A Tour Of The Entire Outer Banks Of North Carolina

[@robertmoore254]

This was a hard video to watch. I lost my wife in December of 2020. Our last trip we took before she got sick was to the Outer Banks. We came over from Cedar Island on the Ferry and stayed in Hatteras for a week. We travelled the banks from top to bottom each day. We made a lot of wonderful memories and seeing this brought back all of those memories. I wish that I could take her there again but I know I can't. Thank you for putting this on here.

[@troygunter2848]

God Bless You Brother ! Always remember the Good Times , those Damn Good Times...those memories last a lifetime !!!

[@gregorylatta8159]

I lost my wife in March 2020. I understand.

[@whatevervideos542635]

Im so sorry to hear this i hope through the pain theres still happy memoires when you see the outer banks

[@Mad___Marston]

Sorry for your loss man God Bless, I hope you’re doing better today brother.

[@MiguelAngel-oh1ub]

Ocracoke is where I’m meant to be. Just got back recently, and as always never wanted to leave. Nothing but beaches and beauty.

[@Skocappin]

same here man its a beautiful island

[@sphexes]

Then the dingbatters come...

[@theelite4049]

I love the OBX such a beautiful place I used to go there in the summer times. Thanks for doing this drive, brought back a lot of wonderful memories. 👍 😎

[@walterward8164]

Still has some of the charm I can remember from my youth. In the 60s.

[@phil2u48]

I remember hating it as a kid in the ‘50’s : miles and miles of dunes and sometimes the road would be washed out. We had to pack food and take a cooler with ice and jugs of water. There were only ferries after crossing from Manteo, and if you missed the Hatteras one, you were stuck. Once we had to turn back and spend the night in Manteo. We did it every summer anyway.

[@GAESC0]

Thank you so so so much for this drive. I spent the most beautiful time of my life here in OBX.

[@kaitlynf5202]

I was born and raised on the OBX!! I moved to Charlotte, NC for college but come home every summer and any chance I get. Thanks for making this video & showcasing how pretty it is!

[@donaldprice9230]

Good one Nick!!! I drove the banks once. It was an excellent surprise. Thanks for this memory!!!

[@charlespipitone2324]

My 10yo son and I just did this 33 day road trip. From jersey, to Florida, myrtle, and this whole stretch. Going north of course. Absolutely the best unplanned last minute get a way I've ever experienced. I cant wait to do it again.

[@charlespipitone2324]

4/27/22 Looking forward to another (almost not planned) trip in a couple weeks. This time we doing this area southbound with our dirtbikes.

[@michaelsuzio4364]

I'm doing the trip now louisiana to florida to sc nc I'm in delaware skip the jersey shore I lived there for a few years already trying to get to montauk next have to wait till next week to go almost out of money for gas

[@Yoursistersazz]

It should take less than 5 days

[@jonathanlea3600]

Hey! I live on Ocracoke! 2 things 1. You're speeding 2. The crappiest most run down house on this island doesn't sell for less than 200k , so I don't know where you got that info. Awesome channel, and thanks for stopping by!

[@MrOhmygoditsben]

I can attest to this. My mother retired to the outer banks a few years back and bought a very crappy run down house in Avon for about 275,000.

[@phishead4003]

I live in Kill Devil Hills. The price of living is WAY TOO HIGH compared to your working wages.

[@TheBowersj]

@@phishead4003 working wages are between $25-$300 per hour during the season. I loved working here but drove an hour and a half to do it each way.

[@Singlesix6]

It's now 3 years later and a fairly nice to nice 2BR/1BA runs anywhere from $400k to $490k. 2BR/2BA could be over $500k. The Park Service owns the island except for the village. The village is said to be 4 sq.miles, but that must include all the marshes and wetlands, too.

[@rachelc.5463]

Nick, my husband grew up taking vacations to Outer Banks. His parents would pitch a tent at Cape Hatteras on the beach. I've always wanted to go there. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@julieDJTFP]

For the first 26 years of my life, I went to the Outer Banks every year for a week or more. Nice blast from the past.

[@graceandglory1948]

Great job, Nick! Thank you for being the eyes of so many who can't travel anymore. We appreciate you!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Patricia

[@jillmorton3096]

Outer Banks is my happy place💕💕

[@jasong3652]

Its mine too! Can't wait to get back!

[@nofluffingtv3037]

No mention of the Wright brothers and kill devil hills history??? Cmonnn man

[@prague7706]

Don’t whine or you’ll be vaporized

[@jeremyaxel]

I was also expecting him to mention the wright brothers

[@SageWeiss]

I grew up vacationing in Corolla it’s one of the best places on earth.

[@avasimone1419]

ah same!

[@PrO_GaMiNgElite]

Yep went to oceracoke every year for 15 years straight

[@tankprice1951]

I wanna go but have no idea about where to stay

[@KP-do2ss]

Isn't that where all of the wild horses are? I would love to see them.

[@SageWeiss]

@@tankprice1951 my families Beach house was in a place called Corolla light resort.

[@33Donner77]

In the spring of 1942, German U-boats prowled the ocean off the Outer Banks of North Carolina and sank freighters at will. By June, they had sunk 397 merchant vessels (and over 5,000 lives) and the area earned the name "Torpedo Junction." This may have not been widely reported at the time as it did not fit the Narrative for winning the war. The NC Outer Banks is a good place to visit, but has few medical specialist offices if you need those services.

[@CityGeek]

I love the outer banks

[@mlawson84]

Thanks for the drive, Nick. My wife’s family rented a beach house in Salvo once - it’s so remote that I’d never seen so many stars in the sky at night aside from maybe the Grand Canyon

[@NickJohnson]

Yes Michael it is! ✨

[@rebecca9949]

i know this is an old comment but YAY. I just booked a rental in Salvo this summer and have been second guessing renting something in such a remote area. But this makes me happy. I can't wait to stare at the stars at night.

[@kethsharakhlok1976]

Thanks Mr. Johnson for another one of your narrated driving tour series, 👍! I'm so amazed at how clean each area has shown throughout your entire touring route.

[@NickJohnson]

They take pride!

[@TrippEvans]

I live in Wilmington and driving up the Outer Banks is on my bucket list

[@NickJohnson]

Do it soon!

[@sarageorge7631]

Thank you for this tour. My husband and I are planning to do a lighthouse tour of NC and this is the main part of our plans. This helped us a lot as to what to expect.

[@RouletteRog]

We vacationed on the Outer Banks every summer when I was a kid. I LOVE OBX. We would stay in Avon (at Avon Cottages) every year and got to know the owners Earl and Daisy well.

[@kharris1972kh]

You take me places that I cant go! Ty ❤

[@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023]

I'm 58 years old and live in Yorktown, Virginia. We used to go down to the Outer Banks in the 1980s in my college days. Most of the Duck , Carova, and Corolla homes weren't even constructed yet. It has really built up over the years.

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

Brother, I am 52 and retired Navy, Caught this video because my wife and I are relocating to "the Banx." I know exactly what you mean. The good news I see is that the further south he drives, the more of our old school Outer Banks still exists. If I were alone, the Ocracoke homes you can buy for cash, that require a Ferry to get to any Sam's Club would be my spot! Haha, but there is no way my wife is doing that. Still, Manteo and Buxton are surprisingly affordable to live in year round. The last kid is 16. We plan to have a moving van parked in front of the Coliseum for her graduation ceremony. If anyone out there wants Winston Salem, you can have our spot!

[@clowning81]

Looks so peaceful there.

[@Stick0413]

very much so, it is my "happy place."

[@paulscottfilms]

That was a good trip, the music interesting also. I wondered how the camera work was done. The stabilisation was perfect and someone was working the camera angles, absolutely no window glare . Too good all together

[@NickJohnson]

Paul - iPhone selfie stick out the sunroof

[@l.t.9245]

This was so well done and just what I was searching for as we plan our very first trip to the island. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!

[@erichammond9308]

Nice video, but I'd like to point out that Ocracoke is the most geologically stable part of the outer banks, and while other parts have seen erosion from mild winter storms wreck beachfront property, until hurricane Dorian swamped and did damage to many homes, no house in the village of Ocracoke has been totally destroyed in several hundred years. In fact, the settlers of the lost colony entered the pamlico sound through Ocracoke inlet, since the Oregon inlet and Hatteras inlet did not exist in 1587

[@jillmorton3096]

Those birds on the ocean looked like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie😱

[@TheBowersj]

Sanderlings...theres a community there named after them

[@nosnerd1967]

By far the best video out there for OBX … this is exactly what I’ve been looking for -excellent narration in videography. Thank you. Al Ottawa Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@BeautyOnEarth]

To everyone who is reading this, you’re beautiful and an amazing person. Please exercise frequently and eat more fruits/veggies. I wish you all good health, great success, and everlasting happiness!!!!!!!!

[@chrishall5504]

I totally loved taking this ride with you... My ancestors were from the outer Banks in the 1700s and 1800s and it's still in my blood... This 30 minute ride with you was totally enjoyed, I miss the Carolina's coast and I've got to get back! ❤️

[@JG3RTR]

I love the outer banks. It's so pretty there. The water is so cold there.

[@mindfloodnc]

Cold water in the winter-late fall-early spring. Water warms up quick in May to June in NC. Water stays cooler in northern outer banks due to a cold current from the north but southern outer banks gets warmer water from the Gulf Stream. Water gets pretty tropical July-early September. Sometimes cold water upwelling from deeper water offshore can get pushed in in the summer if you have a steady onshore wind for several days.

[@caseypmakeup]

My favorite place on earth!! We go every sunday for an overnight trip in the summer and we count down the days until the season starts back over!!!

[@Hey_its_Koda]

I want to retire near boone and blowing rock NC. Its beautiful.

[@delphinenyirahabimanam.d.8510]

Your videos got me through a lot! Good ride, and clear sky!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok! ❤️

[@ernestthompson891]

Wonderful production Nick. Lot's of memories of simpler times in life. Thank you!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Ernest

[@vijikrish4353]

Excellent video👌😍I just returned back from a trip to OBX....your video made me feel like revisiting the place.Thank you for the wonderful experience.We drove only till Manteo to the visit the Aquarium but did not go to Hatteras or beyond that.I wish I had seen your video before so we could have taken the ferry rides to Okracoke & Cedar Islands.Anyways...I appreciate your video...Thank you & God bless.We are from NJ & it took us 8hrs to drive to OBX.We were at the Barrier Island Resort situated at Duck.We visited the Bodi Lighthouse & watched Avatar 2 at Kill Devil Hills.Was fascinated by the seaside houses as we drove along & it was good to know their prices....I assumed they must be more than a million😊

[@johnjorgensen6301]

Thank you Nick Johnson. My family and I I have intended for over 20 years to visit the Outer Banks. For a myriad of reasons, every time we started to plan for it, something came up. This gave me a good taste of what it is like, and for that I am very appreciative. Hope you enjoy Super Bowl Sunday. What is Mappy's favorite snack? Somehow, I don't see Karen as a very good cook...

[@smooveman7558]

My parents are thinking about going to vacation here so I showed them this and they loved it, thanks for helping.

[@NickJohnson]

Good! Go in the off season it so much more relaxed

[@smooveman7558]

@@NickJohnson thanks man! Love the videos keep it up

[@tomwagstaff7781]

You also forgot to tell that the Hatteras Lighthouse was moved about 20 years ago to prevent it from falling into thee Atlantic, was a major tourist attraction whit people traveling from all over the east coast to watch.

[@jimcarter6669]

Surfer magnet.

[@RandomlyGenius]

Thanks for the drive

[@bernadettepacitti7119]

Manteo was the home of Andy Griffith in his retirement years!

[@waylandharrington8758]

I used to walk through his property all the time til the cops started catching people for trespassing

[@youtubeuploads7208]

WOW- I had no idea - thanks for sharing this. It's a beautiful place I am going to visit soon.

[@sks1024]

It was his home full time. Not retirement years.

[@iamjoshdunbar]

Sigh.... I’m in Alaska right now for work and I have 19 day until I go home to my great state of NC.... been here in Alaska since August so I have a beach home rented and waiting for me!!! Love NC

[@NickJohnson]

Lucky!!!

[@africandreamsinhaze365]

I had a burning desire to go for a drive today but cant 'cause it's snowing. Thanks for the video.

[@orchardmudtwin]

We literally came here for the day, about 30 hours, and I loved it, it wasn't what I expected but I liked it very much, but something tells me that there is something for everyone here, and I would like to keep searching. The feel here was very relaxed and free in my opinion, I want to come back its too much to get here to only be here for 30 hours...

[@FleurHarleaux]

Just beautiful...thanks so much for sharing.😊👍🏼

[@thorsden5562]

Lived in Hatteras village in the 70's. Surfed, fished, worked fileting fish in the summer at the docks. I worked at Captain Peele's restaurant as well. Met some great people. The summer was always busy and the tourist business was hopping. I fell in love with many girls that came down in the summer. Great memories from long ago.

[@NickJohnson]

Sounds like it!

[@Hans_Moleman925]

OBX is my happy place. Greatest beach on the Atlantic coast

[@jacksonconley5117]

For anyone who goes to the Outer Banks, Mama Kwans is a must go to restaurant. They serve the best wontons and pork in the world.

[@wandahall4435]

Happy Sunday Everyone!!! 💞💞💞 Me some Nick & Mappy!!! Shout out to SGC

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

Retired Navy. I have spent a lot of time on Bodie and Roanoke Islands, so I know exactly where he is, at every turn, as he drives from Corolla to Manteo. Now that retirement is here, my wife and I are considering relocating there, so I am listening for the home prices from his research, as he drives. He started at 600K in Carolla, and I thought: "keep driving" haha. Then he got to Manteo and I thought: "Now you are in the sweet spot, buddy." Hell, I am retired Navy...not retired Pelosi stock trader!! Now I will resume the video and get ton the parts south of Manteo that I don't know as well, because I am liking the way the numbers seem to be trending as he drives south!

[@geographyjawade6655]

Seeing this video giving me that sudden feeling of relocating back to the beach....lol. spent over a year in Myrtle Beach, SC....now living in the cold north. The southern charm will always be with me tho.

[@NickJohnson]

Go see it again!!

[@geographyjawade6655]

@@NickJohnson i will indeed

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

Thank You Very Much For Sharing Nick.. Could you Make A Video On Amarillo, Texas Abilene, Texas, And San Angelo Texas? Thanks Do Many Canadians Apart From Myself Watch your Videos?

[@kentuckianaboy]

OBX is awesome 👏! Great video, Nick! Lost Colony @ Roanoke is one of my favorite tales from history!

[@tammiettt]

Thanks for this ride along! It was quite informative and I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@meganb.6619]

Was just there in October 2020 Avon!! Best Family vacation ever! Corolla was my first time there. Then Duck, Waves, Salvo, then this year Avon on Hatteras Island just love it

[@NickJohnson]

Yay Megan!

[@dvb3230]

We go to the obx every summer and stay in kitty hawk. We love the low dunes in that area that the smaller 3-4 bedroom beach road homes offer if you have a small group and would like to go a bit cheaper with a beach road fronted home compared to oceanfront. This video makes me even more excited for vacation this summer. Thanks for posting!

[@NickJohnson]

Have fun!!

[@prague7706]

Amazing video! The music almost put me to sleep.

[@TheOriginalMarimoChan]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, and your music too...very satisfying! Thank you!

[@chrisdeluca1475]

Thank you for making this video. Very informative. I’ve never been to the OBX and wish to visit in the near future. This helps me to decide where to go. TY 😊

[@darringilmore9673]

I enjoyed that trip Nick. I have family in Durham but haven't been down there in ages. I'd say most parts in North Carolina are pretty nice visually. 👍

[@NickJohnson]

Yep!

[@ahhitskatie9094]

Looks like a beautiful day for a drive!

[@Stick0413]

A rainy day in the OBX beats a sunny day here. Something about the OBX is so relaxing. I will add this, it isn't only vacation brain saying that, I have been to many beaches, from beaches in FL, to Myrtle Beach, and Virginia Beach. Yes they are great places to be but nothing compares to the OBX. The laid back feel, even among the bigger towns (Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head) you can't get on any beach outside of say Key West. Then on Hattaras Island, those towns are even more laid back, and Ocracoke, Jimmy Buffett, the ultimate beach bum, has said that Ocracoke is the Key West of "north."

[@AnitaX0099]

NC12!!! That’s what I plan to do later this month! From south to north though. Thanks Nick!

[@sandeepp6300]

Thank you! I have driven there so often and remember all the roads

[@marionwallsten7507]

Thank you for this great information which included housing cost as well!

[@NickJohnson]

I try :)

[@conniecrawford5231]

Love states that have wild horses, esp. on the beach!

[@NickJohnson]

I wish I saw them!

[@KP-do2ss]

@@NickJohnson You should tour western NC this summer or fall. Go to Charlotte and west and a little north. You should drive all over the mountains and go to Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone, Cherokee, Maggie Valley and many other beautiful mountain towns in N.C.

[@ashleylitebrite6971]

Nick, you're a mighty considerate driver.

[@NickJohnson]

Lol Ashley I wasn't driving but I'll tell her you said that!

[@Victory1981]

Roanoke and Okracoke really intrigue me. Nice vid!

[@lcinflorida8728]

This has been wonderful! Thank you for this!!!

[@NickJohnson]

Ok!

[@michaelciccone2194]

What a treasure! I've enjoyed this video. Cannot wait to get back to BUXTON NC!

[@NickJohnson]

cool it's awesome there Michael!

[@Vl7248]

Thankyou for providing these virtual tours! Always wanted to visit but now I’ve done it for free! Seems pleasant but not worth my time. Rather save my money to visit the moon or Mars

[@anthonylegore1517]

A video drive by does not do this place justice. I encourage you to give it a try. The people and the area are both are great experience

[@Vl7248]

@@anthonylegore1517 if you fit into the accepted class of privilege I’m sure it’s very pleasant and delightful.

[@anthonylegore1517]

@@Vl7248 What is that supposed to mean? Good luck in your pipe dreams to visit either the Moon or Mars. Not at all very likely.

[@SudeepRohit]

Please take the I-75 ! Would love a driving video around the great smoky mountains area..and hey a Florida drive around wont hurt either ! I miss the West Palm Beach area so much :(

[@NickJohnson]

I did that already!

[@SudeepRohit]

@@NickJohnson Really ! Gee, thanks ! Ill hunt that video down :)

[@kellysaunooke740]

Lovely drive and I love coastal towns like this.They are quaint and charming.

[@luckygirl75]

Thanks, Nick for another great video. BTW Corolla is pronounced Corallla. Not like the Toyota.

[@kneesusforjesus2879]

Cool vid nick

[@elainerodgers8878]

Just loving riding with you because I want to relocate to another state but my depression holds me hostage but I want to live again so I'm going to face my fears 😨 nick please don't stop keep the videos coming be safe and careful

[@karenmchugh5511]

Thanks for doing this video, I found it super helpful in visualizing a trip to the OBX next year

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

This is Something Else. Great Work!

[@nofluffingtv3037]

Wow, in only 30 minutes! Where’s the police chase cam?

[@godschild1670]

I loved this dashboard tour....thank you! I love the Outer Banks ...take us on an Island Tour...show some places that you love...thanks once again!!

[@Jake-78]

I have been vacationing on the OBX for 20+ years once or twice a year, I have wonderful memories there. Love the Outer Banks

[@buckeyechick1359]

Cor-ahh-la. Lol. And those houses are well over 1 mil.

[@donnasellers9422]

Beautiful wish I lived there thank you for another great video

[@NickJohnson]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@peregrination3643]

My dad and I did an OBX trip 15 years. Top to bottom. Okracoke was his favorite. We saw the feral horses in the Corolla area, dolphins by a lighthouse that was moved on a Mega Movers-type show years before we were there, checked out some swamp areas, an aquarium, and took a ferry. We had our kayak, but I think the places we used it were in wetland areas on the mainland.

[@deidramartin6762]

Nice vid Nick 👍🏽 I believe the movie Just Cause took place on Kill Devils Hill.

[@ethandicesare9731]

You should do a inner banks tour. That is a thing BTW.

[@mlynn2161]

Oh this is cool!! I love the Outer Banks!!!

[@rogerhare7886]

Want to visit but didnt know where. Invaluable video to learn the region.

[@lewismabe4497]

The ferry to Swan Quarter is a beautiful ride as well. There's alot of history on that side of the sound along with several small fishing villages like Engelhard!

[@lewismabe4497]

The inner banks offer solace and a restful enjoyment you cant find anywhere else within an hour drive back to Nags Head.

[@NickJohnson]

Fun!!

[@RomaineMelvin-zi3iv]

Great video i always wanted to see what it looked like on the outer Banks

[@Stick0413]

Now try that drive in peak season and see how long it takes you. Just the VA/NC 168 and then USA 158 over the Wright Brothers bridge can be a headache. Then you have the northern beaches, which can be a real pain as its only a two lane road and still plenty of traffic. That is why I support the northern bridge that has been proposed, probably 20 plus years away as the Basnight Bridge and Jug Handle bridge (currently under construction to alleviate a big number of the wash outs) you talked about and were shown were constructed decades after they should have been. Then you would get to the ferry and during peak season, you could be waiting hours. Off season does have its perks.

[@LMDinNC]

My father always went to Ocracoke in May and October and those are really ideal times to go. You can wait a long time in a hot ferry line in summer if you don’t plan well.

[@TheBowersj]

The 5 hour experience...

[@TheBowersj]

Literraly quicker to walk or ride a bike

[@aaronz9410]

@@LMDinNC sadly in the past couple of years May and October have became just about as busy as in season. Late November through late February are the new offseason it seems.

[@billygoat9381]

Wow. cool vid

[@honeybfly2010]

Ok, so this is yet ANOTHER place that you have caused me to want to go and visit because of your videos! 😊 I don’t know why, but I haven’t been getting notifications lately for your videos when you upload something new!! 😭

[@billbergendahl2911]

When I visited the Outer Banks I read about an outdoor drama called "The Lost Colony".

[@kaybrown4010]

Beautiful! Thanks, Nick!

[@williamperryjr1324]

Nights In Rodanthe was set in the OBX. A book by Nicholas Sparks, and it became a film in 2008.

[@Cornsyrupisgood]

id expect it to be set there rodanthe is in obx

[@lenodesignusa224]

Sup Nick! I like the ocracoke island amazing place for the summer times, thx for doing this drive.. peace out!

[@NickJohnson]

It's a cool place!

[@IndianaCrane]

I can’t wait to visit the OBX! 💙this vid!

[@NickJohnson]

Love you!

[@num7088]

The music and footage remind meof "Eternal Sunshineof the Spotless Mind".