Frisco Campground
Sites tucked into rolling dunes near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, on one of the wilder stretches of the Outer Banks.
- Dare County, NC
- Nearest town: Avon
- 8 ft
Coordinates
- Lat
- 35.23669
- Lng
- -75.60373
Van camping
You can drive in and sleep in your van here.
At a glance
The basics
What to expect
National seashore
Open sand and wind, no shade, hookups rare.
- County
- Dare County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest town
- Avon
- Elevation
- 8 ft
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified
The place
About Frisco Campground
Frisco is the most interesting of the Hatteras campgrounds because it is built into the dunes rather than flattened out behind them, so sites sit at different heights among sea oats and low maritime scrub with the ocean audible from all of them and visible from some. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest brick lighthouse in the country, is a short drive up the road, and Cape Point beyond it is famous for both fishing and the fact that two currents meet just offshore. This part of Hatteras Island is narrow, quiet and much less developed than the northern beaches.
For van drivers
Getting a van in and out
Off NC 12 on paved road, with an internal campground road through the dunes that is sandy in places and has some grade and tight turns — fine for most builds, worth scouting for a long one. The Outer Banks caveats all apply: relentless wind, blowing sand, salt, no shade, and a single road on and off the island that overwashes in storms. Avon and Hatteras village cover groceries and fuel. Watch the tropical forecast in late summer.
Written for a high-roof van, not a pickup. Surfaces and clearances change with the weather and with the season’s roadwork — the official page below is the last word.
On the ground
Facilities & fees
Not verified means nobody has confirmed it — treat it as unknown, never as a no. 8 of the 8 below are still unconfirmed.
- Restrooms
- Not verified
- Drinking water
- Not verified
- Showers
- Not verified
- Dump station
- Not verified
- Hookups
- Not verified
- Campfires
- Not verified
- Dogs allowed
- Not verified
- Reservations
- Not verified
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified — check with the park
- Season
- Not verified — check with the park
- Fees
- Not verified — check with the park
The last word on all of this is nps.gov(opens in a new tab).
Where it is
Coordinates & directions
Decimal degrees
- Latitude
- 35.236686
- Longitude
- -75.603731
35.2367° N · 75.6037° W
No map tiles here on purpose. Half of these places have no signal at the gate, so coordinates you can save offline beat a map that needs one. Drop them into your phone before you turn off the pavement.
Nearest gas and groceries: Avon
Before you go
Official sources
Fees, site counts, length limits and closures change season to season. Everything we have not confirmed ourselves is marked Not verified above rather than guessed at — and where we do have a number, the operator’s own page still wins.
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