About this campground
About 50 miles south of the seashore's north entrance is the Hatteras Island Visitor Center and Museum of the Sea in Buxton, NC. The Museum of the Sea is within the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Double Keepers' Quarters. The two-floor museum contains exhibits on Outer Banks history and natural history. A small audiovisual room provides video presentations, available upon request. Between the Park Store and the Museum of the Sea stands the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
Getting there
The Hatteras Island Museum of the Sea is located in the historic Double Keepers' Quarters of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. This is located off on NC-12 in Buxton on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Historic District.
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Frisco CampgroundCape Hatteras National Seashore5 mi
- Cape Point CampgroundCape Hatteras National Seashore22 mi
- OCRACOKE CAMPGROUNDCape Hatteras National Seashore24 mi
- Ocracoke Island Discovery CenterCape Hatteras National Seashore27 mi
- Portsmouth Visitor CenterCape Lookout National Seashore33 mi
- Oregon Inlet CampgroundCape Hatteras National Seashore38 mi
Explore more North Carolina camping
Museum of the Sea doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby North Carolina campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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