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A set of wheels for an island you can only reach by boat
Beach Ride Rentals sits on Irvin Garrish Highway, the road that carries nearly all vehicle traffic into and through Ocracoke village. It's a fitting spot for a car rental business, since a lot of visitors reach the island without a vehicle of their own — arriving on the free passenger ferry from Hatteras, or the longer toll runs from Cedar Island and Swan Quarter, and then wanting a set of wheels once they're here. That matters more on Ocracoke than most places, since the developed part of the island is just the village around Silver Lake Harbor; everything else — the pony pen, the maritime forest at Springer's Point, and the numbered beach access ramps running up NC-12 — sits north of town on National Park Service land.
The rental counter keeps long, consistent hours, open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the week, which covers an early start for the beach and a late return from dinner in the village. Call ahead to check on current vehicle availability.
29 reviews
a month ago
The Way to Go in Ocracoke: around Town, Golf Cart. But if you want to get out on the island’s long-running stretch of beach for shelling, fishing, swimming, or just chilling out on the sand you gotta go by Jeep. Beach Ride Rentals got us there in a brand new Cherokee that was as fun to drive as it was to park by the waves and set up our tent for a day at the beach. Kelton, the shop’s owner is super nice and made our rental experience easy and enjoyable.
3 months ago
We had an amazing Ocracoke vacation, and it had a lot to do with renting a Jeep Wrangler from Kelton! Originally we were planning to fly into W95 (Ocracoke Airstrip). Our plans changed due to weather, but we still had an absolute blast with our kiddos taking the offroad beach access trails right out to the water. With a 3 yo and 6 yo, they loved opening up the top and riding around the village. Excited for our return trip, and will rent again when we're back!
a year ago
a year ago
We had such a great time with our Jeep rental! From the knowledge shared to the service we had the best time (Kelton even helped rig us up a cooler for the day!) I can’t recommend them enough!
a year ago
We decided spur of the moment to do a jeep rental for a few hours and they had one ready for us within a half hour of us calling. Kelton was so helpful and took us out to show us tips and where to go and we had a great time. We will definitely rent from them again!