Freeman Park, Carolina Beach

Love coming out here with our jeep and dog, so relaxing and love the sounds of the ocean. We really enjoy the off season as it's less crowded and peaceful. We aren't campers but you can camp and have camp fires as well, fun to take a night drive and see/smell the firewood burning. Plus it's fun to light up the beach with our different color halos, light bars and rock lights. It's always busy and never know who or what you may see stuck....

Freeman Park is one of the best places in coastal NC for a sunrise. You'll have to navigate through the parking lot of Jeeps on a summer day, but once you get through that first half mile of 4x4 accessible beach, you're in for a treat with pristine white sands and the calming sounds of the ocean. Be sure to check out this place at low tide to find the best shells and widest beach as it tends to be quite narrow at high tide.