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South Core Banks -- Beach camping

South Core Banks -- Beach camping is a National Park Service campground near Carteret, North Carolina. Reservation, fee, and season are not on record yet.

National Park Service · Carteret, North Carolina

Pick your camping spot -- primitive style dispersed camping is allowed on the beach, seaward of the dunesWhere would you like to camp? This wide beach allows for dispersed camping seaward of the dunes along its lengthPicked your camping spot yet? The wide beaches of South Core Banks allow for dispersed camping between the dunes and the high tide line
Pick your camping spot -- primitive style dispersed camping is allowed on the beach, seaward of the dunesWhere would you like to camp? This wide beach allows for dispersed camping seaward of the dunes along its lengthPicked your camping spot yet? The wide beaches of South Core Banks allow for dispersed camping between the dunes and the high tide line1 / 3

Pick your camping spot -- primitive style dispersed camping is allowed on the beach, seaward of the dunes. Photo: NPS photo/Jan Tugwell, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)

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South Core Banks -- Beach camping sits inside Cape Lookout National Seashore. Its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.

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Fee unknown, see agency

Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29

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Elevation
3 ft

34.7606, -76.4122 in Carteret. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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North Core Banks - Beach Camping Carteret · National Park Service · Not on record
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More campgrounds: camping near Carteret and campgrounds in Carteret.

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