Round Island Beach Park — Attraction in Orchid Island

Love, love, love this beach!! ❤ Very quiet, peaceful Beach. Not a tourist spot as it is far enough away from anything that would attract tourists. A family trip just looks like an old fashioned Beach that you remember from your childhood. You see the occasional fisherman, or just the person who likes to relax in their chair and read a book listening to the ocean's waves crashing on shore. There is a lifeguard on duty in case you decide to dip your toes into the water. The beach is lined with private residences far enough back that you don't even notice them too much behind the natural vegetation. Again, this is not a tourist location. You would need to bring all of your own supplies as there is nothing around this area for food...

We went driving on a whim and stumbled across this park, not to be confused with the riverside park. It’s not really by anything and I think that’s why it wasn’t crazy busy even on a weekend. It was free to enter. There was a little playground that my kids enjoyed playing on until I made them walk the beach, which was gorgeous and clean. (Edited to add: They’ve since removed the playground.) There are wash stations, lifeguards, little covered picnic tables, and clean restrooms. There’s history here, too, which is great if you like to learn or have kids. This beach was used as military training grounds for WWII. There are pieces of obstacles there for your viewing with little...

This is definitely one of the better beach access points along the stretch plenty of picnic area and the different parking lot it's not just a big square hole I know that sounds silly but it's kind of nice.Just got bathrooms off to the side he'll playground thing going on it's got to rinse off area now across the street on the Riverside, boat ramp, fishing dock, walking trail, more bathrooms and picnic area, and an observation tower! And that observation tower is nestled away in the Australian pines over by the brackish water, If you let it, it'll take you somewhere completely different from Florida for just a few minutes... it's...