John Yancey Oceanfront Inn, Kill Devil Hills
About the Hotel
Rooms and Amenities
John Yancey Oceanfront Inn provides rooms to accommodate families, couples, and groups. Select rooms in the Main Building offer efficiencies with kitchenettes. All remodeled rooms include a 43" Smart TV, new furniture, new LVT flooring, and tile walk-in showers or tubs. The spacious double room features air conditioning, a coffee machine, a balcony with sea views as well as a private bathroom boasting a shower. The unit has 1 bed. Some 1st-floor hotel rooms have ground-level terraces for beach access, with private terraces facing the dunes. Guests enjoy views from the Penthouse 1-bedroom suite. These rooms allow parking outside for easy beach gear access. Sea Building hotel rooms sit without obstructing dunes to the Nags Head beach.
Dining Options
Guests at John Yancey Inn enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast in the main building, opposite the poolside front lobby entrance. The property features an updated breakfast room with new interior finishings. Nearby restaurants are available.
Leisure and Activities
John Yancey Inn is an oceanfront venue. Guests enjoy easy beach access, the pool, picnic/BBQ area, and playground. A 400-square-foot oceanfront dune deck with picnic tables also makes a gathering spot in high season. Other leisure options include jet skiing, parasailing, boating, windsurfing, surfing, and sailing available on the Albemarle Sound. Guests can also use the Outer Banks YMCA, located a few minutes' drive away, featuring an indoor pool, seasonal outdoor pool and water park, fitness center, racquetball and basketball courts, exercise classes, a skate park, and free child care. The gardens surrounding the property feature a sunken floral garden and herb, wildflower and rose gardens that surround antique statuary. The Visitor Center features a full-scale replica of the original "Wright Flyer," talks on the history of the Wright Brothers, information services, and exhibits.
Location and Surroundings
John Yancey Inn is located in the Outer Banks, NC, home to beaches. Landmarks nearby include Destination Fun Laser Tag & 3D (1.5 km), Sweetgum Swamp Trail (2 km), Nags Head Woods Preserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (2 km), Dowdy Park (2 km), Wright Brothers National Memorial (2.5 km), Birthday Suits (0.5 km), and Nags Head Woods (2 km).
Hotel Services
John Yancey Inn welcomes families to the Nags Head, Outer Banks beachfront. Dogs are allowed on the John Yancey hotel property, which extends to the mean high-water mark on the beach. The property offers an updated welcome lobby area. Ironing facilities, heating, and air conditioning are also provided. Elevator access is available in the Four Seasons building, including a ramp from the parking levels.
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Getting around
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Facilities
General
- Non-smoking rooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
- No pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Private beach
- Lift
- Coffee shop
- Vending machines
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Key card access
Sports & Fitness
- Fishing
Services
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
Dining
- Picnic area/ Tables
Children
- Children's play area
Spa & Leisure
- Seasonal outdoor pool
- Beach access
- Beach umbrellas
- Sun loungers
- Sun terrace
- BBQ facilities
- Shallow end
Room features
- Wi-Fi in rooms
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Terrace
- Garden furniture
- Ironing facilities