Great Island Cabin Camp

My husband and I stayed two nights in a rustic cabin at Great Island cabin camp, in Cape Lookout National Seashore. If you are looking for a real get-away, this is it! ||||The cabin camp is only accessible by boat, so you will need to use one of two ferry services available, or your own personal water craft. The cabins have a propane gas stove, hot/cold running water, flush toilets, a shower, and kitchen area, as well as comfortable bunks with real mattresses. All the cabins have screened windows and a screened porch, and most face the ocean with only a small sand dune between the cabin and the beach proper. There's no electricity, so no air conditioning, but you won't need it due to the sea breeze. You can bring a generator if you really want electricity, but we didn't miss it. ||||We spe

Please understand before you read this- there is no electricity on this island and it constantly gets hit by hurricanes and bad weather. The fact that these cabins are still standing is a miracle! With that being said it is wonderful to come over to Cape Lookout and to have a real bed, running water, flush toilets and screens on the windows. We rented a bigger cabin this time because it was a last minute trip and we loved it! The best part was that it was so close to the beach we could just walk out the our door and the beach was just a few steps away. It is amazing that the cabin is wired for electricity via your own personal generator and also has hot water and a stove/oven. That being said, you need to bring all of your own stuff and supplies and don’t think you will be sand and b

As usual, we had a wonderful trip! This was our first time staying in Cabin 11 and we loved it. We liked the open floor plan of this cabin. We usually stay in a cabin with separate room with three bunks. With the open floor plan you get a better breeze. There is also a fairly new fish cleaning station right around the corner and the ramp to beach is nearby but not too close to where the traffic is bothersome.

I’ll keep it brief. You have to know what to expect. 1 - The cabins have a toilet and shower, gas stove, and I presume oven but we didn’t use that. 2 - The cabins are wired for electricity but you have to hook up you generator in the little generator shed. Caine have over head lights if you bring a generator. 3 - The ranger station sells ice 4 - we we’re here in July, there are mosquitoes, biting flies, and gnats. Being repellent 5 - We had problems with ants. Any crumb that fell would have ants sitting 2 hours. So if you have kids. Fair warning. We used some bug spray to help with that. If your kids do the National Parks Junior Ranger program they have a booklet and pin for the island. Overall we had a good time. It was windy and rain off and on which out a damper on the beach time but

This was our first time visiting and we were prepared to rough it out for a few days in OBX. Making a reservation through Davis Ferry was easy. The ferry ride to cross over to OBX was so peaceful and beautiful to experience. If you are wanting to take a vehicle across isn't a problem, be sure to lower your tire psi. We had a dodge truck cross and lowed it 20 psi. Did fine driving in the sand to our cabin camp. We entered the cabin and I was surprised how clean and pick-up inside it was. I was even more shocked we had a kitchen sink and electric stove. Thankfully, there is a shower and toilet. That would have been hard for me not to have. It's very helpful, if you bring a small generator for lighting at night or early morning. Box fans were super helpful during our stay. What is amazing is