The third Monday in January may become your new favorite holiday as you celebrate Martin Luther King Day in the comfort and beachy luxury of our Lighthouse View holiday hideaways in Cape Hatteras. Offering a casual vibe with flip flops, tees, and shorts as its uniform, guests probably won’t be swimming during this winter vacation, but we can promise that the serenity of the sea is just as powerful when experienced from white sand beaches as it is when immerged in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean that borders our shores. This guide to all that will make our beach house rentals in Cape Hatteras NC your new obsession will give you a picture perfect example of why Martin Luther King Day should be considered a traveling holiday.
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Cape Hatteras in January
Although most people think of Cape Hatteras as a summer vacation destination, we think it is absolutely lovely to visit in the winter as well. The temperatures may drop to the high 30s in the middle of the night, but that’s just cuddling weather, and in the daytime hours, when the sun shines down on you, the mercury may rise to the mid-50s point on the thermometer. A winter beach vacation hits differently, encouraging the wearing of oversized sweatshirts, but the sweatshirts are often paired with long shorts, and of course, flip flops. Your sunrise strolls at water’s edge are best engaged in while wearing the jackets you brought, but on the plus side, you can sleep in and still enjoy the view; the sun begins its ascent at 7:08 AM as opposed to 5ish in the summer months. But perhaps our favorite part of a winter vacation is being able to enjoy a bonfire on the beach, the penultimate in beach adventures! Permits are required, so be sure to get yours if a bonfire is something you think you will enjoy.
Your Vacation Starts Now
As you stand outside the door of your Lighthouse View vacation sanctuary, on this side you may still experience residual feelings of stress from your travels, leftover annoyances over goings on in your job, and worries about the world, but when you open the door and step inside your vacation begins and your worries, fears, and stresses will be forgotten. Your problems may not go away altogether but it will feel like they have as you relax, play, and let the serenity of the sea bring you the peace you have sought for so long. And as you take your first step inside our rooms, suites, or cottages, the light that streams through windows that stretch from floor to ceiling will greet you and make you feel warm, welcomed, and eager to explore more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Not all vacationers expect, require, or need all the space that can be found in cottages, and whether you just need a room for one or two, a suite for your small family, or that cottage because some traveling groups are larger than others, we can provide exactly what you need. Choose a room with a view of the ocean, luxuriating in the space found in our king beds, staying up late watching movies knowing you can sleep in as late as you like; there’s even a microwave, coffee maker, and mini fridge, that can be put to use for putting together a simple breakfast when you awaken. Our suites offer a little more space but the same ocean views in most cases while also giving guests more ways to save money due to fully equipped kitchens tucked away in one corner of the suite. Also providing a place to eat the meals you prepare or to play board games on a chilly winters night and a living room space that is comfy, welcoming, and furnished with a state of the art television.
Beach Cottage for the Win
Every Hallmark summer movie, every beach read for women, offers a beach cottage as a secondary character. Always charming, always welcoming, and sometimes slightly weathered, these spaces are as important to the story being told as the main characters and when your personal life story needs its own beach cottage, Lighthouse Views provides. Clapboard sides, balconies lined with chairs for enjoying panoramic views of the sea, and walls of windows that in most cases will let in views of that sea while keeping the weather out—you will be able to tell within your first few seconds that these charming beach house rentals in Cape Hatteras NC are going to need an entire chapter in your story. Inside, there may be as few as 2 bedrooms or as many as 4, and duplex style cottages will up the bedroom number to as many as 6, so gather your large group and prepare to do some research on whether or not the expression “the more the merrier” is a true one! They also feature fully equipped kitchens, separate dining areas, and everything you need to enjoy a North Carolina beach vacation that will never be forgotten.
Quiet Times
After the frenetic chaos of the end of year holidays, you may need some quiet time to help lower the volume of the noises in your brain and calm the chaos that lives in your soul, and your Martin Luther King Day vacation will provide all the quiet time you need. Maybe you will spend some hours exploring holiday sales at cute shops such as the Blue Pelican Gallery Gifts & Yarn (57762 North Carolina Highway 12) or Farmers Daughter (58848 Marina Way). There aren’t amusement parks on Cape Hatteras, but if you wanted a roller coaster, you would head toward Disney for your winter vacation, and here, where our Lighthouse View escapes rest in the shadows of the lighthouses of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, it is the naturally wonderful that will bring you the most pleasure. Sharpening your photography skills while snapping pics of sunsets that have set the sky on fire, seabirds delicately wading into the wet sand as the surf retreats, or candid shots of the kids working without squabbling for once as they build a lopsided sandcastle at shore’s edge. These activities don’t exude a lot of in your face excitement, but the quiet times they bring you will also bring you joy.
Choose Lighthouse Views
Every day is a new adventure in beauty and comfort when you choose Lighthouse Views for your North Carolina holiday hideaways. This will be the getaway where your kids put away their electronics, discovering how much fun a board game night can be, the one where PB&J sandwiches taste better when shared on a balcony overlooking the sea, and your dreams will be filled with the roar of the ocean, the kiss of sea breezes on slightly sunburned cheeks, and a happiness that you never thought you could find. Sleep deep every night, waking up each morning feeling rested and ready for a new day of beachy adventures that you will wish never had to end. Cape Hatteras is known for its lighthouse, standing 208 feet tall and serving as lifeline to travelers traversing the dark waters and it is known for its large selection of refuges, but for us and for everyone who visits, it will be known best for the comforts and joys found in the best OBX vacation rentals Hatteras offers with Lighthouse View.