Things to Do in Kill Devil Hills: Child & Family

Avalon Fishing Pier was built in 1958 and is 696 feet long. They offer daily, three-day, weekly and seasonal fishing passes, and you can pay a modest fee for sightseeing. Children’s passes are available to kids 12 and younger. You can buy bait here and rent tackle, and they even give you advice about what you need to catch what’s biting. The pier also features...read more

The Dare County Family Recreation Park is located on Mustian Street behind the Outer Banks Brewing Station. There are fields for playing baseball, softball and soccer, tennis courts, a playground and a recreation center with indoor basketball courts, game rooms, a dance room and space for classes.read more

Hayman Park is a simple neighborhood park with swings, playground equipment, live oaks to climb and a lot of open space for kite-flying and Frisbee throwing. Most people walk or bike over from the surrounding homes, but there is parking for those who drive to this park on the west side of town. There's a portable toilet on site.read more

Coast Guard certified Captain Devin Clark is an Outer Banks native who has been working on the water as a commercial fisherman and charter boat mate since he was 15 years old. Now he offers family-friendly charters. He'll take you fishing — bottom fishing, nearshore fishing, wreck fishing, striper fishing or whatever's best when you call — crabbing or shrimping. If fishing's not your thing,...read more

A beautiful place for hiking, trail running and birding, Nags Head Woods Preserve is one of the best remaining examples of a mid-Atlantic maritime forest. The 8 miles of hiking trails in the 1,200-acre preserve are open and free to the public every day from dawn until dusk. There are lushly wooded dunes, peaceful ponds, brackish marsh and an upland maritime forest complete with live oaks...read more