Welcome to Jockey’s Ridge Crossing a shopping center of 9 unique retailers located directly across from the East Coast’s largest sand dune. Visiting Jockey’s Ridge is always a lot of fun! During the summer there’s weeknight ‘Summer Sunset Festivals’ with entertainment and activities; and Wednesday is always ‘Kids Day’ with mid-day activities that include kite making; visits from performers who appear in ‘The Lost Colony’; pirates; and always a special collection of kites flying overhead.

The shopping center is home base for Kitty Hawk Kites and Kitty Hawk Sports, two of the Outer Banks oldest and best known retailers. So you’ll find games, kites, boogie boards, beachwear, T-shirts, hats, and toys—you name it. Plus you can sign up for sports activities including kayaking, parasailing, hang gliding, and others right on site.

There’s also a fudge shop – The Fudgery – where the fudge is made daily right in front of your eyes. At Outer Banks Bear Factory you can build and stuff the animal of your kid’s dreams. There’s Scoops Ice Cream Parlor and Deli—the name says it all. Be sure to pick up some Salty Paws Biscuits, all-natural dog treats. Your whole family can go crazy dressing up in costumes and then strike a pose for an old time photo at Miss Kitty's Old Time Photo. Let your creativity go wild at The Glass Bead. Create necklaces, bracelets, ankle bracelets, rings, earrings—you name it. And oh yes, what’s going to the beach without getting your hair braided? Kids love it. It’s always fun. And it's called Beach Hair Wraps and Sand Art.

What’s the best part of Jockey’s Ridge Shopping Center? . . . . it’s a great place to watch the sun slowly slide behind the Jockey's Ridge sand dune as it melts into the dune and the night. It is truly spectacular.

So visit Jockey’s Ridge Crossing anytime you’re in Nags Head or the Outer Banks. It’s more than a shopping center . . . it’s fun for the whole family.