimsical art, designer dolls, and baskets. There are also wood crafts, cake candles, and lots and lots of lace. This shop is open Easter through mid-November.
11. Dockside Hatteras
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-5445
Address: NC 12
Description: Dockside Hatteras carries gifts, furnishings, and home accents. Shoppers will find home necessities like mattresses, dishes, and pots and pans. Dockside Hatteras also carries high-density deck furniture. Free setup and delivery are offered from Ocracoke to Corolla.
12. Hatteras Island Toy Store
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-7171
Address: NC 12
Description: Toys for kids of all ages are stocked at the Hatteras Island Toy Store, including popular toys like Groovy Girls and Thomas the Tank Engine, plus educational toys, art supplies, puppets, puzzles, and games.
13. Village Grocery
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-4402
Address: NC 12
Description: The Village Grocery is a one-stop shop that carries everything a regular grocery store does while catering to your specialty needs. Boar’s Head deli meats, certified Angus beef, organic foods, and gourmet cheeses are just some of the finer items. A convenient salad bar and delicious Boar’s Head sandwiches, wraps, and panini are available for a quick lunch or dinner. Open year-round. Located next to Kinnakeet Corner.
14. Hatteras Island Boardsports
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (252) 995-6160
Address: NC 12
Description: The island-style decor in this shop invites you to enter and browse clothing and equipment or get serious about surfing, windsurfing, and kitesurfing. Buy or rent equipment, have a lesson, and see Hatteras Island from a different perspective on a kayak tour in Pamlico Sound.
City: Avon, NC
Category: Shopping
Address: NC 12