Sloop Island

Sloop Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Sloop Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Sloop Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.03044, -75.70268. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sloop Island

• Wright Brothers National Memorial · park · Dare · ~4 km · Must-see
• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site · fort · Dare · ~14 km · Must-see
• Roanoke Sound · beach · Dare · ~14 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island · sanctuary · Dare · ~16 km · Must-see
• Croatan Sound · beach · Dare · ~24 km · Must-see
• Roanoke Marshes Light · attraction · Dare · ~30 km · Must-see
• Coquina Beach · beach · Virginia · ~32 km · Must-see
• Bodie Island Lighthouse · attraction · Dare · ~33 km · Must-see
• Albemarle Sound · beach · Tyrrell · ~43 km · Must-see
• Currituck Sound · lake · Currituck · ~49 km · Must-see
• Currituck Beach Lighthouse · beach · Currituck · ~50 km · Must-see
• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Dare · ~53 km · Must-see
• North River Gameland · sanctuary · Currituck · ~56 km · Must-see
• Museum of the Albemarle · museum · Pasquotank · ~69 km · Must-see
• Colington United Methodist · church · Dare · ~3 km
• Kill Devil Falls beach · waterfall · Dare · ~3 km
• Colington Island · river spot · Dare · ~3 km
• First Flight Boulder · fort · Dare · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sloop Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Sloop Island

• Ocracoke Island · river spot · Hyde · ~127 km · Must-see
• Craney Island · river spot · Portsmouth · ~141 km · Must-see
• Colington Island · river spot · Dare · ~3 km
• Brock Island · river spot · Currituck · ~20 km
• Roanoke Island · river spot · Dare · ~21 km
• Dews Island · river spot · Currituck · ~29 km
• Currituck Banks · river spot · Currituck · ~35 km
• Indian Gap Island · river spot · Currituck · ~35 km
• Marsh Island · river spot · Currituck · ~35 km
• Cat Island · river spot · Currituck · ~36 km

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