Great Island

Great 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 Great 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 Great Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.28005, -75.52191. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Great Island

• Cape Hatteras Lighthouse · beach · Virginia · ~4 km · Must-see
• Cape Hatteras Light Station · attraction · Dare · ~4 km · Must-see
• Cape Hatteras · beach · Dare · ~8 km · Must-see
• Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum · museum · Dare · ~23 km · Must-see
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore · sanctuary · Dare · ~37 km · Must-see
• Ocracoke Island · river spot · Hyde · ~47 km · Must-see
• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Dare · ~57 km · Must-see
• Ocracoke Lighthouse · fort · Hyde · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pamlico Sound · lake · Hyde · ~60 km · Must-see
• Bodie Island Lighthouse · attraction · Dare · ~75 km · Must-see
• Principle Keepers' Quarters · fort · Dare · ~4 km
• Museum of the Sea · museum · Dare · ~4 km
• Oil House · fort · Dare · ~4 km
• Diamond Shoals · beach · Dare · ~9 km
• Little Grove United Methodist Church · church · Dare · ~12 km
• Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center · museum · Dare · ~13 km
• Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station · fort · Dare · ~18 km
• Hatteras Island · river spot · Virginia · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Great Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Great Island

• Ocracoke Island · river spot · Hyde · ~47 km · Must-see
• Harkers Island · river spot · Carteret · ~143 km · Must-see
• Hatteras Island · river spot · Virginia · ~18 km
• Hatteras Island · river spot · Dare · ~30 km
• No Ache Island · river spot · Virginia · ~32 km
• Outer Banks · river spot · Dare · ~40 km
• Beacon Island · river spot · Carteret · ~65 km
• Roanoke Island · river spot · Dare · ~85 km
• Colington Island · river spot · Dare · ~103 km
• Core Banks, North Carolina · river spot · Carteret · ~107 km

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