Stopover from NY to Outer Banks

Any suggestions of hotels to stay at on the way from New York to Corolla? The total drive from our home is 9 hours and was thinking of stopping midway or past midway to break up the drive. Maybe Delaware or Maryland or Virginia Beach.

Stopover from NY to Outer Banks

Definately go Rt13, not 95 from Wilmington south. Virginia Beach is 8 hours into the trip. If the purpose is to avoid peak traffic, great idea. If you want a break, Salisbury is on Rt 13, and lots of small motels in southern Delaware. You can get off and drive maybe 45 minutes to either side of Rt 13 to the ocean or bay. Ocean City, Assateague, Chincotegue, Cambridge are some nice choices.

Stopover from NY to Outer Banks

I suggest taking Rt. 113, instead of Rt. 13 through DE into MD. It bypasses a lot of the headaches (small towns with ticket writing police and lots of traffic/red lights.) Do not stay at the old Best Western Sunset Beach Resort just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel. What a dump! I%26#39;d recommend any motel in Chincoteague, VA. What a beautiful, family oriented area. I think your drive will take longer than 9 hours. It%26#39;s 8 hours from DE to the OBX, with only two quick stops for lunch and rest area break. I%26#39;d guess you%26#39;re easily looking at 11-12 hours.

I see that mapquest estimates 8 1/2 hours and 445 miles from NY to Corolla. Remember beach traffic if you%26#39;re going in season and during peak check-in periods. Also remember the OBX limited speed limits. mapquest figures on a basis of 55 mph I understand.

At any rate VB is well past midway. It%26#39;s about 100 miles to Corolla.

You might do a word search in the empty box just above these posts for Chesapeake Bay Bridge and get some info there if you%26#39;re using that route. The bridge is beautiful. There are so many thoughts on routes though.

Although we are only 6 hours away we often stop in Va beach then got to Knots Island to take the ferry over to Currituck, You may need to time it right but it’s a fun way to go and staying in Va beach is a bonuses, It also depends on what way you come You might think of Williams burg too if you coming down 95 to 64

You might like this site if you have never been there before check out getting there from the north.

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We%26#39;ve got it down to a science, 10 to 12 driving hours each way from Manhattan to Duck. First, we book a Sunday-to-Sunday rental to avoid the Saturday turnover traffic getting to OBX. Leaving on Saturday morning, we take the main I-95 corridor through Jersey Turnpike, Delaware, MD, then stop off to see friends near DC. That%26#39;s a 4 to 6 hour drive, depending on traffic and weather.

We stay over in a Hampton Inn (all are dependable) near the ';mixing bowl'; interchange near Woodbridge, VA, and drive the rest of the 5 to 6 hours to Duck on Sunday. If we leave the motel Sunday morning around 10, we have time to stop for a sit-down lunch. The highway going toward Williamsburg has a pleasant canopy of trees, the shipyard scenery around NewPort News is interesting, so it%26#39;s not a miserable route. Once you%26#39;re south of Newport News-Norfolk metro area, you%26#39;ll pass many terrific farm stands where you can buy your weeks%26#39; seasonal fresh local produce in the last 30 miles as you near the OBX bridge. This brings us to the realtor%26#39;s office around 4 p.m., which is check-in time.

Returning from Duck the next Sunday, we check out at the realtor by 10 a.m., have a nice brunch, leave Duck about noon and take the ';scenic'; route via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Then, after a drive devoid of traffic congestion, through flat coastal land where the radio stations play only gospel music, we take the ferry from Lewes, DE, to Cape May, NJ. This gives us a nice break from driving, and in Sunday night shore traffic, puts us 4 to 5 hours from home, where we arrive between 10 and midnight. Caution: You must have nerves of steel to drive the bridge-tunnel complex because of considerable huge truck traffic; if the weather is windy, take a Dramamine for the ferry. Don%26#39;t forget to make ferry reservations. Although the round trip is a bit grueling, we survive and soon look forward to the next year%26#39;s week in Duck.

We like to stop overnight on the way down at Williamsburg. We get there early enough to walk the old colonial town some before turning in. The next morning, it%26#39;s only a 2 hours drive down to the Banks, so we stop at Jamestown for a few hours visit. Kids love it! We don%26#39;t do that on the way home, everyone just wants to get home by then.